I replaced all my hoses recently, (vacuum and fuel) and everything runs fine for about a month.
When the engine gets hot, and I leave it to idle, it will slowly sputter out, unless I give the throttle a bit a twist. If I start it and don't ride on it, it will idle quite happily for a long period of time (over 10- 15 minutes) at about 1RPM - 1.5RPM (never lower).
I checked my spark plugs and they don't appear to run rich, nor is there a petrol smell from the exhaust. (Are these the be all and end all signs of running rich?)
I checked for any kinks in the vacuum hoses but there doesn't seem to be any that are directly impinged.
The only other thing I can think of is thheat I didn't use the OEM plastic molded ones with t bend in them, (so the hose at the petcock the tank is slightly bent, but not entirely closed off from what I can see.
I just used standard hoses (I got the closest size to the original).
Is there anything I else I should check before taking it into a mechanic?
Edit: Mine is the GS500 K9
did you check the choke?
Oh, its a K9 unit. Cool so its got a what, a german shepard in it ?
And what's it doing anyway -
This seems contradictory to me -
When the engine gets hot, and I leave it to idle, it will slowly sputter out, unless I give the throttle a bit a twist. If I start it and don't ride on it, it will idle quite happily for a long period of time (over 10- 15 minutes) at about 1RPM - 1.5RPM (never lower).
So it will idle except if you ride it.
If it is idling - when - during a ride ??? it will stall ???
OK that sounds like a dragging clutch to me.
Else explain what it is doing better.
Maybe the dog ate the fuel line ??? NO ??? OK.
Cool.
Buddha.
Apart from anything else.... 15 mins is a loooooong time to idle this motor!?
Quote from: 1034am on September 09, 2015, 11:08:14 AM
did you check the choke?
Yeah I did.
Quote from: The Buddha on September 09, 2015, 01:59:21 PM
This seems contradictory to me -
When the engine gets hot, and I leave it to idle, it will slowly sputter out, unless I give the throttle a bit a twist. If I start it and don't ride on it, it will idle quite happily for a long period of time (over 10- 15 minutes) at about 1RPM - 1.5RPM (never lower).
So it will idle except if you ride it.
If it is idling - when - during a ride ??? it will stall ???
OK that sounds like a dragging clutch to me.
Else explain what it is doing better.
Say if I get to 70km/hr and then cruise for a bit, it will start to sputter like its out of fuel. Unless I give it a bit of throttle.
Same thing at say traffic lights (so idling after riding).
If I start it cold, and leave it, it will idle fine.