Went for a ride today first time in a couple of weeks that we have been able to ride.
First thing I did today is turn on the accelerator pump feature with the following settings 90% sensitivity, 15% fuel, and 20 revolutions. I have never had it turned on before.
Shibumi and I took off no probs. 20 miles into the ride, we got the opportunity to pass a line of cars; we were running between 45-55 mph. I downshifted to 2nd, leaned out, and hammered it. Somewhere between 7000 and 9000 rpms in 2nd gear, the bike stuttered. Felt almost like the blip when you hit the rev limiter, did it just one time, I up shifted to 3rd, bike was still pulling like a train, grabbed 4th and rolled out of the throttle. It did it again during our ride, only in 2nd gear and it seems like I can reproduce the blip at will again only in 2nd gear. The first thing I thought was the clutch, so I slowed down to a crawl in 1st gear, hammered it, nose came up shifted into second nose set down softly, no blip in 1st, hit the rpm range up there in 2nd, blip. I think it is probably not the clutch since it didn't do it in 1st. My next thought was I have read of bikes that have 2nd gear a little more worn than 1st gear and thought may the tranny was slipping somehow. I made the last turn for home, dropped to 1st one more time, hammered it, accidentally hit the rev limiter and the FI light came on. I shifted into 2nd, 3rd, then 4th, to get the rpms down. The FI light stayed on but the bike seemed to be running fine. Got home shut the bike off, started it right back up and the FI light is off. This FI light thing happened one other time that was at the Meet N Greet. I shut the bike off, started it back up, no light, no probs.
My bike has 12,251 miles on her. I ride aggressively but nowhere near, what some of you guys do. The bike has never been to a track and the front wheel has been off the ground maybe 8 times in 10656 miles that I have owned the bike so the worn 2nd gear theory is a little weak too.
I am wondering if there is a correlation between the accelerator pump feature, the blip and the FI light.
That is about it.
If any of you have any ideas, please post them up.
Don
First thing I did today is turn on the accelerator pump feature with the following settings 90% sensitivity, 15% fuel, and 20 revolutions. I have never had it turned on before.
Shibumi and I took off no probs. 20 miles into the ride, we got the opportunity to pass a line of cars; we were running between 45-55 mph. I downshifted to 2nd, leaned out, and hammered it. Somewhere between 7000 and 9000 rpms in 2nd gear, the bike stuttered. Felt almost like the blip when you hit the rev limiter, did it just one time, I up shifted to 3rd, bike was still pulling like a train, grabbed 4th and rolled out of the throttle. It did it again during our ride, only in 2nd gear and it seems like I can reproduce the blip at will again only in 2nd gear. The first thing I thought was the clutch, so I slowed down to a crawl in 1st gear, hammered it, nose came up shifted into second nose set down softly, no blip in 1st, hit the rpm range up there in 2nd, blip. I think it is probably not the clutch since it didn't do it in 1st. My next thought was I have read of bikes that have 2nd gear a little more worn than 1st gear and thought may the tranny was slipping somehow. I made the last turn for home, dropped to 1st one more time, hammered it, accidentally hit the rev limiter and the FI light came on. I shifted into 2nd, 3rd, then 4th, to get the rpms down. The FI light stayed on but the bike seemed to be running fine. Got home shut the bike off, started it right back up and the FI light is off. This FI light thing happened one other time that was at the Meet N Greet. I shut the bike off, started it back up, no light, no probs.
My bike has 12,251 miles on her. I ride aggressively but nowhere near, what some of you guys do. The bike has never been to a track and the front wheel has been off the ground maybe 8 times in 10656 miles that I have owned the bike so the worn 2nd gear theory is a little weak too.
I am wondering if there is a correlation between the accelerator pump feature, the blip and the FI light.
That is about it.
If any of you have any ideas, please post them up.
Don