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1980 gs550

  • 27-03-2011 11:23pm
    #1
    varadero
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭


    Hi all, ive a 1980 gs550l, shell start with a push but just birls away off ignition, she is runnnig terrible when started, any ideas , ive tidied her up and now this !
    :confused:


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  • #2
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    varadero wrote: »
    Hi all, ive a 1980 gs550l, shell start with a push but just birls away off ignition, she is runnnig terrible when started, any ideas , ive tidied her up and now this !
    :confused:

    have you checked the plugs/spark
    have you checked the air filter / box
    have you cleaned+balanced the carbs
    how old is the petrol
    any bits in the oil when you changed it

    after that its a compression test then check the coils


  • #3
    210
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 186 ✭✭210


    Tiggers list is spot on. I have a 1976 honda 500 twin and I had a similar problem with starting due to a cheap battery (seemed like such a bargain at the time). On a good day it would start the bike no bother but if it was a little cold the starter would turn over and over for ages but there just wasnt enough kick to get the bike going. I also found nice fresh spark plugs could help also. I bought my bike from england as a non runner for parts - I put fresh petrol , some new plugs and a battery in it and away it went. Its taken a while but I have also now learned the dark art of the kickstart.


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