I'm about 85-90% certain my bike needs an exorcism.
Some guy in the parking lot at bike night was doing freehand lettering on another bike and I started talking about having, "El Bastardo Verde" painted on my front fairing. (If you've been following along, my bike deserves it) I almost had him do it, but could not find a bug-free enough area. And I decided a sticker would be better.
So I go to leave and the bike cranks up, idles like shit(first clue, dumbass), I rev it up and blast out of the parking lot headed to the grocery store to get some din-din. My fuel light is on and I'm about 200 miles into the tank, about the time I normally switch to reserve.
I get to a left turn lane and the bike is still idling like shit like it's running out of gas, so I switch to reserve. The bike dies and the light turns green and I have five cars behind me. :roll: Fucking of course! Why wouldn't I have five cars behind me???? Probably filled with Norwegian bikini models, too!
I'm able to duck-walk a tight U-turn and then I work on my next problem: how to start the bike? Cranking is doing no good. I switch the fuel back from reserve to on and it starts. Now I nurse it rolling and on through some back streets. Park at the grocery store.
Come back out with food, crank it up and the idle is fixed, and it runs like a raped ape again.
I think I've been warned. :shock:
No Norwegian bikini models were harmed during the telling of this story. :evil:
Dude..... you blew it.
Your bike was not possesed.... it was trying to help you out. It was trying to get you laid. :shock: :lol:
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It set you up to go knock on their car window. Bike now things your an idiot. He new those models would a been giving you a ride. 8) :wink:
Norwegian bikini models in Reno? Yeah, dude. :lol:
:lol: :ImaPoser :ImaPoser :ImaPoser :ImaPoser
I'm tellin ya it's bad luck to paint a bike GREEN !
Actually it sounds like you have a plugged tank vent or you need to remove the little screen on the petcock pipe that is on the main fuel pipe .
If it happens again .........open the gas cap rather than switching to reserve and see if it comes out of it , if it does it's tank vent , and if switching to reserve and back cures it ...it is that silly fine mesh filter on the top of the petcock pipe
and your steamer was teaching you a lesson in humility for thinking about painting such shit on it's side :ImaPoser :ImaPoser :ImaPoser
(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/2uoykcuf/emoticons/132254541_FAksy-Ti.gif)
Not a plugged vent. I've already checked both vents. I'm wondering about the ethanol content in the gas around here.
I'll pull the fuel cock and drain the tank and see what I find. I've already got an in line fuel filter (after plugging the stock one).
Or just live with the fact that the bike is going to continue to be unreliable and burn it in the desert. :evil:
I have this cheap bastard theory that makes me feel better when my tiger acts up on low fuel.
If condensation got into the tank, it seems like the moisture would end up below the fuel. Then, when I switch to reserve this "moist" fuel gets into the system since the reserve port is low in the tank. Lots of coughing and sputtering until a while after I fill up and switch back to fuel from the top of the pipe.
There may be some holes in this theory, but making up stuff like this is cheaper than trying new components (coils and wires are some candidates that I considered replacing).
These bikes do take a certain level of commitment. Not to mention an active imagination.
Good luck.
(http://www.fsz.uni-hannover.de/Sprachbereiche/Englisch/dozenten/traynor/Exorcism_files/Exorcist.jpg)
The power of Bloor compels you!
The power of Bloor compels you!
The power of Bloor compels you!
Quote from: "Stretch"(http://www.fsz.uni-hannover.de/Sprachbereiche/Englisch/dozenten/traynor/Exorcism_files/Exorcist.jpg)
The power of Bloor compels you!
The power of Bloor compels you!
The power of Bloor compels you!
And what colour does she puke up :grnb :wink:
Quote from: "Sin_Tiger"And what colour does she puke up :grnb :wink:
British Racing Green! What do I win, Skippy?
hey jetdocx, you should paint your bike like one of our planes :lol:
I'm thinking about painting it pink. Or maybe just a real big Hello Kitty sticker on the front fairing. :lol:
Eric, that plane has a pink triangle or a rainbow or both on it's rear bumper, right?
Pumping out the shitters right under her nose. Funny.
its our frisco special :lol:
Quote from: "JetdocX"Quote from: "Sin_Tiger"And what colour does she puke up :grnb :wink:
British Racing Green! What do I win, Skippy?
I'll send you some if you want :lol:
Mine did the same. For the first six weeks I thought it was me forgetting to turn on the petcock. After another month of fiddling I figured it out. Turned out to be the mesh sock filters on the petcock intake tubes. The suction from the carbs was collapsing the socks and not allowing gas through the lines. Remove both the high and the low pipe filters. I decided to remove only the high pipe filter and got the same problem on reserve. With mine, it was heat related. No problem on colder days. Big problem on hotter days. Removing the second eliminated the problem. The stalling was a big issue. No way I could take the mc on a steep upward dirt road with the stalling. I would have dropped it every time it stalled. No way I could take it on a highway with no shoulders.
Quote from: "JetdocX"I'm thinking about painting it pink. Or maybe just a real big Hello Kitty sticker on the front fairing. :lol:
Eric, that plane has a pink triangle or a rainbow or both on it's rear bumper, right?
Something like this:
(http://www.xrv.org.uk/photopost/data/500/KTM-Pink.jpg)
???
Geof
How about this?
(http://gadgets.boingboing.net/gimages/hello-kitty-motorcycle-5.jpg)
Gotta buy the leathers, too:
(http://neatorama.cachefly.net/misscellania/450racingleathers.jpg)
Have you fixed the problem? Either way I would appreciate an update on what you done and what the results were.
It just disappeared. I'm sure it will come back, probably while sitting next to a car full of Skandihoovian swimsuit models again. :roll:
Quote from: "JetdocX".........I started talking about having, "El Bastardo Verde" painted on my front fairing. .......................................
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I told ya it was payback for thinking such a thing :ImaPoser :ImaPoser :ImaPoser