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She barely got me home today.

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And its my main transportation right now. I can feel the grey hairs coming in.

Anyhow, I was cruising this morning at 65-70 and about 30 miles into my ride I felt it hesitate a couple times, a few miles apart. That was crappy enough to get me worried. Then I get on the freeway on the last stretch toward the house maybe 55 miles into the ride, get going 75-80, cruising along and it died completely for a second or two. Just enough time I glanced down and saw the check engine light flash in and clear just as the bike fired back up.

So another three or four miles going 75, went okay. Stopped at the gas station and topped up like I do every morning. Going going again, 1.6 miles to go. At the second light I stopped and it all went to ****. Engine lugging bad, idling really low when I let off the gas, check engine light flashing on and off repeatedly, the bike would not rev up when I gave it throttle. Limped the rest of the way to the house.

When I got to the house, I took my helmet and earphones off and let it idle while I looked it over. Smelled gas pretty strong but that cleared up. Hopped back on and went around the block, everything ran fine.

What in the heck just happened to my bike?
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Well, I guess it's all good. I didn't really find anything wrong. Yesterday I went around town with my boy all afternoon on it with no problem, today I rode it to work. Business as usual. I guess I can assume water got somewhere it should not have and did some goofy stuff. The cobra unit looked good inside. I didn't end up taking off the tank. Spark plug connections were good...

So, lesson learned: lay off the pressure washer, even if you think you're avoiding sensitive areas.
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sdsting
**** dude! I have 4,000m on my Stryker and I’ve never washed it or ridden it in the rain. I just clean it with an air compressor and Honda polish. Pressure wash sounds like trouble to me.
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Gees you guys, I rode mine in rain, sleet, snow, ice, washed it at a car wash twice with the power spray and at home at least 5 times with my thumb over the end of the hose soaking the heck out of it and never a problem. Maybe Iv,e been lucky so far.
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sdsting
Well Toby when you are splattin the bugs at 130mph you need the power wash! :D
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toby
sdsting said:
Well Toby when you are splattin the bugs at 130mph you need the power wash! :D
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lol , yep.
Looks like we are going to get one more ride in before we park em. The weather is nice. We got the bikes packed up, tent and things. Heading out tomorrow morning as soon as it gets above 38*. Should find temps in the 50s within an hr of here. Gona stop at Drive Thru Tree in the Redwoods hwy 101 and hwy 1 get a few pics then head west to Mendocino beach and Fort Bragg and spend the night on the beach. Should be in the mid 60s down there. Pick up some Sta bil on the way home and park em. Post pics when we get back. Should break the 10,000 mile mark on my Stryker and will have had it 1 year almost to the day. Goin in for my operation on the 6th of next month. Should be ready to ride by February. We usually get a couple of weeks around that time of year that's warm enough to ride. ;)
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Toby said:
sdsting said:
Well Toby when you are splattin the bugs at 130mph you need the power wash! :D
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lol , yep.
Looks like we are going to get one more ride in before we park em. The weather is nice. We got the bikes packed up, tent and things. Heading out tomorrow morning as soon as it gets above 38*. Should find temps in the 50s within an hr of here. Gona stop at Drive Thru Tree in the Redwoods hwy 101 and hwy 1 get a few pics then head west to Mendocino beach and Fort Bragg and spend the night on the beach. Should be in the mid 60s down there. Pick up some Sta bil on the way home and park em. Post pics when we get back. Should break the 10,000 mile mark on my Stryker and will have had it 1 year almost to the day. Goin in for my operation on the 6th of next month. Should be ready to ride by February. We usually get a couple of weeks around that time of year that's warm enough to ride. ;)
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Sounds like fun. Had a great ride.
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Well, I ride in the rain a lot. If that's the cause of my bike's demise, I'll throw it in the garbage and buy a BMW.

In other news, 36mpg this last tank. It's never, ever been that low. :(
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