[bradleydobedoo]

About every second or two seconds, after warming up, my stryker has a little "miss" or loping while in idle. Runs great, only 750 miles. I am wondering - is this normal? I'm just used to my Vstar 1100 with it's solid idle, perhaps.

 

[Visionary]

I had a similar problem last year, turned out to be where I was getting the gas from, the gas was ok in my car but not in the bike or my wifes truck. I have seen though where others have said the coil wire was a little loose.

 

[bradleydobedoo]

Thanks, I will give the gas a shot. I find it a little disturbing that I have had so many views on this thread and no one except you responded - I'm thinking it's not "normal." ugh.

 

[Strykeback]

Well based on the time stamp you posted this right at the start of the SuperBowl. So I imagine the forum was ghost town till today. But this is the first thread other than the coil issue mentioned above I have seen.

 

[mikoloe]

Is your bike still stock?

 

[Skwerlee]

About every second or two seconds, after warming up, my stryker has a little "miss" or loping while in idle. Runs great, only 750 miles. I am wondering - is this normal? I'm just used to my Vstar 1100 with it's solid idle, perhaps.

What you're describing at idle is completely normal. The Stryker is a single pin crank design. The uneven firing interval, bore & stroke dimensions, and special ignition & injection mapping all contribute to what you’re hearing. It’s especially noticeable once you ditch the stock pipes.

 

[bradleydobedoo]

The only mods I have done would be the "8 hole exhaust" mod, and this was only done recently. the uneven idle has been happening since new. Perhaps skwerlee is right - it IS more noticeable after the exhaust was modded, so maybe I am just hearing it to a higher degree now.

 

[bandit85]

I have Cobra Swepts, Auto tuner, and intake and it will do that sometimes during warming up. The bike has even died if I don't give it enough throttle.

I swear the cobra intake give the bike too much air and it can't handle it. You can trick the computer with the auto tuner, but you can't fool the MAF.

 

[sonic635]

I filled up at a gas station that I don't normally fill at and the bike seemed to run rough after that even at highway speed. I filled up with better gas and put some seafoam in and that and that helped.

 

[My zipper]

The pcv made up for most of the too much air issue, now for me it's a matter of just tuning it


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[Yamayates]

Ya gotta run 93 octane!




Ha! Kidding....been reading the gas threads!

 

[My zipper]

All I run is 93 and higher, runs great and it's more than ok to do so


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[RustyJake]

All I run is 93 and higher, runs great and it's more than ok to do so


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You got this other issue resolved?
http://www.yamahastarstryker.com/22-general-stryker-discussion/33330-coughing-programmer.html
What did you wind up doing to fix the issue.

 

[Adrenaline Revolution]

Mine will begin to drop "R's" and stutter slightly after initial start-up.
I Blip the throttle a couple times to clear it out and it will then idle all day just as smooth as Miko talking to a drunk blonde at a bar.:nod:

 

[mikoloe]

Mine will begin to drop "R's" and stutter slightly after initial start-up.
I Blip the throttle a couple times to clear it out and it will then idle all day just as smooth as Miko talking to a drunk blonde at a bar.:nod:

A tall German drunk blonde.

 

[altacilindrada]

Mine 850 miles same issue, ill take to dealer for full check and request injection calibration, i put a higher octane gas and got worse!


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[RustyJake]

Mine 850 miles same issue, ill take to dealer for full check and request injection calibration, i put a higher octane gas and got worse!


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Go figure........higher octane means harder to burn. Only makes sense if you are having any issues with rough idles to at least attempt lower octane.
I know it isn't your issue. Hopefully the dealer can resolve the issue for you seeing the bike is so new. Maybe you got a bad tank of gas? You had some rain, maybe water in the fuel.

Another thought, have you checked the wires at the ignition coils under the tank? One on the left and right side. There are some posts on the forum about these connections not being tight from factory and causing some issues.

 

[mikoloe]

Mine 850 miles same issue, ill take to dealer for full check and request injection calibration, i put a higher octane gas and got worse!


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What kind of bike did you have before this?

 

[altacilindrada]

Vstrom 650cc


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[mikoloe]

Vstrom 650cc


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Well that esplains it.