Riding along on the highway yesterday with constant throttle position just cruising, the bike started to get surgy. It would feel like it lost power for half a second then back to normal, then another loss of power, etc. It got bad enough that it was practically bucking. Each time, if I rolled onto the gas more, I could make it stop. I pulled over and decided to ride it down a sidestreet to get a better idea of what was happening.
It continued to happen, power cutting out then coming back. A couple of times after a strong cut in power the LCD and Tach would shut off, even though the bike was still running. Each time, they sprang back to life a few seconds later. This all culminated with the LCD dying and the Tach dropping to zero and then the motor actually sputtered and died as I came to a stop.
I turned the bike back on, the fuel pump seemed to not sound as stong as it normally does, but it started fine and I was able to limp it home - sometimes the motor would surge (lose power/regain it over and over) when I was at constant throttle position but I could overcome it with a bit more throttle.
So today, disconnected my PC3 and went for a ride and it's still happening. It started to surge on the highway and then the LCD/tach died and the whole bike died on the highway. As I was trying to merge over to the shoulder, it came back on and surged forward, then cut off again.
I checked the two relays behind the gauges - they don't get hot when the bike is running, and the PC3 is disconnected. What does this sound like?? The battery is excellent, full charge and none of this seems to affect the battery power...
Please tell me some things to go out and check on the bike.
-Ryan
It continued to happen, power cutting out then coming back. A couple of times after a strong cut in power the LCD and Tach would shut off, even though the bike was still running. Each time, they sprang back to life a few seconds later. This all culminated with the LCD dying and the Tach dropping to zero and then the motor actually sputtered and died as I came to a stop.
I turned the bike back on, the fuel pump seemed to not sound as stong as it normally does, but it started fine and I was able to limp it home - sometimes the motor would surge (lose power/regain it over and over) when I was at constant throttle position but I could overcome it with a bit more throttle.
So today, disconnected my PC3 and went for a ride and it's still happening. It started to surge on the highway and then the LCD/tach died and the whole bike died on the highway. As I was trying to merge over to the shoulder, it came back on and surged forward, then cut off again.
I checked the two relays behind the gauges - they don't get hot when the bike is running, and the PC3 is disconnected. What does this sound like?? The battery is excellent, full charge and none of this seems to affect the battery power...
Please tell me some things to go out and check on the bike.
-Ryan