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Posted by Aimee.L
 - July 24, 2017, 06:44:40 AM

Both times I was on level road but switching to reserve did help both times.

Posted by Pete
 - July 24, 2017, 02:19:52 AM

I live in an area that has a couple of long steep hills. I've found that going downhill on one of these is usually where I have to go onto reserve. I suspect that this is due to the shape of the tank.
Did you stall when riding downhill by any chance? Did you switch over to reserve before you restarted?

Posted by Aimee.L
 - July 23, 2017, 06:32:32 AM

Just updating. I haven't had a chance to run the bike under a half a tank yet but so far no problems running on the first 50 miles. Hopefully I can get out soon to check beyond 50 miles but so far so good.

Posted by Aimee.L
 - July 16, 2017, 20:01:16 PM

 Lol and it's the first one I've been brave enough to try to work on.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - July 16, 2017, 19:50:31 PM

   Remember you ride a metric bike now and everything is in metric stuff.....lol...

Posted by Aimee.L
 - July 16, 2017, 14:29:15 PM

Awesome thanks! I've been slowly working on reading everything in the forum I think I've actually seen your post but skimmed too quick to see all the tips. So far so good with the seafoam I'll just have to keep riding to see if it acts up again.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - July 16, 2017, 10:10:22 AM

   Rear cover removal, never scratched the cover yet. So if you are standing behind your bike, or in the seat area, on the left side of the machine, seat is off, tank is off, there are a few items need to be loosened off, and I have posted this info here on the forum.
http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/index.php?action=articles;cat=17
top 2 articles.
You always remove the cover to the ride side of the bike and it is a matter of very gently sliding it out and taking your time. Picture of both my valve covers and no marks on them......
mm vs in........lol.....really glad you figured that one out.......so have a fun ride and let us know how things go and we can move on to the next issue.....

Posted by Aimee.L
 - July 15, 2017, 22:19:08 PM

Bahahaha my poor rear cover definitely disagrees with you. I will keep updated as well as take a peek at those threads. Even if not the problem I like reading through them to get a good understanding for things to watch for as well as figuring out what are quirks and what are actual problems.

Posted by Tfrank59
 - July 15, 2017, 21:50:52 PM

Well you should do that video, cuz now you're an expert and I've never even cracked my covers haha. As far as your stalling out problem keep us posted. Regarding the petcock there is a thread about that because it is a vacuum petcock and so it's got some funny quirks but there's a discussion on the Forum about how to work on it should you need to.

Posted by Aimee.L
 - July 15, 2017, 20:00:33 PM

So redid my valves and yup they went right back to where they were! ??? Sure wish someone would do a video on getting the rear cover out without scratching it  :( oh well I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually. Also cleaned and oiled my filter.

Tonight I'm going to fill her up and add the seafoam then going for a descent ride tomorrow and we'll see if the seafoam did the trick.

Again I really appreciate everyone's help and patience through my lurking curve dopey moments  ;D

Posted by Aimee.L
 - July 13, 2017, 19:21:49 PM

Ok thanks. That was the plan, redo valve clearance and then revisit the stalling issue. Every cent appreciated  :)

Posted by Tfrank59
 - July 13, 2017, 19:14:55 PM

Well you took a detour with the valve clearance setting. Once you get that back where it should be return to the stalling out problem which if it's not gas tank venting then it might be your petcock because it's suspicious if it only wants to run on reserve and you have a half a tank. Just my 1.5 cents.

Posted by Aimee.L
 - July 13, 2017, 18:04:00 PM

My poor baby! Lol I immediately knew it didn't sound right

Otherwise then making sure hoses are tight and not kinked what else could or should I check for a venting problem?

Posted by Troll
 - July 13, 2017, 17:57:06 PM

Well, that will sure make a difference! I still thing you have a venting problem. Gravity feed systems are susceptible to that...

Posted by Aimee.L
 - July 13, 2017, 17:05:19 PM

HOLD THE PRESS I FIGURED MY VALVE ISSUE OUT!. I decided to slowly read through the instructions I have to make sure I didn't miss anything yesterday and realised I measured in freaking inches not mm! What a dummy  :o so hopefully Saturday I'll be fixing that. Then I'll finally get to run the seafoam and see where I'm at.

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