Actually, it's not just today's problem but one that has been lingering. Hadn't done much riding until recently and the bike was running well. Went out about 2 weeks ago and while getting on the highway (in 3d gear) the bike would not accelerate above 6k RPMs and bounced up and down. Eventually settled down and continued riding.
Before last week's group ride had some similar difficulty and thought perhaps the throttle bodies needing to be resynched. Finished that yesterday and everything seemed okay. Took her out today and things were great for a while and then tried accelerating on the highway and same thing (no acceleration and RPMs bouncing around 6k). Settled down and continued riding only to have it happen again later and much worse. This time bounced between 3 and 4k and lost speed. Pulled over and she settled down again. Couple miles down the road same thing and pulled over again. Gunny took a lot (actually we all took a look at the underside of the tank and saw no loose wires and nothing out of the ordinary. Started the bike and she revved perfectly.
At that point, we decided to modify the route as some of you may have read. Happened a couple more times, but was able to make it home. Consensus was a fuel filter or fuel pump. More likely a fuel pump except the fluctuation in RPMs that the problem occurred and that it wasn't consistent.
Any other thoughts before I get a new fuel pump?
Before last week's group ride had some similar difficulty and thought perhaps the throttle bodies needing to be resynched. Finished that yesterday and everything seemed okay. Took her out today and things were great for a while and then tried accelerating on the highway and same thing (no acceleration and RPMs bouncing around 6k). Settled down and continued riding only to have it happen again later and much worse. This time bounced between 3 and 4k and lost speed. Pulled over and she settled down again. Couple miles down the road same thing and pulled over again. Gunny took a lot (actually we all took a look at the underside of the tank and saw no loose wires and nothing out of the ordinary. Started the bike and she revved perfectly.
At that point, we decided to modify the route as some of you may have read. Happened a couple more times, but was able to make it home. Consensus was a fuel filter or fuel pump. More likely a fuel pump except the fluctuation in RPMs that the problem occurred and that it wasn't consistent.
Any other thoughts before I get a new fuel pump?