I was on a ride Saturday, about 20 miles from home, I had just gone through a few curves and came to a long straight section of road (long for around here, maybe 3/4 mile. I opened it up for 10 or 15 seconds, in 6th gear, and probably got up to around 90 mph, I closed up the throttle to start slowing down again for the next corner and noticed I didn't have any power, the engine seemed to have died. I pulled over and the bike would not start. It would turn of fine, but wouldn't fire. Bike had about 6.5 gallons of gasoline. I tried starting it 4 or 5 times with 6-7 second bursts of the starter. I turned off the ignition for 10 or 15 minutes, tried starting it again and it fired up, but would not idle well. I could give it gas into the 2000-3000 rpm range and it would run without missing a single stroke, but when it idled down it would start to sputter. If you left it idle for 1/2 or 1 second the engine would die and not start again.
Wife went home and got bike trailer (She was on her own bike) and when she returned, it started up and idled OK long enough to ride the bike up the ramp and onto the trailer. After a minute or so the idle became rough and the engine died.
Someone in the group had suggested bad battery/charging system not supplying enough power to fuel injection, but bike turned over solidly for at least a dozen start attempts with out running for more than 1 minute or so on the times it did start, not nearly enough time to recharge the battery. No warning lights or indicators lights on the dash.
Got home, put battery on battery tender and after 20 minutes it was showing 80% charged, and within an hour it was showing fully charged. "Resting" voltage was 12.8 volts, after turning on ignition for a minute or two the voltage dropped to around 12 volts. Started the bike and with the bike running, the voltage is showing in the 14.6 volt range.
I've read about the fuel pump controller, looked through the radio control cutout and my FPC is silver, not the newer black color.
Does this sound like the controller, or the fuel pump? Wouldn't the controller just fail, and not restart after a short period of time, or is it common for the controller to be an intermittent issue?
I'd rather not spend $120 on the FPC and THEN turn around and have to buy the fuel pump.
Thanks for any help in advance!
Wife went home and got bike trailer (She was on her own bike) and when she returned, it started up and idled OK long enough to ride the bike up the ramp and onto the trailer. After a minute or so the idle became rough and the engine died.
Someone in the group had suggested bad battery/charging system not supplying enough power to fuel injection, but bike turned over solidly for at least a dozen start attempts with out running for more than 1 minute or so on the times it did start, not nearly enough time to recharge the battery. No warning lights or indicators lights on the dash.
Got home, put battery on battery tender and after 20 minutes it was showing 80% charged, and within an hour it was showing fully charged. "Resting" voltage was 12.8 volts, after turning on ignition for a minute or two the voltage dropped to around 12 volts. Started the bike and with the bike running, the voltage is showing in the 14.6 volt range.
I've read about the fuel pump controller, looked through the radio control cutout and my FPC is silver, not the newer black color.
Does this sound like the controller, or the fuel pump? Wouldn't the controller just fail, and not restart after a short period of time, or is it common for the controller to be an intermittent issue?
I'd rather not spend $120 on the FPC and THEN turn around and have to buy the fuel pump.
Thanks for any help in advance!
