Bike Broke - The story gets even more weird
Tov
Broke", I mentioned that the bike broke with about 1.8 gals of gas and
then ran fine after I filled it up. WELL, on the way home from work
today (southbound I-15, fast lane, 80mph, typical S. Cal rush hour
traffic), the *BIKE BROKE" (just stopped dead). The gas was reading 1.8
gals. Coincidence? Haunted Motorcycle? I'm scared. How about you?
Ride with a wooden cross, garlic and various other items to ward off
evil bike spirits,
Tov
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Roadkill
>... Coincidence? Haunted Motorcycle? I'm scared. How about you?<
+Tov, [BOO!] in an earlier installation of this scintillating saga8^),
you said
>... The bike took about 3 gal's to top off (had 1.8 before and showed
full afterwards - so seems normal)...<
The only thing that's similar to my experiences when my garlic failed;^)
is the fact that adding fuel cured it. In my instances the fuel gauge
was not properly functioning and my *BIKE BROKE by simply running out of
fuel. My fuel gauge also read "full" inaccurately as well.
When you said that it took about 3 gals to top it off, was it accurately
full by eye, or full by gauge readout?
I'm guessing that you need to either have your sender arm adjusted or
your under-tank connector has snapped.
My tales of fuel gauge woe (snapped under-tank connection) are in:
"runnin' on empty/TRAVLR returns" at
http://x72.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=444009106&CONTEXT=973699425.715128840&h
itnum=0
"what a long strange trip it was" at
http://x66.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=446330837&CONTEXT=973698614.1705443345&
hitnum=1 and
"Roadkill's Righteous Ride" at
http://x72.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=452838021&CONTEXT=973699742.717029419&h
itnum=13 where Doug White's bike also incurs a snapped under-tank
connection).
Ramblin' John's sender arm fix is detailed in
"Fuel gauge mod" at
http://x72.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=444350235&CONTEXT=973699742.717029419&h
itnum=16
Here's to hoping it's a simple problem requiring a simple solution.
Ride on.
Roadkill
Tov
> When you said that it took about 3 gals to top it off, was it
accurately full by eye, or full by gauge readout?
Eyeball. Filled it until gas was over the flapper do-hicky in the
filler neck (love that technical jargon).
I'll mention to the dealer to check both the problems you mentioned.
Your stories were a lot better reading than mine. I'll have to work on
my story telling skills.
Thanks for the inputs,
Tov
Roadkill
Also, due to the prevalence of duel pump oddities that have been
circulated in various discussions, don't discount that as a possibility.
Ride on.
Roadkill
Roadkill
Also, due to the prevalence of fuel pump oddities that have been
Tov
> +I don't have a flapper do-hickey thingy. Is yours a CA model?
Yes.
Roadkill
>
> > +I don't have a flapper do-hickey thingy. Is yours a CA model?
>
> Yes.
+Keep in mind then that you have another set of variables to consider
because mine's a 49-state model...
Ride on.
Roadkill