Tank touring stalled, restarted then wouldnt move By rayeelaine (Read 509 times)

[rayeelaine]

Hello its me again,

Well, I got it running and had a couple test runs, then on the way home from the last one (riding about 10-15 minutes) it stalled on me, like it was out of gas. I was at the side of the road with no shoulder, so desperately tried to restart, it started running, but would not move, it tried but wouldnt, and then all of a sudden it did, thank goodness.

I pulled off and checked gas, oil, and coolant, all good. I waited about 5-10 minutes then started again and it ran and moved fine, I rode slow and got home fine, including my extremely steep and long driveway.

Any ideas? I guess these things dont have transmission fluid, since I couldnt find anything about it, seems there is something called a CVT which I have not researched much? That was my first idea given it didnt want to move.

Sigh..... I cant trust this thing, not sure whether to get rid of it or keep trying to fix it up.

Thanks for all your help

[kz1000st]

It does have transmission fluid in the final drive. There should be a "How To" in the manuals and help section. It sound to me like you had foreign matter in your carburetor and it stalled the bike then cleared out. Put a system cleaner in your gas tank. Seafoam from an auto parts store will do the trick. 1 oz. per gallon.

[rayeelaine]

Thanks, found the help section. Now understand that "gear oil" and transmission fluid are same thing. I sure am learning a lot about mechanics (the machines not the people ;-) )

I was wondering about fuel too, but since it idled fine after restart but wouldnt move, thought more transmission. I will try the fuel cleaner. Thanks

[tvnacman]

Aug 12, 2012 17:47:51 GMT -6 rayeelaine said:

Thanks, found the help section. Now understand that "gear oil" and transmission fluid are same thing. I sure am learning a lot about mechanics (the machines not the people ;-) )

I was wondering about fuel too, but since it idled fine after restart but wouldnt move, thought more transmission. I will try the fuel cleaner. Thanks

There are some mechanics you should aviod like the plage .
Remove your CVT cover and have a look around post a few pics . Look for oil in the cvt area , check the pulleys post pics . We have some sharp eyes around here .

Have you changed your oil and trans fluid DO IT YOUR SELF check the old oil for particals .

Did I mention show us pics or video .

When you remove the cvt cover shoot a video when you rev the engine pulleys should open and close .
Please don't be shy!!!!!!!!

John

[rayeelaine]

Hi Again-

Thanks, I believe I found the problem, disconnected vacuum hose. We had discovered this ( I had a mechanically oriented friend around at that time - he moved away!) and reattached, but it appears the manifold? it is attached to is partially broken at the connection, so I had to jury rig something to keep in place. Shouldnt be a problem after this.

I will however change the gear oil and take a look at the CVT, since those appear to be things I can handle and should assess since this thing is 6K & 6yrs old and was kinda beat up when I got it. I have already changed the oil and radiator fluids. I will post pics too.

I am so happy to have found this board, without it I would have given up long ago.

Thanks!