stig
cycomutha
well....
with all the problems this bike has given me over the years ,i started out with a short trip,1 mile
(youve got to understand that the last few times it died on me was a few blocks from home!)then i got bolder and went on a 8 mile round trip! no problems, wire plus module seems to be workin good,,feels good to riding the dog i loved and paid so much money for without so much worry!
so i go home suit up(still kinda cold here)and hit the road for a 30 mile round trip to the "big" city around here, make it there no problem, on the way back, about 10 miles from home, it happened!!!!!!!! just cruizin down the interstate about 75, bike pops and surges,,,my heart just sank...bike started running ok and i continued my ride, then the bike pops like its out of gas,but i just filled it up,so i grab for reserve anyway, bike dies,i really thought it was fixed now....was cussing wire plus as i was coasting to a halt,until i got to looking at it...... and figured it was a fuel problem. i had no tools with me,but between the semis trying to blow me off the road id twist the throttle and couldnt hear fuel squirting. so im pissed, full tank of fuel,but none getting to the carb,and no tools. out comes the cell phone,of course,i cant get a hold of any of my friends,so i call the girlfriend,she cant drive the truck and trailer,or even hook it up for that matter, so i tell her to come get me, then ill have to leave the bike there,go get the truck and trailer then hope the bike is there when i get back!
i hang up the phone,put the seat back on the bike, and in my frustration,:lol: grab the handlebars and shake the living shit out of the bike :lol:
i sit on the bike, and for shits and giggles try to start it, it fires up! i look behind me to see if there is any traffic and floor it onto the interstate!i bet i didnt go any slower than 90 till i hit my off ramp, pulled into the driveway,sat there with the bike idling,then it dies! just made it home!!
to make an extremely long story shorter , after checking out the bike the pingel petcock is the blame, its only working when it wants to,ive never had one apart before, but mine is making a "rubbery" noise when you turn it, so i figure an o ring or something is blocking the fuel no matter if its on ,on or reserve.
never be so quick to condemn something untill youve had time to properly check things out! the wire plus seems to be working well.
now a new cock will be $105
with all the problems this bike has given me over the years ,i started out with a short trip,1 mile
(youve got to understand that the last few times it died on me was a few blocks from home!)then i got bolder and went on a 8 mile round trip! no problems, wire plus module seems to be workin good,,feels good to riding the dog i loved and paid so much money for without so much worry!so i go home suit up(still kinda cold here)and hit the road for a 30 mile round trip to the "big" city around here, make it there no problem, on the way back, about 10 miles from home, it happened!!!!!!!! just cruizin down the interstate about 75, bike pops and surges,,,my heart just sank...bike started running ok and i continued my ride, then the bike pops like its out of gas,but i just filled it up,so i grab for reserve anyway, bike dies,i really thought it was fixed now....was cussing wire plus as i was coasting to a halt,until i got to looking at it...... and figured it was a fuel problem. i had no tools with me,but between the semis trying to blow me off the road id twist the throttle and couldnt hear fuel squirting. so im pissed, full tank of fuel,but none getting to the carb,and no tools. out comes the cell phone,of course,i cant get a hold of any of my friends,so i call the girlfriend,she cant drive the truck and trailer,or even hook it up for that matter, so i tell her to come get me, then ill have to leave the bike there,go get the truck and trailer then hope the bike is there when i get back!
i hang up the phone,put the seat back on the bike, and in my frustration,:lol: grab the handlebars and shake the living shit out of the bike :lol:
i sit on the bike, and for shits and giggles try to start it, it fires up! i look behind me to see if there is any traffic and floor it onto the interstate!i bet i didnt go any slower than 90 till i hit my off ramp, pulled into the driveway,sat there with the bike idling,then it dies! just made it home!!
to make an extremely long story shorter , after checking out the bike the pingel petcock is the blame, its only working when it wants to,ive never had one apart before, but mine is making a "rubbery" noise when you turn it, so i figure an o ring or something is blocking the fuel no matter if its on ,on or reserve.
never be so quick to condemn something untill youve had time to properly check things out! the wire plus seems to be working well.
now a new cock will be $105
