Tech exploring dead GS550 igniter

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  • Cipher
    Forum Sage
    • Mar 2016
    • 3129
    • Toronto Ontario

    #1

    Tech exploring dead GS550 igniter



    Fun to watch
    1983 GS 550 LD
    2009 BMW K1300s
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    #2
    That's pretty cool!

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    • Nessism
      Forum LongTimer
      GSResource Superstar
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      • Mar 2006
      • 35808
      • Torrance, CA

      #3
      Great job. Be sure to update this thread when you test that bad boy!
      Ed

      To measure is to know.

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      • Runeight

        #4
        Subscribed.

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        • gerb73

          #5
          This is a great video. I have not touched my gs550 close to 6 years because I believed my igniter was dead. The resistance check given in the manual showed showed it as failing. Then I did some troubleshooting poking and prodding with my voltmeter but never to this depth. So I did what Johnny Fix (maker of the vid) did and found similar results with the same comparator. I also had jumpy voltages on one side of the comparator as well as incorrect output on the same side. I was also able to check the 4 ic chips under the light colored module with out removing the module. I did this by removing the unit from the metal box and use the solder points on the bottom of unit. Hopefully sometime in the near future I will have time to repair this and try to get this gs back up and running.

          I also found this the other day https://www.carmo.nl/index.php?main_...50&language=sp
          Has anyone tried or heard of this product. This is the 1st time I have seen an aftermarket igniter for this model. I can't tell if that is spanish or italian but looks to be using the euro.
          I did not find anything when searching the site.

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          • tom203
            Forum Guru
            Past Site Supporter
            • Aug 2010
            • 8925
            • Norway,Maine

            #6
            What year is your 550?
            1981 gs650L

            "We are all born ignorant, but you have to work hard to stay stupid" Ben Franklin

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            • gerb73

              #7
              Tom203 it is an 83 e/es.

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              • Cipher
                Forum Sage
                • Mar 2016
                • 3129
                • Toronto Ontario

                #8
                that euro box is pricy at over 500 canadian.
                I wonder ho they achieve acceleration correction.
                1983 GS 550 LD
                2009 BMW K1300s

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                • gerb73

                  #9
                  No doubt it is pricey. If i understand right, i dont pay the vat price since i am in us. That would make price 316 us plus 29 shipping. It definetly makes me wonder though and will be in the back of my mind as an option.

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                  • tom203
                    Forum Guru
                    Past Site Supporter
                    • Aug 2010
                    • 8925
                    • Norway,Maine

                    #10
                    While watching the snowfall, I stumbled across this ebay listing.....

                    1981 gs650L

                    "We are all born ignorant, but you have to work hard to stay stupid" Ben Franklin

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