Need positive vibes sending out to my Goldwing who has decided it wants to be a 900 triple

shazpeter · Post by **shazpeter** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:44 pm

a friend of mine has a 30 year old goldwing, sundely he lost a cikinder working properly, can someone tell me what could be the problem?

YouTube · Post by **WingAdmin** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:48 pm

shazpeter wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:44 pm a friend of mine has a 30 year old goldwing, sundely he lost a cikinder working properly, can someone tell me what could be the problem?

What year/model bike is it?

tamathumper · Post by **tamathumper** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:20 pm

30 years old, triple 900 with one cylinder down, I'd say it's a 1987 GL1200.

virgilmobile · Post by **virgilmobile** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:04 pm

Spark,compression,fuel.
One of them is not like the other 3.

Ohara · Post by **Ohara** » Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:05 am

Did he wash it or leave it in the rain prior to this happening? If so one of the spark plug drain holes could be blocked.

shazpeter · Post by **shazpeter** » Thu Apr 04, 2019 12:38 pm

the bike is from 1984

PAPete · Post by **PAPete** » Thu Apr 04, 2019 2:27 pm

tamathumper wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:20 pm 30 years old, triple 900 with one cylinder down, I'd say it's a 1987 GL1200.

I'm a little slow... What's this refer to?

virgilmobile · Post by **virgilmobile** » Thu Apr 04, 2019 2:40 pm

Not confirmed but my guess.
A GL1200 divided by 4 cylinders is 300cc per cylinder..Running on 3 cylinders is a 900 triple.
I suppose all 4 running would be a 1200 fourple?
And 2 cylinders makes it a halfie(600cc)
Running on just one..Hmmmm..a onzie??(300cc)???
I've had all of these happen at one time or another but never described it in that way.

PAPete · Post by **PAPete** » Thu Apr 04, 2019 2:46 pm

virgilmobile wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2019 2:40 pm Not confirmed but my guess.
A GL1200 divided by 4 cylinders is 300cc per cylinder..Running on 3 cylinders is a 900 triple.

Ah, yes. Thanks, Virgil.

tamathumper · Post by **tamathumper** » Fri Apr 05, 2019 10:20 am

Correct, the OP posted he had a 900 triple, 30 years old, then WingAdmin asked what year and model the bike was, so I inferred from the data available.

shazpeter · Post by **shazpeter** » Sat Apr 06, 2019 6:29 am

My friend thinks he found the problem.

virgilmobile · Post by **virgilmobile** » Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:43 am

Good friend.Happy you have one to help.

Ghostt · Post by **Ghostt** » Sun Apr 07, 2019 6:58 am

shazpeter wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2019 6:29 am My friend thinks he found the problem.
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Well there's your problem, water in the fuel system to say the least.

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