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Hey everyone.:waving:
I just discovered the other day a strange but not so strange problem & solutionwith my GL1500.
Since installing the B/N engine this past winter, I have had on and off mis-fire issues with this GL1500. (More of an intermittent stumble or burbling sound in the exhaust)
Ionly had the bike to lose power for a real split second.
I have replaced a number of parts trying to find a solution to this such as the gas cap, fuel shut off valve, Spark plug wires, different temp rangespark plugs, changed out the carbs and synced them about 5 times thinking I had fuel related issues.
I even found the only way to get it to run fairly correctly was to run premium fuel.
But now I have found the real fix (I think..:baffled
was a slightly defective kill switch!
I use my kill switch ever time I shut down and I am sure that the contacts are worn to the point of causing a slight ignition misfire from vibration while riding.
if I flip the switch counter-clockwise as I normally do then the condition will present itself.
I found this out accidentally about a week ago after rebuilding the forks on my bike and I accidentally flipped the switch clockwise.
After starting and taking a test spin,I noticed right away the difference in power I had and smoothness in acceleration I had.
The real test came when I stopped the bike and flipped the kill switch in the normal direction.
The hesitation presented itself again.:realshocked:
I guess a little voice in my head :cooldevil:told me to flip the kill switch the other direction and viola! A restart then the hesitation was gone!
I've been trying this for a week now and the hesitation only presents itself ifI flip the switch in a CC direction.
One item of note here is that this wing has just over292,000km's on the clock which would also explain just being worn out.
But to the end of this rather long tech note, I thought I should pas this on to others who may have a similar condition on their Goldwing or other motorcycle..
Hey everyone.:waving:
I just discovered the other day a strange but not so strange problem & solutionwith my GL1500.
Since installing the B/N engine this past winter, I have had on and off mis-fire issues with this GL1500. (More of an intermittent stumble or burbling sound in the exhaust)
Ionly had the bike to lose power for a real split second.
I have replaced a number of parts trying to find a solution to this such as the gas cap, fuel shut off valve, Spark plug wires, different temp rangespark plugs, changed out the carbs and synced them about 5 times thinking I had fuel related issues.
I even found the only way to get it to run fairly correctly was to run premium fuel.
But now I have found the real fix (I think..:baffled
was a slightly defective kill switch!I use my kill switch ever time I shut down and I am sure that the contacts are worn to the point of causing a slight ignition misfire from vibration while riding.
if I flip the switch counter-clockwise as I normally do then the condition will present itself.
I found this out accidentally about a week ago after rebuilding the forks on my bike and I accidentally flipped the switch clockwise.
After starting and taking a test spin,I noticed right away the difference in power I had and smoothness in acceleration I had.
The real test came when I stopped the bike and flipped the kill switch in the normal direction.
The hesitation presented itself again.:realshocked:
I guess a little voice in my head :cooldevil:told me to flip the kill switch the other direction and viola! A restart then the hesitation was gone!
I've been trying this for a week now and the hesitation only presents itself ifI flip the switch in a CC direction.
One item of note here is that this wing has just over292,000km's on the clock which would also explain just being worn out.
But to the end of this rather long tech note, I thought I should pas this on to others who may have a similar condition on their Goldwing or other motorcycle..
