semaj4712
My couch pulls out but I dont
So ok, this may be a premature post because I have not gone back outside and looked at the bike now that it has cooled down...but...
I was riding my bike today for the first time really outside of up and down my street. I have spent the last year having the engine rebuilt and redoing pretty much everything on this bike, as far as I am concerned everything on the bike is brand new. Now while riding the bike, it was riding pretty good with the except of a slight hesitation around 4k in 1st gear but that went away after about 4 miles or so. I was on city streets cruising at around 40 mph and when right about the 10mi marker I hard a screech and the motor dropped in rpm and died. I quickly pulled over and looked the bike over, everything seemed to me like it was how it should be, so I put it in neutral and tried to start it with the push button, and it wouldn't crank over...so then I tried to kick start it, and it did start right up, but then after a second or two the same screech happened and it died, and then after that when kicked over it was really hard to do so and would screech.
My first instinct told me that something is clearly grinding in there and not right, but a close friend and mechanic said it could easily be some sort of oil starvation problem, or at least that's what it sounded like based on what happened.
So I guess first question is, where do I start, I am waiting for the bike to cool down and I am going to take a look at the oil, oil level, and spark plugs to get a gauge on what could have gone wrong, but can anybody think of what other possible problems may have caused this?
Also I know on many mid 70s bikes, mainly suzukis and yamahas, the tach is driven by the oil pump, so would this mean that the oil pump is functioning correctly.
Any help is greatly appreciated, I fully expect although hope I don't need to pull the motor and disassemble it to see what could be the problem.
I was riding my bike today for the first time really outside of up and down my street. I have spent the last year having the engine rebuilt and redoing pretty much everything on this bike, as far as I am concerned everything on the bike is brand new. Now while riding the bike, it was riding pretty good with the except of a slight hesitation around 4k in 1st gear but that went away after about 4 miles or so. I was on city streets cruising at around 40 mph and when right about the 10mi marker I hard a screech and the motor dropped in rpm and died. I quickly pulled over and looked the bike over, everything seemed to me like it was how it should be, so I put it in neutral and tried to start it with the push button, and it wouldn't crank over...so then I tried to kick start it, and it did start right up, but then after a second or two the same screech happened and it died, and then after that when kicked over it was really hard to do so and would screech.
My first instinct told me that something is clearly grinding in there and not right, but a close friend and mechanic said it could easily be some sort of oil starvation problem, or at least that's what it sounded like based on what happened.
So I guess first question is, where do I start, I am waiting for the bike to cool down and I am going to take a look at the oil, oil level, and spark plugs to get a gauge on what could have gone wrong, but can anybody think of what other possible problems may have caused this?
Also I know on many mid 70s bikes, mainly suzukis and yamahas, the tach is driven by the oil pump, so would this mean that the oil pump is functioning correctly.
Any help is greatly appreciated, I fully expect although hope I don't need to pull the motor and disassemble it to see what could be the problem.
