Boog
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- Dumfries, Virginia
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- 2014 R3T, RAMAIR, Full Viking Dual exhaust
Calling for knowledge and insight from all you Doctors of Rocketology.
Issue: After filling up, the bike stutters and dies.
I usually fill up every 2-4 days. The last two fill ups have been around 4pm on very hot days (around 89°-93°F) at the same station and at the same pump. The bike is at running temperature after about 40-45 minutes of riding at both freeway speed and stop and go. The tank was low with adding over 5 gallons on each fill. I am using premium as the operator’s manual dictates. And, I top it off almost to the filler cap level.
When leaving the station, I go right into stop and go traffic for the last few miles home. On these last two fill ups, the bike begins to stutter within a few minutes of riding and will die when I let off the throttle. If I keep the throttle open, the bike will have a few power fluxes but keeps going. When this happened last Friday (the first time), I thought maybe it was overheating. I was in stop and go traffic, so I just left it off for a few minutes to cool down and pushed the bike along with the cagers. I started it when a side street came along, got out of the traffic and took the long way home. Within a mile, the issue was gone and no other problems with it. Then yesterday, after filling like previously described, the same issue hit again. I executed the same route and made it home.
Questions:
1. Because both fill ups are the same pump with the same gas, is the fuel causing the issue even though it is several days apart?
2. Is this an ambient heat related matter?
3. Is this an engine/fuel system heat related matter?
4. Am I putting too much fuel in the tank?
I have thought that maybe the filter is dirty but after riding the bike for hours with TDragger last weekend and then to work each day this week showed no issues, and riding to work this morning after yesterday’s fill up showed no sign of the stutter; thus, I would not think the filter is the problem.
I anxiously await your comments as I am riding to Sturgis in a couple of weeks and do not want any issues on the road. Thanks in advance.
Issue: After filling up, the bike stutters and dies.
I usually fill up every 2-4 days. The last two fill ups have been around 4pm on very hot days (around 89°-93°F) at the same station and at the same pump. The bike is at running temperature after about 40-45 minutes of riding at both freeway speed and stop and go. The tank was low with adding over 5 gallons on each fill. I am using premium as the operator’s manual dictates. And, I top it off almost to the filler cap level.
When leaving the station, I go right into stop and go traffic for the last few miles home. On these last two fill ups, the bike begins to stutter within a few minutes of riding and will die when I let off the throttle. If I keep the throttle open, the bike will have a few power fluxes but keeps going. When this happened last Friday (the first time), I thought maybe it was overheating. I was in stop and go traffic, so I just left it off for a few minutes to cool down and pushed the bike along with the cagers. I started it when a side street came along, got out of the traffic and took the long way home. Within a mile, the issue was gone and no other problems with it. Then yesterday, after filling like previously described, the same issue hit again. I executed the same route and made it home.
Questions:
1. Because both fill ups are the same pump with the same gas, is the fuel causing the issue even though it is several days apart?
2. Is this an ambient heat related matter?
3. Is this an engine/fuel system heat related matter?
4. Am I putting too much fuel in the tank?
I have thought that maybe the filter is dirty but after riding the bike for hours with TDragger last weekend and then to work each day this week showed no issues, and riding to work this morning after yesterday’s fill up showed no sign of the stutter; thus, I would not think the filter is the problem.
I anxiously await your comments as I am riding to Sturgis in a couple of weeks and do not want any issues on the road. Thanks in advance.