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engine died on highway...just quit
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:31 pm
by JERRY
I thought since getting a supertrapp 2 pipe, rejetting to .152, and
modifying the airbox, that the reason my bike quit while flying down
the freeway at 98mph for 15 minutes had something to do with fuel. I
was right, and wrong. There are two fuel lines that connect to the
fuel tank of my 2004 KLR 650, and the vibration caused the vacuum line
to come off, interupting the fuel delivery. It wasn't easy to find at
first, so I offer the information to the world. Yup, the
high-vibration not only causes my nuts to go numb, but the vacuum line
to fall off. So, if you find that zooming down the road makes the
vacuum line come off, the main fuel line will not deliver fuel to the
carb unless there is some suction to open the petcock...a nice safety
feature actually, if you think about it.
Any suggestions or recommendations on air filters?
engine died on highway...just quit
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:59 am
by rsanders30117
Sounds like someone forgot to install the hose clamp on the petcock
vacuum line.
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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry" wrote:
> I thought since getting a supertrapp 2 pipe, rejetting to .152, and
> modifying the airbox, that the reason my bike quit while flying down
> the freeway at 98mph for 15 minutes had something to do with fuel. I
> was right, and wrong. There are two fuel lines that connect to the
> fuel tank of my 2004 KLR 650, and the vibration caused the vacuum
line
> to come off, interupting the fuel delivery. It wasn't easy to find
at
> first, so I offer the information to the world. Yup, the
> high-vibration not only causes my nuts to go numb, but the vacuum
line
> to fall off. So, if you find that zooming down the road makes the
> vacuum line come off, the main fuel line will not deliver fuel to the
> carb unless there is some suction to open the petcock...a nice safety
> feature actually, if you think about it.
> Any suggestions or recommendations on air filters?
muisc nklr
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:21 am
by Jake Szufnarowski
To add to that thread:
Appetite for Destruction by Guns N Roses
Yeah I was 16 bwhen it came out and had alreay done my time with classic
rock and been wowed by Dark Side of the Moon in headphones and thought
Zeppelin were wild and Sabbath were evil, but when Appetite came out it
kinda changed everything. It presented the rock bck band as a street
gang. Probably one of the best debut albums ever and definitely a huge
waste of potential. But for the 36-48 months that those dudes were at
their peak, they made the Stones look like the monkees...
-- Jake Szufnarowski