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Frustrated 1985 K100RS Owner Tue Aug 26, 2014 11:54 pm
robdiaz44
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I have owned my 1985 K100RS for about 5 years now. Over the past 2 years, seems like it has had one thing after another wrong with it. It has 42,000 miles on it...was in pretty decent condition (at least it seemed to be) when I got it. It's gone from suffering random total system shut downs - which, after numerous helpful suggestions from y'all and researching other forum sites trying to solve the mystery, the problem was the ignition switch needed to be serviced/cleaned - to the most recent mystery problem: the bike now randomly stalls out. My bike mechanic friend ran some testing...he believes he found the problem in the Fuel Pump relay. So, to test it, he ran a hot wire from the pos terminal of the battery to the left side of the Fuel Pump fuse slot. This seemed to be working okay for about a week, then the bike starting stalling again...even though the fuel pump was still running. AAARRRGH!!!
I really want to like this bike...it's a wonderful ride when it's working...but, I'm getting to the point that I am almost afraid of riding it...in the back of my mind, I'm starting to think "When will it stall next?", especially while I'm taking a curve/turn?
Does any one have any suggestions as to which of the more notorious switches, fuses, wiring connections, etc that I should be looking at?...not only just for the recent stalling issue, but also for potential future issues.
Thanks in advance,
Rob
I really want to like this bike...it's a wonderful ride when it's working...but, I'm getting to the point that I am almost afraid of riding it...in the back of my mind, I'm starting to think "When will it stall next?", especially while I'm taking a curve/turn?
Does any one have any suggestions as to which of the more notorious switches, fuses, wiring connections, etc that I should be looking at?...not only just for the recent stalling issue, but also for potential future issues.
Thanks in advance,
Rob