1 Only runs when starter is pressed... Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:30 am
Jim P- 87' K100RT
active member
Hey everyone, first post!
You guys are an amazing wealth of info...been stalking this site for months and picked up so much good info.
Okay, here is the issue. 87'K100 Basket case bike- Bike was put down and never started again about 5 years ago. Original owner pulled ALL the wiring thinking it would be something simple...it wasn't.
I have torn this bike down to its guts and rebuilt from the ground up including most the wiring. Turning it into a more scrambler style bike now.
Here is the issue. 5 years after nothing but sitting- It turns over and "almost" runs...meaning it runs if I hold down the starter button...it roughly revs but not a clean rev and seems to want to run...but, I let go of the starter and it is game over...just shuts down.
Has to be a short somewhere but I have no idea where! I keep thinking in the left hand controls but where?
To be honest, I have removed the clutch override (victim of first owner) but that is about the only change from original OEM electronics.
Any thoughts?
Thanks everyone!
You guys are an amazing wealth of info...been stalking this site for months and picked up so much good info.
Okay, here is the issue. 87'K100 Basket case bike- Bike was put down and never started again about 5 years ago. Original owner pulled ALL the wiring thinking it would be something simple...it wasn't.
I have torn this bike down to its guts and rebuilt from the ground up including most the wiring. Turning it into a more scrambler style bike now.
Here is the issue. 5 years after nothing but sitting- It turns over and "almost" runs...meaning it runs if I hold down the starter button...it roughly revs but not a clean rev and seems to want to run...but, I let go of the starter and it is game over...just shuts down.
Has to be a short somewhere but I have no idea where! I keep thinking in the left hand controls but where?
To be honest, I have removed the clutch override (victim of first owner) but that is about the only change from original OEM electronics.
Any thoughts?
Thanks everyone!