ShortRider1
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This worked for me, hope it helps you
I totally agree with you. Same results for me.I 'm writing from Thailand where my bike is always starting in warm weather. My bike was stalling exactly like decribed in trouble shooting guide. Stalls immediately upon starting and stalls when throttle is released. Mine stalled at least four time on every start until it was warmed up no matter what technique I tried. After that it ran fine, or so I thought.
I rerouted the evac hose to check for kinks, still stalled.
Next I increased the idle with the brass screw under the seat, stalled much worse.
Then I replaced the spark plug with NGK Iridium IX Spark Plug 4218 - CR8EIX. The stalling stopped immediately and will start and idle on its own. As a bonus the performance improved dramatically. It feels like a different bike. Better pick up acceleration and reduced engine noise and a much better exhaus note. fir the first time in 2200 kilometeres the bike starts and feel right.
Where is the hose so I can go see if it's kinked?This kinked hose is a continuing theme on this forum and other RE forum posts.
Engine stall ...... kinked hose.
Pressurised tank ...... kinked hose.
Back firing ...... kinked hose.
Puncture ..... kinked hose.
Hedlamp bulb failed ..... kinked hose.
Dog not well ..... kinked hose.
Yellowstone Thermal Event ....kinked hose.
Trump re-elected ... guess what .... kinked hose.
Where is the hose so I can go see if it's kinked?
Thanks!
Is there pressure in the tank when you open the top? Kinked hoseMy bike has 65 miles on it, it stalled soon after I started riding while I was stopped at the first stop sign. Started right up. Later is stalled while shifting down from 3rd to 2nd or 2nd to 1st 2 different times in my neighborhood on my way home.
Thanks, I will follow your suggestions!Is there pressure in the tank when you open the top? Kinked hose
Change plug to NGK iridium.
Use lower octane fuel. 87, 89, low 90's not the 92 or above.
That's solved my bike doing exactly what your describing. I hope this helps
I'm no expert, but these things are cheap and easy. Please let us know if any of it helpedThanks, I will follow your suggestions!
No pressure from the tank. Original spark plug.Is there pressure in the tank when you open the top? Kinked hose
Change plug to NGK iridium.
Use lower octane fuel. 87, 89, low 90's not the 92 or above.
That's solved my bike doing exactly what your describing. I hope this helps
on a post somewhere else on the internet it was mentioned that a new bike had grit in the tank. I had 21 kilometres on mine by the time I got it home. At the first opportunity I removed the bowl under the fuel tap to find it had about half a tea spoon of heavy grit in it. It was like fine weld slag, very heavy compared to the usual dirt/water etc. So I pulled the tank off and emptied it to find another half tea spoon of similar grit and a small piece of foam (<12mm). and yes my himmy stalls but I am hoping it will loosen up with the initial run in.It is interesting that in all of Noraly's videos that I have watched, I have not heard her mention this at all. Granted, that is not her focus, but I bet that if it was a problem for her, she would mention it. Note that in one of her videos, they show the condition of basanti's fuel filter at the fuel pump and it was disconcerting, how bad it was. I believe I have seen one other owner reporting a similar condition of the filter after just a few miles on his bike. The presumption here is that the filter was like that from the factory in the case of that other user. I have yet to experience this myself. The manual also suggests the use of the lever on the left grip during startup to allow for the engine to come up to operating condition before taking off. Some suggest that approach here and it seems to me that this may be a normal behavior of this bike.
This was true for my old Vulcan 900.Someone pointed out something interesting for struggling cold starts. If you turn the red button on, let the EFI get some fuel into the system (you can hear it), turn it off, turn it back on to get the EFI more fuel then start it. Should be a smoother start.
Did you find the irridium plugs helped the bike all around or only for starting and idling?This was true for my old Vulcan 900.
I would have to turn on the key, let the fuel pump run a bit, bump start it, turn it off, back on again and start it....was that way since I first got it.
My Himalayan used to stall but,
I have since installed iridium plugs on the Himalayan and have never had a problem since.
not only would it not idle but I also had problems with it stalling at stops or long red lights. I also started to use a cheaper less octane fuel around the 89 octane Mark. And this also seemed to improve it. like I said before I'm no expert but the lower octane and the plug made a huge difference in the motorcycle.Did you find the irridium plugs helped the bike all around or only for starting and idling?