Boxergs
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Just been to collect my 2000 1150 gs after leaving it for a service with my local service bloke who knows the bike. He doesn't specialize in BM's but has done a few including mine. He's very thorough and does a good job. Anyway, it took a few turns to fire up and was running rough so I asked him if he'd had the tank off, No he hadn't. Checked the throttle cable seating on both sides, all ok. After a minute or so it seemed to run ok. so turned off and started again, all seemed ok.
Set off for home and got less than 400 yds when the bike just died. It will turn over but not fire up. I gave him a ring and he set off towards me in his van. I turned the bike around and pushed it back towards his place but stopped and gave it another try (like you do) and it started and seemed to run normally. I switched it off and waited for him to arrive and when he did it again refused to start. There's no spark on either side.
The work he did was, oil/filter change. New plugs, replace fork seals, new speedo cable fitted. Gear lever linkage stripped & cleaned and final drive and gearbox oil change.
He had the bike a week as I was away so I just left it with him to do the work. He reckons it has been running ok and I've no reason to doubt him.
One thing of note (maybe) is that when I turned the bike around after it died, it was on full lock. Just wondering if there's any connection with the problem some have had with the loom cabled tied to the frame and chafing? Bike's done 100,000m and the plastic/rubber sheathing on some of the wiring is brittle. The cable ties were still in place and didn't seem that tight
Any advice or idea's please. If the loom has chafed through then could it cause the 'no spark' problem? All the other electrics are working fine.
Oh, one other thing is that the steering lock has become just a little stiff recently. He also commented and asked if it was always like that. It has been wd40'd but is still a little stiff......any connection?
He's gonna get the tank up tomorrow to see if that shed's any light on the problem. Hopefully it will but if anyone on here can help then that would be great.
Set off for home and got less than 400 yds when the bike just died. It will turn over but not fire up. I gave him a ring and he set off towards me in his van. I turned the bike around and pushed it back towards his place but stopped and gave it another try (like you do) and it started and seemed to run normally. I switched it off and waited for him to arrive and when he did it again refused to start. There's no spark on either side.
The work he did was, oil/filter change. New plugs, replace fork seals, new speedo cable fitted. Gear lever linkage stripped & cleaned and final drive and gearbox oil change.
He had the bike a week as I was away so I just left it with him to do the work. He reckons it has been running ok and I've no reason to doubt him.
One thing of note (maybe) is that when I turned the bike around after it died, it was on full lock. Just wondering if there's any connection with the problem some have had with the loom cabled tied to the frame and chafing? Bike's done 100,000m and the plastic/rubber sheathing on some of the wiring is brittle. The cable ties were still in place and didn't seem that tight
Any advice or idea's please. If the loom has chafed through then could it cause the 'no spark' problem? All the other electrics are working fine.
Oh, one other thing is that the steering lock has become just a little stiff recently. He also commented and asked if it was always like that. It has been wd40'd but is still a little stiff......any connection?
He's gonna get the tank up tomorrow to see if that shed's any light on the problem. Hopefully it will but if anyone on here can help then that would be great.
