Over the weekend I did a 90 mile or so run down I77 to look at a camper-van. I had no problems at all other than boredom from going striaight the majority of the time.
Anyhow on my way back home I decided it was time to see what my bike can do on the ole' interstate so I opened her up. I started out cruising around 75-80mph for about 45 miles and then went another 25 miles averaging between 100-120mph.
Out of nowhere my bike felt like I was riding through sludge... the engine began to bog down and the oil light came on. I pulled to the side of the road and shut the bike down immediately. No oil leaks... oil level looked good (kinda dark though... oil change planned this week)... no puddles on the ground.
After sitting there for about 3 minutes I went ahead and started the bike back up. It had a little bit of hesitation to it, but no more oil light and it seemed to run smoothly. I then proceeded to ride it the rest of the way home (around 20 miles or so) and then parked her in the garage.
My question is... was this just a cooling issue from running at high speed & high RPM on a hot summer day? Is this normal?
I've had the bike for a couple months now and put about 1400 miles on it so far. I'm planning on changing the oil and filter this week/weekend with a stock filter and synthetic oil. Should I be worried or do anything else?
Thanks.
Anyhow on my way back home I decided it was time to see what my bike can do on the ole' interstate so I opened her up. I started out cruising around 75-80mph for about 45 miles and then went another 25 miles averaging between 100-120mph.
Out of nowhere my bike felt like I was riding through sludge... the engine began to bog down and the oil light came on. I pulled to the side of the road and shut the bike down immediately. No oil leaks... oil level looked good (kinda dark though... oil change planned this week)... no puddles on the ground.
After sitting there for about 3 minutes I went ahead and started the bike back up. It had a little bit of hesitation to it, but no more oil light and it seemed to run smoothly. I then proceeded to ride it the rest of the way home (around 20 miles or so) and then parked her in the garage.
My question is... was this just a cooling issue from running at high speed & high RPM on a hot summer day? Is this normal?
I've had the bike for a couple months now and put about 1400 miles on it so far. I'm planning on changing the oil and filter this week/weekend with a stock filter and synthetic oil. Should I be worried or do anything else?
Thanks.
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