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Alfatango1
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 11:25 am: | 
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Hi there all, first post and I hope someone can help. My 2003 XB9R was stored for almost four years and last week I finally got it on the road. Last week it ran great on short trips of like 20 miles but Saturday I went to ride about 100 mile round trip and after starting and leaving it died after a 100 yards or so. Restarted it, waited a bit, seemed fine and I drove off. After half the trip and an hour stop bike wanted to stall, gave it a few revs and drove a mile or so to a friends house. It seemed like it was not getting enough fuel. Stopped for a few hours then went to head home. Filled up with fuel and it seemed to not want to idle, revved it a few times and got it on the road and home. Today I started it up but it won't remain at idle and constantly dies. Any suggestions? |
Bud
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 03:00 pm: |
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4 years..
with or with out a battery connected,
could be as simple as a tps setting |
Bombardier
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 11:24 pm: |
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Fuel filter clogged or bad fuel. |
Sparky
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 02:03 am: |
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If it hasn't been run in 4 years, the intake manifold seals may have deteriorated and are causing an air leak, especially after having been through a few heat cycles and a 100 mile ride. You can give it a quickie test as follows:
Give it the intake manifold test by spraying propane directly at the seal areas through a crimped copper tube with the engine idling and see if the idle changes any (that is, if you can get it to idle  . |
Alfatango1
| | Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:07 am: |
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Yes new battery. I wondering if the plugs could have gotten fouled or the TPS needs zeroing and a reset. I'll try to get it to the dealer to see what's up. Thanks everyone. |
Alfatango1
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 02:58 pm: |
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Well, bike is at dealer now and TPS was not the issue. They are draining fuel to check the pump. Will keep you posted. |
Alfatango1
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 02:19 pm: |
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Well, dealer called Saturday and said after replacing fuel filter all was good. $519 smackers! Today I pay and as they are bringing bike out they say it's having the same problem as when I brought it in. Nice! |
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