1980 GS550E Electronic ignition .... issue

[tatu]

Jazz.... Enough to turn anybody to drink....

 

[ukjules]

I have cracked. Booked ferry for Wednesday.
Have 398 m to make in two days. Easy .

Pic is of merida.
I love Roman ruins but I am burnt out.
I am not on holiday I am touring and must reneber that.

It is that or the jazz bar that has done this !

Madly in my last eve here I am Sat in jazz bar and have been
Since latw aft. I don't expect to leave till tomorrow

 

[Charlie G]

Built before Jazz.......too repetitive

 

[ukjules]

398 m today.
My longest ever hop.
It rained for 150 miles. Was cold too.
Reached santander to pre booked hotel.
Totally exhausted with wind , rain , cold.

Plains, mountain passes , tunnels ,

3m to ferry port .

All I know it's hard to be a tourist and do a journey
Like this.

Met a couple in their 60's on a bmw mega thing.
He was doing 250m days with ease he said.
I however who can run half marathons am exhausted
After 250m. ( or is it the accumulation of 4500 miles ?)

They chap could barely believe it.

But I would rather do it on a GS any day.

 

[Grimly]

Met a couple in their 60's on a bmw mega thing.
He was doing 250m days with ease he said.
I however who can run half marathons am exhausted
After 250m.

Did he have a touring fairing on it?
That makes it incredibly easier.

 

[ukjules]

Journeys end.

(I did not have a touring fairing on it as i thought it ruined the lines !. But I reckon you
are right it would have made it so much easier)

 

[ukjules]

and a final picture after a morning work on herbs.

fitted the new rear shocks, new petcock, a good gunk and clean ........
If it was summer i would return immediately to Normandy and then to the somme.

I will post a few more tech posts - in the right locations as have a few issues with parts - cant find them.
What an adventure though !
My only regret is i didnt go to Italy and Venice , rome etc.

FINAL DISTANCE - 4585 MILES

 

[Pdyer1098]

Hey so I have some sort of electrical issue that keeps burning up new coils on my 81 gs550 I've replaced the CDI box, fuse box,spark plugs, and pulsar plate. None of the fuses are blown so I don't know why the could keep blowing it will run for about a day and then I will start it the next and then it dies and loses all spark and coils are fried. So if anyone has any idea or advise to help me out this is my first day using this forum so any help would be much appreciated thanks.

 

[Grimly]

Hey so I have some sort of electrical issue that keeps burning up new coils on my 81 gs550 I've replaced the CDI box, fuse box,spark plugs, and pulsar plate. None of the fuses are blown so I don't know why the could keep blowing it will run for about a day and then I will start it the next and then it dies and loses all spark and coils are fried. So if anyone has any idea or advise to help me out this is my first day using this forum so any help would be much appreciated thanks.

Almost guaranteed your regulator is putting out too high a voltage and killing the electronics on the bike.