AJAY
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My bike has recently begun to stall when braking (clutch in or neutral), usually as I am approaching a full stop. Hard braking is more likely to make it happen, but it has happened a couple of times under really gentle braking.
First: My idle is too low, like 900 rpm. I need to set it higher. I know this and am pretty sure raising the idle will fix it.
Still, it surprises me that it should stall when braking, when it idles just fine when sitting.
Trying to think of a physical mechanism for making it stall under braking.
* Fuel System: It has happened with a full gas tank, so I don't think it's unporting the fuel pump or anything like that. A pressurized fuel injection system should be pretty much immune to G-loads.
* Ignition: The ignition system doesn't care.
* Air Intake: System is (semi) rigid and should be unaffected.
* Oil System: Oil sloshes up and puts extra drag on the crank? The oil sloshes forward, unports the oil pickup and momentary excess drag results from low oil pressure? Man, I sure hope this isn't the cause!
Anybody have a good physical mechanism that could be causing this behavior?
First: My idle is too low, like 900 rpm. I need to set it higher. I know this and am pretty sure raising the idle will fix it.
Still, it surprises me that it should stall when braking, when it idles just fine when sitting.
Trying to think of a physical mechanism for making it stall under braking.
* Fuel System: It has happened with a full gas tank, so I don't think it's unporting the fuel pump or anything like that. A pressurized fuel injection system should be pretty much immune to G-loads.
* Ignition: The ignition system doesn't care.
* Air Intake: System is (semi) rigid and should be unaffected.
* Oil System: Oil sloshes up and puts extra drag on the crank? The oil sloshes forward, unports the oil pickup and momentary excess drag results from low oil pressure? Man, I sure hope this isn't the cause!
Anybody have a good physical mechanism that could be causing this behavior?