Bike is HICCUPPING, throttle cutting on and off
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Bike is HICCUPPING, throttle cutting on and off
Bikes been acting up lately. Its hiccuping. i would be holding the throttle steady, but it would cut on and off. It happened a few days ago, then i refilled the bike with new gas and it stopped. Two days later, it started hiccuping again. I know somethings up with the fuel injection. any one else experiencing/ed this?
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I'm just guessing also, but it could be water in the gas tank and it is cycling it through the engine. OR my bike had a problem with the battery, whatever battery the previous own had put in it was the wrong size so the screws that hold the terminals on didnt fit or were stripped out or something so my negative terminal would make good contact, and it would occrasionally cut in and out. Thats just a guess....
-MMMichael
-MMMichael
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I'm just guessing also, but it could be water in the gas tank and it is cycling it through the engine. OR my bike had a problem with the battery, whatever battery the previous own had put in it was the wrong size so the screws that hold the terminals on didnt fit or were stripped out or something so my negative terminal would make good contact, and it would occrasionally cut in and out. Thats just a guess....
-MMMichael
-MMMichael
But i read a thread that sounded like the same problem, and the person used Seafoam. I went to my local auto shop and got me a bottle of it. Poured some in the gas tank, 10 minutes after the problem went away.
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The gauge problem went away. Now it starts up as soon as i hit the start button. I was surprised how fast the SEAFOAM worked. Highly recommended product.
(This is an edit. The next day it started to do the same thing but, not as bad as before)
(This is an edit. The next day it started to do the same thing but, not as bad as before)
Last edited by Unknown; 12-05-2009 at 04:33 PM. Reason: Problem came back
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Had this same problem on the highway about 30 miles from home. I could feel the bike jerkin in the lower rpms then going about 70 the bike just gave way. Had to pull over and looked for a gas leak but nothing. Luckily it started back up and I rode that bitch in 4th gear all the way home so it wasnt in the low rpm's. Now she's naked and ready to be painted. Nice to know this might be the solution.
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Yeah, my gauges would reset themselves as well. But it wasnt like the bike was necassarily running poorly. i could just tell that power to it was getting cut. It was weird. But ive ran seafoam in all of my stuff and i swear by it. It is really good stuff for cleaning out the entire fuel system. (i've only ran it through the gas tank and not the crank case).
-MMMichael
-MMMichael