Motor-Timothy
Just got it firing!
Just got my Griso 8v from 2009 and 9500km back from the dealer. He did a 10k service interval, plus he fixed an issue with the bike eating fuses when trying to start. Apparently the previous owner had a startus interruptus bypass installed that was actually the cause of the bike blowing the fuses, somehow.
I also had the flat tappets inspected. There was some very small superficial scratches only, not enough for the warranty replacement kit, so something to keep an eye on.
I also had an issue with the gear often hanging between neutral and first gear when at a standstill (i.e. red traffick light) which is quite annoying. Supposedly he had fixed this, but today I ran into the 'problem' again.
Anyway, after paying a hefty bill, I rode the bike home yesterday (through the city center, so only in first and second gear and max speed 50km/h) it seemed just a little bit more sluggish but otherwise fine. Today I made my first proper ride, unfortunately it was not to be.
As I rode towards the highway, I noticed the engine tone suddenly became a bit lower. Initially I thought nothing of it, but a minute later as I went on the highway and I shifted into 4th or maybe 5th gear, the engine tone became even lower and louder as well. Then as I wanted to overtake a car I noticed I couldn't get any faster than about 70 km/h, regardless of gear.
Suddenly there was a hammering sound from the engine, as if a midget was forging a sword, and the engine started moving very violently from left to right as if the cylinders went into overdrive. The RPM's went up and down at random a couple of times, and shifting didn't really have an effect on my RPM's or speed.
At this point I was just next to an exit from the highway, so I took it, let the motorcycle roll out with the clutch pressed, then rode into a parking lot and stopped.
After getting off from the bike I noticed the exhaust was smoking like crazy, with thick white smoke. I made a short video on my phone, but it doesn't show well on it. The smoke was about 3 times as impressive as it looks like on the video:
http://sendvid.com/pl37jwfr
The exhaust kept smoking for a good 7-10 minutes, with a very strong smell of chemicals or burning plastic.
Called my insurance and the dealer I got it serviced with. The insurance company send a truck to collect my bike, and brought it to the dealer but it was closed so they'll check it tomorrow. *sigh*
Since I'm not very technical, I was hoping someone here might have an idea what could have possibly happened. I'd especially like to know if any of the things the dealer did could have been the cause if they made a mistake, so below is an image of their bill. The stuff in dutch on it is essentially just the various kinds of oil and brake fluid, bottom two are small material & work hours.
Of course it could just be a totally unrelated thing and just be bad luck, but its naturally quite suspicious when this happens on the first ride at higher speeds after being serviced.
Thanks in advance for any support!
Ps. I checked the oil level, which was good.
I also had the flat tappets inspected. There was some very small superficial scratches only, not enough for the warranty replacement kit, so something to keep an eye on.
I also had an issue with the gear often hanging between neutral and first gear when at a standstill (i.e. red traffick light) which is quite annoying. Supposedly he had fixed this, but today I ran into the 'problem' again.
Anyway, after paying a hefty bill, I rode the bike home yesterday (through the city center, so only in first and second gear and max speed 50km/h) it seemed just a little bit more sluggish but otherwise fine. Today I made my first proper ride, unfortunately it was not to be.
As I rode towards the highway, I noticed the engine tone suddenly became a bit lower. Initially I thought nothing of it, but a minute later as I went on the highway and I shifted into 4th or maybe 5th gear, the engine tone became even lower and louder as well. Then as I wanted to overtake a car I noticed I couldn't get any faster than about 70 km/h, regardless of gear.
Suddenly there was a hammering sound from the engine, as if a midget was forging a sword, and the engine started moving very violently from left to right as if the cylinders went into overdrive. The RPM's went up and down at random a couple of times, and shifting didn't really have an effect on my RPM's or speed.
At this point I was just next to an exit from the highway, so I took it, let the motorcycle roll out with the clutch pressed, then rode into a parking lot and stopped.
After getting off from the bike I noticed the exhaust was smoking like crazy, with thick white smoke. I made a short video on my phone, but it doesn't show well on it. The smoke was about 3 times as impressive as it looks like on the video:
http://sendvid.com/pl37jwfr
The exhaust kept smoking for a good 7-10 minutes, with a very strong smell of chemicals or burning plastic.
Called my insurance and the dealer I got it serviced with. The insurance company send a truck to collect my bike, and brought it to the dealer but it was closed so they'll check it tomorrow. *sigh*
Since I'm not very technical, I was hoping someone here might have an idea what could have possibly happened. I'd especially like to know if any of the things the dealer did could have been the cause if they made a mistake, so below is an image of their bill. The stuff in dutch on it is essentially just the various kinds of oil and brake fluid, bottom two are small material & work hours.
Of course it could just be a totally unrelated thing and just be bad luck, but its naturally quite suspicious when this happens on the first ride at higher speeds after being serviced.
Thanks in advance for any support!
Ps. I checked the oil level, which was good.