Wilsons Sandbox

> > Riding down the highway it develops a lurching feeling. It's not a > consistant feelng but sporadic. When it does it it does it all teh time but > it's not rythmic. Does that make any sense? It seems to be temperature > related, I think. When the temp gauge gets a little over halfway it will do > it over 4000 RPM or so. If I stop for just a little while and ride again it > does not do it for a while but will start doing it again in about 10 > minutes. Does not seem to do it on side streets at low speed, but I did not > test that very thouroughly. RPM stays steady when it does it and teh engine > does not rev. > > Some things that have recently changed. > > Chain and sprockets only have about 700 miles on them. chain is at the > proper tension and has been confirmed by two other KLR riders. I did put a > 14 tooth on and left the rear the stock size. Chain was lubed today. > > T-mod.I did this last night. I unhooked the hose connecting to the carb > and it still did it eventually. > > L-mod in airbox. It's been a few weeks about 700 miles ago > > 1 turn out on the pilot screw. It's been a few weeks about 700 miles ago > > New Cheng Shen tires. I checked the pressure in the rear and it read 45 > but this was after about 45 minutes on the highway so the tire was hot. I > checked it a couple of days ago and it was 35. > > Changed the oil last night and the level looks good through the site > glass. 2.2 liters I did not change the filter > > Magnetic drain plug. > > I opened the gas cap and it still did it. I had a torn diaphragm when I > got the bike and this does not feel the same. I am still going to check that > though as it's not very hard. > Coolant is only about 6 months old and the color is still OK with it > resting between full and low as the bike sits on the side stand immediatly > after getting off. > > I did about 600 miles this weekend 500 of that being hwy miles and did > not have any problems. With the 14 though I was running 5500-6000 most of > the way. > > Any ideas? >

> > Ok rode today and the lurching came back. Seems to do it from 4500

> all gears. > > Rode HARD this past weekend and had no problems at all. Started

> ambient temps got up around 80. It was cooler than that all weekend

> was warm when it started doing it last week. Engine temp seems to

> around the middle of the gauge. > > I'm at a loss. Please HELP.... > > Here is a recap of the original problem > > 93 KLR with 45,000 miles > > > > Riding down the highway it develops a lurching feeling. It's not

> > consistant feelng but sporadic. When it does it it does it all

> > it's not rythmic. Does that make any sense? It seems to be

> > related, I think. When the temp gauge gets a little over halfway

> > it over 4000 RPM or so. If I stop for just a little while and

> > does not do it for a while but will start doing it again in about

> > minutes. Does not seem to do it on side streets at low speed, but

> > test that very thouroughly. RPM stays steady when it does it and

> > does not rev. > > > > Some things that have recently changed. > > > > Chain and sprockets only have about 700 miles on them. chain is

> > proper tension and has been confirmed by two other KLR riders. I

> > 14 tooth on and left the rear the stock size. Chain was lubed

> > > > T-mod.I did this last night. I unhooked the hose connecting to

> > and it still did it eventually. > > > > L-mod in airbox. It's been a few weeks about 700 miles ago > > > > 1 turn out on the pilot screw. It's been a few weeks about 700

> > > > New Cheng Shen tires. I checked the pressure in the rear and it

> > but this was after about 45 minutes on the highway so the tire

> > checked it a couple of days ago and it was 35. > > > > Changed the oil last night and the level looks good through the

> > glass. 2.2 liters I did not change the filter > > > > Magnetic drain plug. > > > > I opened the gas cap and it still did it. I had a torn diaphragm

> > got the bike and this does not feel the same. I am still going to

> > though as it's not very hard. > > Coolant is only about 6 months old and the color is still OK

> > resting between full and low as the bike sits on the side stand

> > after getting off. > > > > I did about 600 miles this weekend 500 of that being hwy miles

> > not have any problems. With the 14 though I was running 5500-6000

> > the way. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

> Ok rode today and the lurching came back. Seems to do it from 4500 RPM in > all gears. > > Rode HARD this past weekend and had no problems at all. Started today after > ambient temps got up around 80. It was cooler than that all weekend and it > was warm when it started doing it last week. Engine temp seems to stay > around the middle of the gauge. > > I'm at a loss. Please HELP.... >

> Ok rode today and the lurching came back. Seems to do it from 4500 RPM in > all gears. >

On 3/6/06, Bogdan Swider wrote: > > > > > On 3/6/06 3:09 PM, "Chris Jennings" wrote: > > > Ok rode today and the lurching came back. Seems to do it from 4500 RPM > in > > all gears. > > > Me again. Before I'd do anything else I'd conduct two simple tests. Put a > spare key in the gas cap. When the lurching starts open the cap to see if > that helps. Also, when it's lurching engage your choke and see if that > does > anything. > > Again good luck, Bogdan > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]