bike shut-off


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b6r

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yesterday, my bike stalled/shut-off while I was clutching in from 2nd to 1st during a short around the block ride with my kid.
here's a short video clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfEKZqD9_2w
it seems to fire up and run no problem today, I've never encounter that problem in my ~8000km of ownership, what's going on?:confused:
 
xorbe

xorbe

Member
It didn't even want to start it looks like. He turned off then on, and it kicked right up. Faulty tilt safety switch? Juicebox / PCV?

Any luck?
 
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buzzbomb

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My first thought upon watching the video was it was definitely electrical. The bike simply shut off at the exact moment you clutched. Upon watching a few times, I'm not so sure. You also dropped throttle at the exact moment of shut off.

It didn't stumble, though. It just died, so I'm still thinking it was electrical. Maybe something is loose somewhere and it briefly shorted out. Honestly, I'm reaching.

I hate making no-help posts, but I've got no clue. I just wanted to let you know that your post wasn't being ignored.

If it were my bike, and I couldn't recreate it? Personally I'd try to make sure everything electrical concerning ignition and fueling was firmly plugged in.

Then I'd just forget about it as a gremlin until and unless it happened again. Mind you, I wouldn't be going on any long trips until I'd satisfied myself on short rides that it was just a glitch.
 
xorbe

xorbe

Member
What's clear though is that the bike was intentionally refusing to spark while spinning the starter. What triggers spark cut? Kickstand and clutch switches cut the starter. Tilt switch cuts spark. Right?
 
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ksk operator 1

New Member
so i had almost the exact same thing happen to me last night, no video.

i was braking for a stop light. engaged the clutch to shift down. stopped bike died. clutch was still engaged like yours. switch to neutral. rolled to side of rode. tried to start nothing. turned off key reset electrics. bike starts right up.

no clue wtf that was. :eek:
 

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b6r

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totally forgot about this post.
yeah I have no idea what that was either and the bike runs fine since then so it might be one of those "problem" that show up once and never come back again...hopefully:p.
 
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