nhlkats
New member
hi im new here. i just bought an r100 /7, and am having some troubles with her right off the bat. i thought id post my symptoms before i go searching the forums, perhaps someone can throw me a lead on where to start problem-solving.
the bike hesitates on acceleration and idles very poorly [dies if you dont keep keep blipping throttle]. this morning i yanked out the spark plugs and sure enough the right side was toasty. left side was normal. replaced the right side spark plug, drove around and for a while it seemed to be ok. but then the hesitation came back after a few miles. limped home, looked at the plugs again, and the new right side one was completely black again.
im going to pick up a manual for the bike tommorow, as well as a set of new plugs, and i will search these forums in the meantime for a a hint as to what the culprit may be. i am a novice when it comes to mechanics, so if you explain something, talk to me like im four.
thanks in advance,
heres a pic of my sick bike:
regards, from wisconsin
edit: i should clarify what i mean by "hesitation" --> i start out in 1st gear and roll on the throttle, the bike will accelerate a little bit then just stutter or stop accelerating [as if almost it ran out of fuel - yes i checked the petcocks, no i wasnt out of fuel] then i keep rolling on the throttle it will accel a little bit and keep stuttering, shift into 2nd gear, try to roll onto the throttle, again, it will accel a slight bit, then just stutter, hesitate, accel a little, hesitate again. its like im telling the bike to "go go go!" and its saying "ok im going going, NO, ok going going, NO, going going going NO". [if that last sentence made sense to you, congratulations].
hope that helps
the bike hesitates on acceleration and idles very poorly [dies if you dont keep keep blipping throttle]. this morning i yanked out the spark plugs and sure enough the right side was toasty. left side was normal. replaced the right side spark plug, drove around and for a while it seemed to be ok. but then the hesitation came back after a few miles. limped home, looked at the plugs again, and the new right side one was completely black again.
im going to pick up a manual for the bike tommorow, as well as a set of new plugs, and i will search these forums in the meantime for a a hint as to what the culprit may be. i am a novice when it comes to mechanics, so if you explain something, talk to me like im four.
thanks in advance,
heres a pic of my sick bike:
regards, from wisconsin
edit: i should clarify what i mean by "hesitation" --> i start out in 1st gear and roll on the throttle, the bike will accelerate a little bit then just stutter or stop accelerating [as if almost it ran out of fuel - yes i checked the petcocks, no i wasnt out of fuel] then i keep rolling on the throttle it will accel a little bit and keep stuttering, shift into 2nd gear, try to roll onto the throttle, again, it will accel a slight bit, then just stutter, hesitate, accel a little, hesitate again. its like im telling the bike to "go go go!" and its saying "ok im going going, NO, ok going going, NO, going going going NO". [if that last sentence made sense to you, congratulations].
hope that helps