20-06-15, 07:57 AM
This started about 10 days ago.
I was splitting lanes on the M25 and needed to do a 2 lane split so found a gap and shut the throttle whereupon the forks dived and it felt like the engine had died. I got into lane, made some space then shut the throttle, pulled in the clutch and it stalled. I let the clutch out and it re-started. It had a bit of an on off feel to the throttle response.
So I got home and tilted the tank, checked obvious pipes off, no joy. I opened the airbox and it does need a new air filter (I've got one on order).
Put the bike in last week to a local independent for the throttle bodies to be balanced, plugs and an MOT. It's come back with less of a flat spot
I went to deepest Kent yesterday and coming back I got the same effect. Sat in the contraflow on the M3, I got to the point where I could just make the bike skip a beat at a certain throttle opening, just like an occasional misfire. Pulled the clutch in as I approached my parking spot and the engine cut out again.
I guess this could be caused by heat build up as I was travelling at "ahem" mph round the M25 before trundling through the roadworks @ 50mph for 16 miles.
I am thinking from what I generally know about cars that it could be a faulty throttle pot but I don't know enough about the system to say for sure.
Anyone?
I was splitting lanes on the M25 and needed to do a 2 lane split so found a gap and shut the throttle whereupon the forks dived and it felt like the engine had died. I got into lane, made some space then shut the throttle, pulled in the clutch and it stalled. I let the clutch out and it re-started. It had a bit of an on off feel to the throttle response.
So I got home and tilted the tank, checked obvious pipes off, no joy. I opened the airbox and it does need a new air filter (I've got one on order).
Put the bike in last week to a local independent for the throttle bodies to be balanced, plugs and an MOT. It's come back with less of a flat spot
I went to deepest Kent yesterday and coming back I got the same effect. Sat in the contraflow on the M3, I got to the point where I could just make the bike skip a beat at a certain throttle opening, just like an occasional misfire. Pulled the clutch in as I approached my parking spot and the engine cut out again.
I guess this could be caused by heat build up as I was travelling at "ahem" mph round the M25 before trundling through the roadworks @ 50mph for 16 miles.
I am thinking from what I generally know about cars that it could be a faulty throttle pot but I don't know enough about the system to say for sure.
Anyone?
Just think how stupid the "average" person is. Isn't it a worry that statistically approximately 50% of the population are thicker!