Hi to All,

This is my first post here, should be getting my 2001 tomorrow with 12K kms.Just before I parted with my hard earned cash, a little bird toldme this morning that the bike I'm seeing has a problem with the fuel injection. Basically the current owner messed up somethingwith FI and is getting 70miles to a tank full. I haven't seen any Power Commanders under the seat, so is there any possibility that the he screwed up something else? Could he have messed up the standard FI module, throttle bodies etc? Any help would be highly appreciated as I never owned a FI bike before. The bike has a Scorpion end can fitted and the only thing I notice strange was a little heavy carbon deposit at the opening the can. Should I start running or is this bird on medication? Apologies for writing at such length

 

First off, you posted in the F4 forum, F4's are not fuel injected so I hope the bike you are looking at is an F4i.

Judging from the year (2001) it is an F4i.

I dont know how the shops do this in the states, as I live in Canada, but you should take it to a local bike shop for a pre-purchase inspection and tell them the woe's you are having with the fuel injection. This costs about $50 here in Canada, and they do a full check-over of the bike to see that it's safe and running in order.

Based on your description of the problem there is really no way for me to tell you what is wrong, if indeed there is something wrong... It's almost impossible to diagnose a problem like this over the internet so you will have to refer to a shop for your best help!

I hope you have a good buying experience, it cant be all too bad with only 12km's.

Although, I'm confused if this is a Canadian or American bike, because you say it has 12km's but you refer to the fuel mileage in miles... Weird!

 

Did a bit of confusion with the forums. It is infact a F4i and the reason I quoted Kms is because I' in Europe. Thanks for the reply.