shut off at 135

[schultz9008]

so i was riding my bike today and i just wanted to see exactly how fast the bike really was so i was going 135 and the bike shut off and then it was acting really funny until i slowed down till about 70. i am assuming that its a govenor and i was wandering if there is anyway of taking it off

[06katanarider]

What bike do you have???

I have a '06 gsx600f and mine will peg out its speedo with no problems

[schultz9008]

mine is a 99' 600f katana

[06katanarider]

Never heard of a bike cutting off. I am no mechanic though so.... there are plenty of ppl here though that WILL know. Hope you get it fixed though. GL!

You in Covington, GA.?

[Salz07]

Covington, KY ???

[scott73]

Mine is a 99 750 and I've gone faster than that... 147 was as fast as it would go. Dunno why yours is shutting off. Seems like that would be pretty dangerous. Did it lock up your back tire?

[Kreylyn]

Sounds more like a fuel flow issue to me... Not enough flowing into the carbs when WOT for that long.

Krey

[sonosam]

^agreed. Thats what I immediately assumed and I am no mechanic...

[steves]

Or the rev limiter.

[yngveny]

+1 on the fuel issue

Rev limiter will only cut power to two of the plugs at 11500 RPM and is not related to the speed you are going.

[depths_of_mind]

+1 .. my immediate thought too...

Sounds more like a fuel flow issue to me... Not enough flowing into the carbs when WOT for that long.

Krey

[his-royal-freshness]

when ur bike shuts off does the tach drop to 0rpm?

i had a similar problem once, when my bike started to get to the upper RPM range it would stumble and shut off.. turned out my sidestand was loose and the vibration at those rpms caused it to bounce up and down and it would trigger the saftey switch on the sidestand immediatly killing the bike.
for the longest time i couldnt figure out y my bike was doing that untill i hit a bump one day and my bike died, it was like duhh.. then i pulled my sidestand up and tadaa bike kicked back on again

[schultz9008]

well what could i do to fix this if its a fuel issue take it to a mechanic, the rpms just stay the same the bike doesnt shut completly off i just have no power or anything its really weird, like the lights and stuff are still on i just have no throttle basically is what it is

[schultz9008]

the little swtich thing that you can turn it to fuel,reserve, and all that stuff what is that supposed to be on, i have it on reserve is that a reason why it is shutting off

[JayBell]

possibly.

your switch has 3 settings: PRIME, RUN, RESERVE.

prime is to fill the carbs, and should not be left in this position more than 30 seconds
Run is for normal running of the bike, fuel will flow when bike is running
Reserve is a lower fuel port to allow you to get to a gas station, about 1 gallons worth.

the petcock is vacuum activated, and in other than prime, will only supply fuel when running. so at this point, you probably have one of a few things:

1. vacuum line from carb 4 to the petcock is leaking or split
2. Petcock diaphragm is faulty, and petcock needs rebuild
3. you have water or other gunk clogging your reserve fuel port in the tank