So a couple of days ago, my V85TT overheated on me while I was driving. Once the overheat warning light popped up, I had thankfully reached my destination and immediately turned it off.
An hour later the bike had cooled down and I started her up. At first it started up like a tractor and it was shaking all around and felt like it was running on one cylinder. I switched her off, took a quick gander around the bike, no leaks or anything out of the ordinary, so I started her up again and she started up fine. So I thought it was possibly just the ECU taking safety precautions when it overheated and lowered the timing and fueling or something like that which caused the bike to start up very vigorously.
I rode her back home with absolutely no hickups and managed to hit around 195 km/h on the way back (125ish mph). Smooth as butter.
Lo'and behold, just a few hours ago, today, I decided it was time to see how the V85TT feels like with a pillion.
I adjusted the suspension for a pillion and started the bike up with no issues.
I rode about 10 miles with my pillion and all was fine and we were enjoying the ride. I wanted to see how it would pull with a pillion, so I gave it the full beans. I was in 4th gear around 6500 RPM when I felt the bike lose all its power and noticed the CEL coming on.
I quickly parked on the side, shut her off, and took a gander around the bike. No leaks, no nothing.
I tried to start her up the first time but she wouldn't start, the engine would just turn over. Second time around and she started up but was idling like absolute trash. I could barely get her off the line without the bike trying to die on me, so more clutch throttle action was needed to get her going at first.
Luckily, the service station was 2 km away, so I drove her gently there and sent the service manager a text message and went back home with an Uber.
The bike has approximately 3,000 kilometers on it and first service was done at 1,500 kilometers.
Obviously at this point in time I do not know what is wrong with the bike but I will post an update soon enough!
An hour later the bike had cooled down and I started her up. At first it started up like a tractor and it was shaking all around and felt like it was running on one cylinder. I switched her off, took a quick gander around the bike, no leaks or anything out of the ordinary, so I started her up again and she started up fine. So I thought it was possibly just the ECU taking safety precautions when it overheated and lowered the timing and fueling or something like that which caused the bike to start up very vigorously.
I rode her back home with absolutely no hickups and managed to hit around 195 km/h on the way back (125ish mph). Smooth as butter.
Lo'and behold, just a few hours ago, today, I decided it was time to see how the V85TT feels like with a pillion.
I adjusted the suspension for a pillion and started the bike up with no issues.
I rode about 10 miles with my pillion and all was fine and we were enjoying the ride. I wanted to see how it would pull with a pillion, so I gave it the full beans. I was in 4th gear around 6500 RPM when I felt the bike lose all its power and noticed the CEL coming on.
I quickly parked on the side, shut her off, and took a gander around the bike. No leaks, no nothing.
I tried to start her up the first time but she wouldn't start, the engine would just turn over. Second time around and she started up but was idling like absolute trash. I could barely get her off the line without the bike trying to die on me, so more clutch throttle action was needed to get her going at first.
Luckily, the service station was 2 km away, so I drove her gently there and sent the service manager a text message and went back home with an Uber.
The bike has approximately 3,000 kilometers on it and first service was done at 1,500 kilometers.
Obviously at this point in time I do not know what is wrong with the bike but I will post an update soon enough!
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