Ok my fellow enthusiasts
I have yet another puzzler....
I decided to go for a bit of a ride yesterday,
so I jumped on the bike and headed the 230kms to Adelaide
the bike ran like a dream and used all of about $5 fuel.... sweet as
However coming home tonight, I was cruising along sweet as and was about 3kms from home (already travelled about 225ks) when she decided to just die
the engine seemed to still be ticking over but lacked any and all power to the throttle and as soon as I pulled off onto the shoulder the engine died.
I sat there for a minute scratching my head, checking fuel levels and sparkplug leads etc....
then decided to start her and try again.
I managed to ride for about 200 mtrs and she would burble to a stall again
again checking everything, nothing obvious.... I switched her to reserve just to be sure and started her and rode for another 200 mtrs and she died again.
no obvious causes for her to die..... swtched the ignition from lights to the on position thinking maybe a short in the igniton was causing an electrical break then started her and decided to just sit with her idling to see what happend,
she seemed to idel fine and didnt stall so I dropped her into gear again and again got about 200 mtrs when she died again....
the only thing that seemed a little out of the ordinary was.... she seemed to be putting off a fair bit of heat.... round the clutch area of the primary cover
So I am wondering if this may have been an overheating issue???
and if so.... why would she be overheating?
is it possibly the gearbox got too hot... is there like a safety cut out or something?
hope to hear from others who may have experienced this or know what it is
Red
good suggestions.... it had been sitting for awhile and who knows what crap you will find in the petrol these days
thx Hilly... will look into those
you really got me thinking here Bruce
So I went out and grabbed the cap to check it out
I am thinking it is in fact an inlet valve not exit... ie: sucks air in not lets pressure out.
so I have been surfing around and discovered there is supposed to be a pressure release / overflow / vent hose on the tank
so went out and looked at the tank again and find there is a second little pipe coming out under the right tank just near the crossover hose outlet.
this one has been cut off and plugged up
so I am thinking it maybe the pressure release (breather hose) and as such it is creating a pressure build up in the tank that cannot escape through the cap.
inside where the cap screws in I see there is an overflow/breather pipe... I will have to find a bit of hose and connect it to that and blow through it to see if the other pipe below the tank is in fact the breather..
I am guessing it is.... but I am not sure where that particular pipe is supposed to goto from the tank...
does it recycle into the carbie or somewhere or does it simply dangle under the bike onto the road??
The top pic shows the pipe inside the filler
the next pic shows where it exits under the tank next to the main fuel line crossover
this is the vent pipe that was blocked off and causing it to not vent properly
since opening this pipe it means the fumes and excess pressure can freely escape while the valve in the cap allows air to enter the tank and replace the empty space left from the fuel being used
as you can see... it is located above the header and below the tank...
so I have run a vacuum hose from it to direct it off to the side and down under the bike
hope this clarifies things a little
ok... for some reason to bottom pic has been posted on it's side..... sorry