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Strange: it's cutting out

loftyjohn

loftyjohn

Cruisin' Guzzisti
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Cannock,Staffs,England
Hi Gang

Intermitant faut::(

Sitting at the lights ticking over, clutch in select first gear and it stalls?
restart rev and select first, away we go:)
Carry on riding similar situations every thing ok:laugh:
Then it happens again, it stalls on selection of a gear.
It is as if you have left the side stand down, but I havn't.

Just had 6000 mile service, I pointed it out to the mechanic: he changed the neutral light switch and checked out the side stand switch.
All well and dandy he said:) it don't do it in the work shop.

Went out this morning: Sitting at the lights ticking over, clutch in select first gear and it stalls?

It is only occasionally doing it, always when you don't want it to.

come on gang any ideas??
My worry is not being able to get going because it wont select a gear without stalling.
 
Check your plug wires and see if they didn't get buggered during that service. They fail just inside the crook and short to the head. With the little cover off and in a darkish garage, you could see the arcing on mine.

According to the manual, you have to use a special tool to remove the wires during service :eek:hmy:
 
Hi Tex
You are right the plug caps are fecked, they have been taped up for months.
The new ones should have been fitted during service, Paul had forgotten to order them.
New caps will be fitted during the recall work.

The cutting out started about a week before the service though.
I have done nearly 300 miles with the problem, it's occouring about every 5th time.
I was testing it in the garage last night to see what happens when it stalls.
The LCD dash changes the same time it cuts out, I noticed the heated grip logo on the dash dissapers?
The times it slips into gear without stalling the dash stays whole, the one time it stalls the heated grips logo vanishes as it stalls.


Come on gang get thinking:)

Loftyjohn
 
John, the fact it is happening when the gear is first engaged points squarely to the sidestand cut-out switch which are known to be fairly crappy. Try bridging it for a couple of days and seeing if the problem goes away or simply taking the bugger off and giving it a good wash with contact cleaner/de-greaser and working it as you do so. From memory the plunger makes contact when it is *out* rather than *in* but if there is crud around the switch stopping the plunger from going right *out* the contacts won't meet and the bike will stop when you engage a gear.

Pete
 
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