Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:13:16 +0000 - Message No. 2738
From: "Marco Kost"

Subject: Re: Ignition problems


Hi @-riders,

I had the almost the same problems as Frank. Last spring I wanted to 
wake my bike from winter sleep and it won´t start. It only ran on one 
cylinder, strongly smelled like fuel and sometimes gave big bangs 
(Fehlzuendungen). I checked the spark plugs and saw that they were 
all absolutely wet. Only a change helped. My dealer did not know what 
was wrong. The spark plugs were almost new, I had a service 
before winter. Usually I empty the carbs before winter. When I 
started the bike, I pulled the choke and pushed the start button 
without twisting the throttle...strange thing, that never happened to 
me in 10 years of motorcycling. 

Anybody on the mailinglist who knows more about that?

Ciao,

Marco

> Hi to all!
> 
> Two days ago my @ started having ignition problems: sometimes it doesn't
> fire in one of the cylinders (Fehlzündungen in german). At the same time
> the revs without gas (leerlauf) were lower and the bike smells like a gas
> station ;-) I changed the spark plugs, because my dealer told me this for
> first phone aid hearing the 18000 km of it, but nothing changed. (I bought
> this bike 2000 kms before and didn't know when they were changed the last
> time).
> 
> Any suggestions??
> 
> In doubt and sorrow,
> 
> Frank
> 
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