Hunting on a R1200GS

[Blue Spider]

After the 6000 mile service (needed new rear pads £42!!! ) I went for a hoon between showers. At 5000 RPM on the A52 it misfired like it had developed a vicious (and premature) rev limiter.

Pidcocks diagnosed that the Plugs were glazed, changed them and charged me £35. They don't change the plugs at 6000 miles do they - so it's chargeable!!!

Looking through the UKGSER Tech forums tonight I reckon a plug cap could have been disturbed (maybe during service - thats when it started!) Hmmmm.

MORAL: Read the UKGSER forums first!!!

Anyway I went to Devon for the weekend and it feels now like the thing won't quite settle at a steady high speed under load (when I rode it on a private runway officer ) it's like that feeling when you overtake a lorry and the wind buffets you as you get out of the slipstream (but without the wind obviously! ) or as if a gentle rev limiter is cutting in. Or maybe I'm imagining it!

Any suggestions - I don't think I can afford to get it fixed under warranty

 

[JohnC]

Find a new dealer for sure

 

[terayon]

They should have checked the plugs at the service. Make sure all the caps are on correctly.
And get a new dealer.......to charge you £35 for 4 plugs and the pleasure of putting them in when it's something they should have already done

 

[timeandtide]

RAINBOW

 

[Phil Clarke]

and if your plugs were glazed they should have charged you 1 minutes labour for wire brushing them!

 

[Wizard]

Ach bugger! I was hoping it was a "Show us your guns" thread

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

Mmmm - would defo go back to Pidcocks and query what's going on.

Only the secondary plugs are checked at6 6000 miles but it does sound like they have disturbed a connection somewhere.

In my experiance Pidcocks are pretty sound, I'm sure if you go back to them and explain the whole story they will sort you out fairly. Ask to speak to Keith, he's the service manager.

Good luck

Andres

 

[Pukmeister]

Get it sorted ASAP, a high-speed misfire can wreck your engine in no time.

 

[Underwatergoat]

sounds just like mine did. I took it back to SLM in Caterham and they changed some coils. Stick coils? think so...
Now goes like stink above 4000 instead of getting vibey, and idle is much better.
South London Motorcycles are ok in my book.