today i was taking the bike out for a ride, the first real ride since i have been home, through the country, so, i get about 20 minutes from my house when the idle slowly rose up to around 3000 rpm, then cruising around 45-60 mph, running great for the past few days, the throttle would just cut out. it would be like i let off of it, instantly dropped below 2000, then back up to a normal range. after a few seconds of this i found a parking lot, pulled in the clutch, then got to neutral, then as i was rolling into the parking lot, the bike stalled out.
i waited a few minutes, bike started out fine, idling high as it has recently, (was gonna take it in for a carb rebuild and engine serviceing this week anyway) i figured it just overheated, so it was idling, sounded normal, then i started going, throttled up while in neutral ( and 1st with clutch pulled in) revved like normal, sounded fine as well. but when i started to roll out, once it hit ~3500 rpm, it just died....
THEN to top it off:
when my friends got there with a truck, i was standing next to the bike, lining it up for the ramp, i dropped it, smelled gas, a little dripped, but i think it was just the overflow emptying, so far the brake lever is bent, and i am scared to go look at the rest of it. taking it to a shop tomorrow, getting the carbs rebuilt, and hopefully that will solve my problem, and gonna put on my old lever again...
so the moral of the story is:
WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS.
i waited a few minutes, bike started out fine, idling high as it has recently, (was gonna take it in for a carb rebuild and engine serviceing this week anyway) i figured it just overheated, so it was idling, sounded normal, then i started going, throttled up while in neutral ( and 1st with clutch pulled in) revved like normal, sounded fine as well. but when i started to roll out, once it hit ~3500 rpm, it just died....
THEN to top it off:
when my friends got there with a truck, i was standing next to the bike, lining it up for the ramp, i dropped it, smelled gas, a little dripped, but i think it was just the overflow emptying, so far the brake lever is bent, and i am scared to go look at the rest of it. taking it to a shop tomorrow, getting the carbs rebuilt, and hopefully that will solve my problem, and gonna put on my old lever again...
so the moral of the story is:
WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS.
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