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Posted by Lucinda
- July 18, 2017, 23:25:37 PMOK I am going to try to give all, the details I can. Lol I have a 2005 drifter 800. My bike was running perfect as far as I thought. A bunch of us went for a ride and when we parked one of my friends who is very good with bikes noticed a slight smell of antifreeze. He usually changes my oil so I had already had plans to have that done so he said he would check it out when he changed my oil.
So he changed the oil. I used what you guys suggest. Amsoil 10w40 . He checked the coolant and it was low so fill it up and checked for leaks, didn't find any. .We also lubed the chain with Bel-Ray super clean chain lube. I put a cardboard box under bike each time I put away for the night to check for leaks, all seemed good.
Then road my bike and I thought it's either a really windy day or something is wrong. I was feeling a Jerking and bouncy feeling through every shift and even when held at a steady speed 60-65. It felt like it was hesitating. Everything I looked up was bad gas, chain issue. So I took it back to my friend. My tire pressure was so low on both tires that I'm lucky something serious didn't happen! OMG .He drove it and didn't seem to notice what felt and said it wasn't starving for gas so he didn't think it was a gas issue.
So when I left I noticed a huge improvement with him putting air in the tires. I don't really feel it bouncing as much but I know my bike and I just feel that something is just not right because I still feel somewhat of a Jerking sensation while riding. Any ideas? Suggestions? Any info would be appreciated. I have 2 long days of work coming up so i may not be able to answer right away, so please dont think im ignoring anyone! Lucinda