1 1989 K100 RTIC Broken down in Spain. Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:07 am
GARYSTIGER955i
active member
Well After setting off for a 11 day tour from Sheffield Yorkshire - Faro heading down to Plymouth to catch the Brittany Ferrie to Santander Spain, I set off from Santander to Salamanca on day 1 all ok so far, so after some super sangrias and a good night at camping Regio, we set off for Eagles Rock via plancensia to look at the Big Birds on day 2, we took back roads via El Barco De Avila on the N110, all ok until 4km out side Avila the bike just stopped dead, no cough, splutter, fart or any other kind of Indication it just died and just before the scenery made an appearance as well ... Me and my mate spent 3 hours in the sun trying to get to the bottom of the fault.. Over Fuelling.
Now the fault is fuel / air. as the bike runs with the fuel pump not running, after spending time swapping plugs and drying them out as they were wet through, I suspected over fuelling when pump was running, so checked the return and all ok, so now was head scratching as my head was getting burnt..
When bike is running without fuel pump running, i connected up the pump and it just dies.. so the bike was recovered back to INFNI MOTORS (salamanca BMW dealer) they say it may be the air temp sensor, I personally think it could be the pressure regulator.
Now I cannot check as the bike is somewhere on the continent being repatriated back.
So in the meantime I thought I'd ask you guys if you have come across this and possibly point me in the right direction, any Info would be much appreciated.
Thanks
PS I wish I took my Tiger as this bike would have made Faro and Back No problem..
Now the fault is fuel / air. as the bike runs with the fuel pump not running, after spending time swapping plugs and drying them out as they were wet through, I suspected over fuelling when pump was running, so checked the return and all ok, so now was head scratching as my head was getting burnt..
When bike is running without fuel pump running, i connected up the pump and it just dies.. so the bike was recovered back to INFNI MOTORS (salamanca BMW dealer) they say it may be the air temp sensor, I personally think it could be the pressure regulator.
Now I cannot check as the bike is somewhere on the continent being repatriated back.
So in the meantime I thought I'd ask you guys if you have come across this and possibly point me in the right direction, any Info would be much appreciated.
Thanks
PS I wish I took my Tiger as this bike would have made Faro and Back No problem..
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