Reply To: MOT Day and running issues
Thanks Marcel I will be doing that at the end of the month so i’ve ordered some :), i’m booking a big day to do a laundry list of little jobs and a first running service.
I’ve also got some ignition stuff in the order as well, including a regrec, coils and some new boots because I had a little bit of a terrifying experiance.
I was coming down the dual carrigeway doing 60 and the bike cut out earlier this week. Complete loss of power. The dash and speedo, lights etc were all working and the bike was taking in plenty of air (lots of induction noise) but it just seemed like it had been ‘switched off’, it was bizzare. for 10 seconds I was completely unable to accelerate, until i downshifted and gradually applied throttle. I can only imagine that I had an issue with spark because it was so sudden and lasted so long, i’m pretty sure if it was fuel she’d be popping and coughing but it was just gone completely.
After it went and came back i was then again able to accelerate up to 60. One thing that tipped me off about electrical was a really sparodic tacho needle too, at and after 9k it’s not constant like the engine note seems to suggest, it bounces up and down about 500RPM but at the minute will only do that at 9k+. plus when i was stuck doing 50, the needle was also bouncing all over the place while the bike was fairly smooth. It seemed a few other people had issues like that too caused by regrec/coils. So going to see if that fixes things. What would you suggest? I’m only really able to make an estimated guess. obviously the carbs are coming off and getting done.
Thanks Again!