Hi All,
For those who have been on this site for any amount of time will remember the problems I had with my beast missing... It has run well for a long time now, but it has come back with a vengence....
What I had found in past experiences was : A vaccuum line with a hole in it, a blocked fuel tank vent line... Now whether this was really the cause I really have my doubts now as it is back agian, and of course hoses were the first things I checked...
This time - I put the bike in to shop to have the valves checked as per 40K service, all be it late at about 49K.... "all within tolerances" they said. Good. Rode home, pouring rain, did not take notice of anything but road.
Sits the w/e and I jump on monday to commute to work as normal, about 30KMs along a 100KMhr road, then 10 mins slow speed stuff. All id fine till I do the slow speed stuff, and it is missing, trying to buck me off...
Not again I thought.... Ring the shop, not sure what would cause that but bring it in... I got one of the techs to ride it, so they knew what was happening, only at low speed I said... I figure at 80 + the revs are so hight that any miss is hard to detect...
Yep, you have a problem he said... Good, finally got someone to believe me, of course it would never do it in the past when I took it in... Into the shop it went...
5hrs later i go to pick it up.... could not really find anything...We drained the tank, put fresh fuel in and an additive. Take her home and see how it goes.. Skeptical, Ok I said.
Rode the 90KMs home, and all appeared well. Bloody fuel I thought... Leave it sit for the w/e and ride it to work Monday just gone, it starts missing all again.... I rang the shop back, not sure what it can be.... Bring it back in....
So to you wise & wonderful people, where do I suggest they start to look ??
For mine, it has to be a fuel thing. But what I don't understand is how it can run ok, then turn to &^% after the fuel has been drained etc... I looked in the manual and do not see a fuel filter anywhere, is there one ?
Maybe there is someting blocking an injector, but if so, would it not be consistent ?? The bike is an 03, with 49K on the clock. Maybe a plug, but I did change them at the 40K service...
Bottom line is that it is out of warranty, is certainly unsafe in it's present condition especially around town... I expect I will have to pay to get it fixed, so I want to avoid as many $$ as possible in labour while they figure it out....
Any help appreciated.
For those who have been on this site for any amount of time will remember the problems I had with my beast missing... It has run well for a long time now, but it has come back with a vengence....
What I had found in past experiences was : A vaccuum line with a hole in it, a blocked fuel tank vent line... Now whether this was really the cause I really have my doubts now as it is back agian, and of course hoses were the first things I checked...
This time - I put the bike in to shop to have the valves checked as per 40K service, all be it late at about 49K.... "all within tolerances" they said. Good. Rode home, pouring rain, did not take notice of anything but road.
Sits the w/e and I jump on monday to commute to work as normal, about 30KMs along a 100KMhr road, then 10 mins slow speed stuff. All id fine till I do the slow speed stuff, and it is missing, trying to buck me off...
Not again I thought.... Ring the shop, not sure what would cause that but bring it in... I got one of the techs to ride it, so they knew what was happening, only at low speed I said... I figure at 80 + the revs are so hight that any miss is hard to detect...
Yep, you have a problem he said... Good, finally got someone to believe me, of course it would never do it in the past when I took it in... Into the shop it went...
5hrs later i go to pick it up.... could not really find anything...We drained the tank, put fresh fuel in and an additive. Take her home and see how it goes.. Skeptical, Ok I said.
Rode the 90KMs home, and all appeared well. Bloody fuel I thought... Leave it sit for the w/e and ride it to work Monday just gone, it starts missing all again.... I rang the shop back, not sure what it can be.... Bring it back in....
So to you wise & wonderful people, where do I suggest they start to look ??
For mine, it has to be a fuel thing. But what I don't understand is how it can run ok, then turn to &^% after the fuel has been drained etc... I looked in the manual and do not see a fuel filter anywhere, is there one ?
Maybe there is someting blocking an injector, but if so, would it not be consistent ?? The bike is an 03, with 49K on the clock. Maybe a plug, but I did change them at the 40K service...
Bottom line is that it is out of warranty, is certainly unsafe in it's present condition especially around town... I expect I will have to pay to get it fixed, so I want to avoid as many $$ as possible in labour while they figure it out....
Any help appreciated.