What would cause motorcycle to stall?
A stall happens when there is insufficient power being fed from the engine to the rear wheel to get it moving or keep your bike rolling. Once you’re moving it’s all about balancing the usable revs of the engine with your bike’s speed, and remembering to pull in the clutch when you come to a stop!
Why does my bike cut at 4K rpm?
No reason why its not electrical. For instance, Viragos are notorious for cutting at a about 4-5k due to the vibration affecting the side stand switch connection. I would certainly check all the CDI connectors and the coils.
Why does my bike not Rev past 5K rpm?
Just been out again and the exact same thing is happening, runs fine and when it gets to 5k rpm in an gear it splutters and theres like no more engine noise just like a bang bang bang, pop pop pop kinda thing. Hard to explain really although i tried to power out of it as if it might be a blockage but it was having non of it.
What causes a motorcycle engine to lose power?
A vacuum leak leads to too much air being added to the air-fuel mixture the carburetor makes. When your motorcycle engine is getting too much air and not enough fuel, it won’t run right. In fact, the more gas you try to give the motorcycle, the more air will be sucked into the unwanted holes which will ultimately make you lose power.
Why does my motorcycle accelerate faster than my carburetor?
The previous stated solutions to your accelerating problems only apply to motorcycles with carburetors. If you have a fuel injected bike with acceleration problems, your likely culprit is poor timing advance. The faster you go on a motorcycle, the sooner your ignition coil will tell the spark plugs to fire.
Why does my bike not Rev past 4K rpm?
Replaced the rocker-cover gasket today in hope of curing a small leak. This involved taking off just the tank and the rocker cover, so job done and i re-assembled it, topped up the oil level and started the bike back up, no problems.
A vacuum leak leads to too much air being added to the air-fuel mixture the carburetor makes. When your motorcycle engine is getting too much air and not enough fuel, it won’t run right. In fact, the more gas you try to give the motorcycle, the more air will be sucked into the unwanted holes which will ultimately make you lose power.
The previous stated solutions to your accelerating problems only apply to motorcycles with carburetors. If you have a fuel injected bike with acceleration problems, your likely culprit is poor timing advance. The faster you go on a motorcycle, the sooner your ignition coil will tell the spark plugs to fire.
What causes my bike to lose power / sputter while?
Pull out the plugs give them a clean and put them back in, run a couple of tanks with injector cleaner and see how you go. It FEELS like a fuel issue, like it’s intermittently not getting gas so it wants to stall. Thanks for the tips I’ll try it out and keep you posted.