The GS Curse...

[Guest]

Gotta love the GS's electrical system. (1980 gs550E)

Rode my bike 2.5 hrs to a graduation. Went to start it up and the ignition switch didn't turn anything on. As in no lights came on and the starter button didn't work.

Bump started it and it only hit on two cylinders. Smelled burning bakelite. And then it died all together.

Damage: Blew three fuses. Burnt "left" Coil.

Replaced fuses and burnt coil. Now I can't get the "new" coil to fire. 12v at the leads. If i splice the left coil to the right side lead, it fires great.

So I'm not getting any spark to the left side. I highly doubt my signal generator is the failed part because i still get spark on the right coil. Would this be an ignitor problem?

[BassCliff]

Hi,

See if these help.

Ignitor/Signal Generator/Coil Test

Testing The Ignition System


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[Guest]

FYI for anyone in the future searching, it was the ignitor.

[TheCafeKid]

GREAT! Glad you sorted it. But what was the cause?? I have not heard of the ignitor taking out multiple fuses and coils. Not saying it didnt happen, just i havent read that particular end product of ignitor failure yet..

[Guest]

Now fix your R/R because it sounds like you're overcharging.

[Guest]

Now fix your R/R because it sounds like you're overcharging.

Actually I'm running one of duanage's honda R/R kits.

At idle i'm at 14.4. Throughout the RPM's it doesn't go over 14.4's. (Checked again after fixing all the issues)

However, when doing all of this work, i did find a wire that had shorted itself to the airbox. It was one that ran from the R/R. I'm betting that wire might have had something to do with it.