Well, here we go again.
Back in January when I picked up the bike in NY, we had it running in the garage. The seller went into the house to find something and the bike died. It wouldn't start until I gave it about 1/2 throttle. It was rough and sputtery but then settled down (before the owner came back out).
When I got home and found enough tar on the roads to sneak out for the first ride, the F1 light came on every time I got on the Interstate.
Did an ECM reset and the light hasn't come back on.
I've been riding to work the last couple of weeks and everything was fine. Temps have been as cold as -15 and as warm as the mid 30's.
This morning (around 20 in the garage): crank, sputter, start, die. Crank, sputter, give it some gas, start, release throttle, die. Half throttle, start, hold 30 seconds, release and it barely runs at about 300 rpm. Helmet, gloves and I'm off to work. At each stop near work, the bike is running at a bit over 2000 rpm. Commute time is roughly 30 minutes.
After work - crank, crank, crank - no fire at all (temps in the upper teens). Tried full throttle, 1/2, off, finally gave up after about 5 minutes trying. Put my stuff away and tried it one more time - it sputtered and started. Whew - gear back on and headed home.
The idle jumped to about 2200 rpm within 6 blocks. When I let out the clutch, the RPMs would drop. Give it some gas and the bike nearly killed before taking off. It did this at each stop. If this bike had a carb, I'd say the idle jet was plugged, but the main jet was working fine. No clue what my symptoms tell me about fuel injection.
My plan was to do an ECM reset once I got home (which I did do). Unfortunately from a diagnostic perspective, the idle dropped back to normal and the bike was already running fine once I got home.
There is no way to tell if the ECM reset did anything because it seems to be running normally again. I'll take it to my Lions meeting tonight where it will sit out for a couple of hours, but I doubt this will prove much.
Even if it runs OK, it sure seems like this is just a time bomb waiting to go off over and over again until I figure it out.
940 miles so far (11k on the bike) and I'm wishing I would have bought new. :?
Back in January when I picked up the bike in NY, we had it running in the garage. The seller went into the house to find something and the bike died. It wouldn't start until I gave it about 1/2 throttle. It was rough and sputtery but then settled down (before the owner came back out).
When I got home and found enough tar on the roads to sneak out for the first ride, the F1 light came on every time I got on the Interstate.
Did an ECM reset and the light hasn't come back on.
I've been riding to work the last couple of weeks and everything was fine. Temps have been as cold as -15 and as warm as the mid 30's.
This morning (around 20 in the garage): crank, sputter, start, die. Crank, sputter, give it some gas, start, release throttle, die. Half throttle, start, hold 30 seconds, release and it barely runs at about 300 rpm. Helmet, gloves and I'm off to work. At each stop near work, the bike is running at a bit over 2000 rpm. Commute time is roughly 30 minutes.
After work - crank, crank, crank - no fire at all (temps in the upper teens). Tried full throttle, 1/2, off, finally gave up after about 5 minutes trying. Put my stuff away and tried it one more time - it sputtered and started. Whew - gear back on and headed home.
The idle jumped to about 2200 rpm within 6 blocks. When I let out the clutch, the RPMs would drop. Give it some gas and the bike nearly killed before taking off. It did this at each stop. If this bike had a carb, I'd say the idle jet was plugged, but the main jet was working fine. No clue what my symptoms tell me about fuel injection.
My plan was to do an ECM reset once I got home (which I did do). Unfortunately from a diagnostic perspective, the idle dropped back to normal and the bike was already running fine once I got home.
There is no way to tell if the ECM reset did anything because it seems to be running normally again. I'll take it to my Lions meeting tonight where it will sit out for a couple of hours, but I doubt this will prove much.
Even if it runs OK, it sure seems like this is just a time bomb waiting to go off over and over again until I figure it out.
940 miles so far (11k on the bike) and I'm wishing I would have bought new. :?