veloracermike
Coast to Coast
So a couple weeks back I took my 350F out and had an weird issue with what seemed like the bike was running out of gas. It had been sitting for about 4 days. It started fine and ran great, I had to run up to the north part of town so I took the freeway. About 8 miles into a 10 mile trip the bike began to miss at anything past 3/8 throttle. I got off the freeway and made the rest of the trip on surface streets nursing it along. I arrived and was at the place for about 20min. Came out and the bike fired right up. Rode it about two blocks revving it with full throttle and it was fine. Came to a stop light where it idled perfectly. I revved to to leave the light and it just fell on it's face. I couldn't get it past 1/4 throttle. I was around the corner from the shop I use so I nursed to the shop. We tinkered with it for about an hour and at that point I just left it at the shop (while I was there we put in line and took out the inline filter/checked the breather/checked the flow out of the tank all were good). Three days later he called and told me that A) my floats were adjusted to the wrong amount (too little flow) and that one of my exhaust valves was nearly closed (I really don't undersand how). Now the last time I had rode the bike (4 days earlier all was fine). He said that he took the bike out for several hard runs and it was perfect. I was away on business so I picked it up yesterday and this is what happened.
The shop is about 4 mi from the freeway. The bike started from dead cold easily and idled like a clock. I let it warm up and instantly noticed that the bike was running better than ever. Perfect throttle response in all rpm ranges and just nice smooth delivery. It's the best it's ran since I got it...just perfect. I get on the freeway and just nail it through the gears and get it up to 70 and hold it there for the next 8 mi. I come up on some traffic and roll off the throttle and then back on, when I get back the bike kinda hiccups then clears out for about a mile then it starts to sputter again and right back to where it was when it ended up in the shop. I call him and tells me to let it cool off over night and try riding it again this time with the gas cap open. So this morning I do that. Bike fires right up, let it warm up, roll out of the neighborhood and again just brilliant. Bike is like a swiss watch. Get out on the highway and for about 5 miles the bike is just awesome then it starts to sputter and runs like crap again so I limp it home and in the garage it sits. I'm calling my mechanic in the morning but I'd like to get some feedback before I do...any thoughts?
The shop is about 4 mi from the freeway. The bike started from dead cold easily and idled like a clock. I let it warm up and instantly noticed that the bike was running better than ever. Perfect throttle response in all rpm ranges and just nice smooth delivery. It's the best it's ran since I got it...just perfect. I get on the freeway and just nail it through the gears and get it up to 70 and hold it there for the next 8 mi. I come up on some traffic and roll off the throttle and then back on, when I get back the bike kinda hiccups then clears out for about a mile then it starts to sputter again and right back to where it was when it ended up in the shop. I call him and tells me to let it cool off over night and try riding it again this time with the gas cap open. So this morning I do that. Bike fires right up, let it warm up, roll out of the neighborhood and again just brilliant. Bike is like a swiss watch. Get out on the highway and for about 5 miles the bike is just awesome then it starts to sputter and runs like crap again so I limp it home and in the garage it sits. I'm calling my mechanic in the morning but I'd like to get some feedback before I do...any thoughts?
