Hey Everyone...need a little help here. I was out riding on Thursday evening and my bike over heated. It was running 220+ all night and the check engine light came on at one point. I shut it down for about 30 mintues, re-started it and the light was off.
The bike is all stock, I have removed the pea shooters from the exhaust and the canister was removed before I bought the bike.
Here's how it goes down...I can ride the bike and it will maintain normal temperatures, but as soon as I stop at a light or something, the temperature creeps up. I know thats normal, but when you aren't sitting still, the bike should cool off a bit from the air movement...mine never does. You pull up to a light, it creeps to 200 or so. You continue to ride and it never cools off. The next light you hit, it creeps to 210 or so and the same thing.
Even on the highway, the temperature never came back down. It would maintain the same temperature, but it would never come down. I got on the highway and the temp was at 224...it never came back down, I rode at 75 mph for around 30 miles.
I'm guessing this is all related, but my bike also stalls when I first crank it. I've read the various threads on this issue and haven't been able to correct it either.
I have 2800 miles on the bike. Could it be a valve adjustment? Does anyone have the specs on the valve clearance???
The bike is all stock, I have removed the pea shooters from the exhaust and the canister was removed before I bought the bike.
Here's how it goes down...I can ride the bike and it will maintain normal temperatures, but as soon as I stop at a light or something, the temperature creeps up. I know thats normal, but when you aren't sitting still, the bike should cool off a bit from the air movement...mine never does. You pull up to a light, it creeps to 200 or so. You continue to ride and it never cools off. The next light you hit, it creeps to 210 or so and the same thing.
Even on the highway, the temperature never came back down. It would maintain the same temperature, but it would never come down. I got on the highway and the temp was at 224...it never came back down, I rode at 75 mph for around 30 miles.
I'm guessing this is all related, but my bike also stalls when I first crank it. I've read the various threads on this issue and haven't been able to correct it either.
I have 2800 miles on the bike. Could it be a valve adjustment? Does anyone have the specs on the valve clearance???