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Posted by greenbarn
- June 27, 2014, 21:31:08 PMQuote from: Troll on June 27, 2014, 20:53:35 PMCheck your coolant level!
That's good advice. If your "hot" light came on, it got too hot.
Plus make sure your cooling fan is working. When a bike (or car) is going down the road, the air is flowing through the radiator. When you stop in traffic, the fan is the only thing that keeps air moving, thereby cooling off the rad. No fan= no air when you're not moving (or moving slow) = overheating.
Posted by Troll
- June 27, 2014, 20:53:35 PMCheck your coolant level!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- June 27, 2014, 20:50:05 PM not sure if I can help, but I was out today, and it was 75 ~ 85* F today, and I did about 50 miles this afternoon. I have the Roadhouse exhaust, I have never changed anything else. I have not had these symptoms happen yet, but then my riding was pretty steady and not stop and go, this Sunday I'll be doing the Reunion so 100 miles up and back, 80 mile cancer ride, so a total of 280 miles in the day and I'll watch to see if any thing happens, I will also keep an eye on my fan to see if it comes on.
Hope you get it all sorted out.
Posted by Drift1
- June 27, 2014, 20:18:13 PMHello fellow drifters . The summer weather has arrived today reaching the high 80's . I road MA-DEUCE into work with no issues at all , the ride home a whole different story.
With school graduations and vacationers it was like driving through a parking lot during Christmas shopping , coming out of the city today to get home from work . Now I drive 76 miles one way to and from work so , yes it took some time getting home tonight . Now I've driven MA-DEUCE to and from work numerous times already this year , in fact I've put a little over 3000 miles on her this year alone.
What I experienced today were a couple issues that deeply concern me . For one she was backfiring and sorta hesitating when shifting gears . More so on initial take offs once she got hot . Now I already removed the EPA crap as one of my winter projects and also did the marble trick following Wolf's site . I thought by doing this would solve my backfiring issues ? Now I would like to remind you ' s I've also changed out my exhaust from last year to the road house .
Also my temp light illuminated for the first time since owning the bike . The oil and coolant were changed beginning of riding season . Once the light popped on I pulled off the road way to see if the fan was on or not . It was not . I then shut the bike off to see if the fan would kick on . Usually once I pull in the garage after arriving home the fan will kick on .
Can these two issues coincide with each other , or they just two issues that occurred at the same time ? What should I check and do for these issues ?
Thanks for any help you guys can offer . With drift-in creeping around the corner I want to resolve these problems as soon as.possible . Not to mention MA-DEUCE will be resting till I do so .