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Thank you, all of you that helped me get started.
I changed the oil; drained & examined the tank (NO RUST!!
) put in the techron.. After about 1/4 mile the bike changed pitch, no longer the mechanical efforted crank, all of a sudden the engine started to sing. It was a bit weird, never heard an engine respond like that (I've seen my share of engines) but it as if all of a sudden good clean oil entered a section of the bike that it never had.. The result is more of a medium frequency (~800-1400Hz) tone, that becomes much more apparent after 4K RPM. Quite nice.
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But anyway, on to the next question, oh bike gods.. on pleasant (but not full) acceleration, just after the shift into 2nd at around 30MPH; the engine cuts... the RPM gauge drops to zero, even though the transmission is still forcing the engine to rotate. I pull off, and try to restart; and it is dead.
I flip all the switches, turn on and off the key; tap the starter, NOTHING happens. no engine crank whatsoever. I've noticed that after about 30 seconds, if I play with the kick stand, they bike will start right back up.
It's done it twice, and I don't want it to happen on the freeway. I'm wondering if its the kickstand electrical kill switch. If it happens again, I'll try shifting into N immediately; if it then starts without a hitch.. then I'll know. Especially if it dies immediately after shifting into first.
Any other suggestions?
Thank you, all of you that helped me get started.
I changed the oil; drained & examined the tank (NO RUST!!
) put in the techron.. After about 1/4 mile the bike changed pitch, no longer the mechanical efforted crank, all of a sudden the engine started to sing. It was a bit weird, never heard an engine respond like that (I've seen my share of engines) but it as if all of a sudden good clean oil entered a section of the bike that it never had.. The result is more of a medium frequency (~800-1400Hz) tone, that becomes much more apparent after 4K RPM. Quite nice.---Question starts here---
But anyway, on to the next question, oh bike gods.. on pleasant (but not full) acceleration, just after the shift into 2nd at around 30MPH; the engine cuts... the RPM gauge drops to zero, even though the transmission is still forcing the engine to rotate. I pull off, and try to restart; and it is dead.
I flip all the switches, turn on and off the key; tap the starter, NOTHING happens. no engine crank whatsoever. I've noticed that after about 30 seconds, if I play with the kick stand, they bike will start right back up.
It's done it twice, and I don't want it to happen on the freeway. I'm wondering if its the kickstand electrical kill switch. If it happens again, I'll try shifting into N immediately; if it then starts without a hitch.. then I'll know. Especially if it dies immediately after shifting into first.
Any other suggestions?
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