Was on my way home from work this afternoon/evening.
Bike was fine all the way up, but 5 miles into the return journey (70 each way) she started to misfire.
At the point of the misfire the Rev counter plunged to 0, then, a second later she roared into life again, Rev counter back up. This repeated itself numerous times where I then decided it would be too dangerous to try and coax her home.
Sat on the hard shoulder for an hour until finally picked up by 'roadside assistance'.
Firstly, many thanks to the man on the 1150 that stopped to see if there was anything he could do. (A customer of Steptoe, as his name came up!) It was much appreciated if only for the moral support.
Secondly, I have not touched her yet, but has anyone any pointers. She has recently had throttle-bodies and new cables but has not missed a beat for the last 3 weeks/1500 miles.
I believe the problem to be electrical as it appeared to be total electrical failure on the engine side, all other power items OK ie ABS lights, headlights etc. Failure was very intermittent, could be a broken wire/faulty connector. Also when she runs she runs fine, but then dies in an instant.
Hopefully will have time to diagnose tomorrow but any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks in anticipation.
Dazlove.
Bike was fine all the way up, but 5 miles into the return journey (70 each way) she started to misfire.
At the point of the misfire the Rev counter plunged to 0, then, a second later she roared into life again, Rev counter back up. This repeated itself numerous times where I then decided it would be too dangerous to try and coax her home.
Sat on the hard shoulder for an hour until finally picked up by 'roadside assistance'.
Firstly, many thanks to the man on the 1150 that stopped to see if there was anything he could do. (A customer of Steptoe, as his name came up!) It was much appreciated if only for the moral support.
Secondly, I have not touched her yet, but has anyone any pointers. She has recently had throttle-bodies and new cables but has not missed a beat for the last 3 weeks/1500 miles.
I believe the problem to be electrical as it appeared to be total electrical failure on the engine side, all other power items OK ie ABS lights, headlights etc. Failure was very intermittent, could be a broken wire/faulty connector. Also when she runs she runs fine, but then dies in an instant.
Hopefully will have time to diagnose tomorrow but any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks in anticipation.
Dazlove.
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