I just got a new job, after two years, and spent my wad on a commuting bike - a 2001 K1200LT (birth date 0700 sound right?). The guy I bought it from appears to have put VERY few miles on it for the 6 years he owned it and the guy that owned it before him put 49k miles on it - he was also the first owner of this bike and the owner of the local (to the second guy) BMW shop (Engle BMW).
At any rate, as soon as I handed over the cash and started off to ride it home it began sputtering and backfiring and dogging out on the highway. I limped it off the highway PRAYING the guy would answer his phone for me and didn't just sell me a known lemon. He did and we agreed that it was probably just old gas as he hadn't been able to ride it for a few years after hurting his back, which was his reasoning for selling it. At any rate, he shows up, sucks out most of the fuel (5 gallon can, bike holds 6, was almost full) and refills it with new gas and a gas treatment. The problem persists for a couple of miles and then all of a sudden she smooths out and rides like a dream and I spend the rest of the day smiling and riding around.
I ride the bike a few more days and all of a sudden the problem is back. I'm thinking...boo!! I check around the 'net, find this site, sounds like a fuel filter issue. I just spent the last 12 hours (with some coffee and cig "cool off" time - lots of it actually - and two runs to walmart to get a strap oil filter wrench and returning it because it wasn't big enough and then just pulling the belt out of my pants and using it and a pair of channel locks to get into the tank) changing said filter. The battery was disconnected for that time as well so when I got it all back together (but for two screws we can't talk about) I do the whole "turn on, rotate throttle twice, turn off" thing and then start it. NO CHANGE!
I'm not sure what to do now. Listening to the fuel pump it sounds fine. Heck, now the nav actually works too...
There ARE two wires I don't remember disconnecting but also don't remember seeing during disassembly. They follow the frame down pretty much alongside the wire for the fuel pump (right side of bike, when sitting on it) and end in "connectors" that would *seem* to connect to each other (one is male, the other female, same type/interface) except that there is a brown wire connecting them already AND there's not enough play between them with the wrap/tape to actually get them together.
The job starts Monday - ANY HELP would be greatly appreciated. The cheaper the better because until I get that first paycheck, if I make it in, I've got about $100 to spend...
Please and thank you!!
At any rate, as soon as I handed over the cash and started off to ride it home it began sputtering and backfiring and dogging out on the highway. I limped it off the highway PRAYING the guy would answer his phone for me and didn't just sell me a known lemon. He did and we agreed that it was probably just old gas as he hadn't been able to ride it for a few years after hurting his back, which was his reasoning for selling it. At any rate, he shows up, sucks out most of the fuel (5 gallon can, bike holds 6, was almost full) and refills it with new gas and a gas treatment. The problem persists for a couple of miles and then all of a sudden she smooths out and rides like a dream and I spend the rest of the day smiling and riding around.
I ride the bike a few more days and all of a sudden the problem is back. I'm thinking...boo!! I check around the 'net, find this site, sounds like a fuel filter issue. I just spent the last 12 hours (with some coffee and cig "cool off" time - lots of it actually - and two runs to walmart to get a strap oil filter wrench and returning it because it wasn't big enough and then just pulling the belt out of my pants and using it and a pair of channel locks to get into the tank) changing said filter. The battery was disconnected for that time as well so when I got it all back together (but for two screws we can't talk about) I do the whole "turn on, rotate throttle twice, turn off" thing and then start it. NO CHANGE!
I'm not sure what to do now. Listening to the fuel pump it sounds fine. Heck, now the nav actually works too...
There ARE two wires I don't remember disconnecting but also don't remember seeing during disassembly. They follow the frame down pretty much alongside the wire for the fuel pump (right side of bike, when sitting on it) and end in "connectors" that would *seem* to connect to each other (one is male, the other female, same type/interface) except that there is a brown wire connecting them already AND there's not enough play between them with the wrap/tape to actually get them together.
The job starts Monday - ANY HELP would be greatly appreciated. The cheaper the better because until I get that first paycheck, if I make it in, I've got about $100 to spend...
Please and thank you!!