1989 R80GS: Intermittent Loss of Power at high speed

[Rob Farmer]

Mike,

If your ignition module under the tank is playing up. There are several alternatives

Have a read here http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78079 amid the waffle and mistakes and tantrums there is some good info for sourcing from cars from the 80's and 90's. It may get you out of a hole if you get stuck while travelling. skip to post 23.

 

[Mike D]

Just fınıshed 2 days of fast rıdıng. Fıngers crossed, the power low problem seemed to have been sorted. Because I dıd so much ın one go I can't say wıth certaınty what the problem was, but ıf I had to guess I'd say ıt was the blocked fuel hose.

Thanks for all the help and I have a feelıng more problems wıll crop up )bıke karma beıng what ıt ıs) and I'll usıng lots of the advıce gıven here.

Cheers, M

 

[davegs]

power loss

I had this problem on my old r80, after I'd pulled the peyrol pipe off the carb to fill a bottle for a friend whos honda had run out of fuel (old black type pipe)
this happend to me, also r/h/carb used to flood occasionally. After checking every thing even trying another coil it turnd out to be a bit of rubber from inside the pipe had flaked off and gon down the float chamber feed pipe (Bing carb) and lodged against the needle (sometimes) eventually found it after blowing through the pipe, all ok, when I sucked on it nothing!!. Got it out and all was well.
Dave gs.