11-09-2016, 01:36 AM
(11-08-2016, 10:20 PM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: IDK, Wolf, sounds like fuel starvation to me.Could be. But better check the battery too, bad cells can be tricky. Hard to picture how, with 22 miles left on the reserve calculator, this could be the case. I ran out of gas riding my ZX-10R a while back, I knew I was pushing it but miscalculated, because the California bikes carry less gas by a half-gallon. The thing just died at a stoplight and I pushed it across the street and filled it up. I could not get it restarted at all until it was filled. I knew I was nearly on fumes. So when it ran out, it ran out; no tipping the bike left/right or fore/aft rolling could get any more fuel to the throttle bodies.
These tanks are designed in such a way as to provide the fuel under pressure, and the range is calculated with some margin for error. 22 miles remaing is going to be at least 1/2 gallon, more than enough to immerse the fuel pickup even while on the sidestand.
And he commented it began to die while he was rolling to a stop, upright. He was then able to restart it and ride about a mile without a recurrence. That would not likely be fuel starvation.
I would be interested to know how many miles had been ridden rather than the reserve miles calculated. Mine's a Standard, I've pushed it well past 120 miles and not run dry, so 40 mpg or better is the minimum I'd calculate.
At any rate, given the failures of several batteries, I'd just replace the darn thing for peace of mind. They do fail suddenly.