bobinthemtns
New member
Okay.....
1977 R100S, still has points and condenser (and I'd like to keep it stock...)
But the condenser keeps dying it seems....
It happened at the beginning of the summer- went thru the entire bike- valves checked, timing checked, carbs disassembled and cleaned numerous times, carbs balanced, points gap adjusted, new coils, new plugs.... last thing was swapping out the condenser and it roared back to life.
Well a couple of weeks ago, it happened again- felt like it had bad gas, back-firing thru the pipes, thru the carbs, VERY difficult to start... etc...
So I swapped out another condenser.. (3rd in two years! 2nd in a month!!) And immediatly the bike roared to life. To double check, I plugged the older condenser back in and the bike wouldnt' start.. swapped back in the new one, ROAR!
So I drive 30 miles, and the bike rides like a champ! Then by mile 35, sputtering, backfiring.. same old, same old.....
So I parked it and left it to this am- thinking that perhaps it was heat getting to something... nope, hard as hell to start this am and wouldn't idle....
So my question is-- is there something amiss in the bike electrically (or otherwise..) that could be killing the condensers???????
Or perhaps something else going on???
1977 R100S, still has points and condenser (and I'd like to keep it stock...)
But the condenser keeps dying it seems....
It happened at the beginning of the summer- went thru the entire bike- valves checked, timing checked, carbs disassembled and cleaned numerous times, carbs balanced, points gap adjusted, new coils, new plugs.... last thing was swapping out the condenser and it roared back to life.
Well a couple of weeks ago, it happened again- felt like it had bad gas, back-firing thru the pipes, thru the carbs, VERY difficult to start... etc...
So I swapped out another condenser.. (3rd in two years! 2nd in a month!!) And immediatly the bike roared to life. To double check, I plugged the older condenser back in and the bike wouldnt' start.. swapped back in the new one, ROAR!
So I drive 30 miles, and the bike rides like a champ! Then by mile 35, sputtering, backfiring.. same old, same old.....
So I parked it and left it to this am- thinking that perhaps it was heat getting to something... nope, hard as hell to start this am and wouldn't idle....
So my question is-- is there something amiss in the bike electrically (or otherwise..) that could be killing the condensers???????
Or perhaps something else going on???