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I have a beautiful 1982 GS850GZ. It starts and runs good most of the time but one day she failed me and I had to have it towed. I was riding one morning going about 80 mph for 30 minutes and then all of a sudden I lost power. My speed dropped to 55 and at that point I am just hoping I could make it home. Well I didn't . It died on me. I could not get it started again and had to have it towed ( poor thing ). I got her home and checked the plugs, the ignition coil resistance, and the battery. The plugs were fine, the ignition coils measured correct resistance. The battery was low on water. I filled the battery with water and charged her up. By the time I was ready to start her again she had been resting a couple hrs. She started right up and ran great. It did not make sense to me that a battery low on water could do this so I purchased new ignition coils. Since then I have ridden her a couple hundred miles with no problems until this last ride. I was riding her kind of hard but she was loving it. She was strong and smooth. But then it happened again. Loss of power. I limped her into the nearest gas station and checked plugs, they were good. I checked battery and it was good. I got her started 30 minutes later but she was firing only on the outer two cylinders. I noticed the oil was half a quart low so I added oil and fired her up. She was still only firing on the outer two cylinders. I gave her some gas by twisting the throttle a little bit and all of a sudden she fired on all four cylinders. She ran great the rest of the way home which was 35 miles doing 70mph. I am stumped. Could something be getting too hot causing me to lose spark through one coil. I hope someone out there can help me. Thanks,,,, Rocky
