On Bandits - Problematic?
My first breakdown today.
The bike felt a bit odd when I took it out in the morning but, silly me, I ignored it and just kept on going. Made it 40 miles before the engine cut out on me. You twist the throttle, nothing, just a splutter of low revs, a lot of clattering and misfiring and the engine dies.
Managed to get it off the road and into a car park whereupon I took half the bike to pieces trying to figure out what's going on. Finally managed to get it running long enough to get it 25 miles back along the road, into the range of my 15 mile local pick-up/recovery breakdown cover whereupon I pulled over and let the guy with the towtruck come take me the rest of the way home.
Now. I think that something's wrong with the fuel supply. The engine sounds sick, like it's only firing on three cylinders, and the fuel gauge tells me I've done 85 miles, and still got half a tank left. That's not right. This thing is sipping petrol rather than gulping it like it has up till now. It FEELS wrong too, you can feel it catching, misfiring, the power delivery ragged and messy rather than smooth like it should be. Rev it too hard, the engines dies on you in a clattering of misfires.
Anyone got any idea what might be wrong? The guys at the dealers DID have the tank off yesterday to fit my satnav power cable, so I'm really, really hoping they've just pinched something, or something's come loose, and this is an easy fix. It's also been suggested that I've got some gunk in the carburettors and that's doing it, or that, and God I hope not, that the fuel pump's on the way out.
Only had the Bandit a week, so this will be going straight back to the dealer for them to sort out tomorrow morning.
Update - It's a 2000 model Bandit 1200 S, got less than 6K miles on the clock, seems to have a pretty comprehensive service history looking through the paperwork I got with it, no major dramas in it's life to date.
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The bike felt a bit odd when I took it out in the morning but, silly me, I ignored it and just kept on going. Made it 40 miles before the engine cut out on me. You twist the throttle, nothing, just a splutter of low revs, a lot of clattering and misfiring and the engine dies.
Managed to get it off the road and into a car park whereupon I took half the bike to pieces trying to figure out what's going on. Finally managed to get it running long enough to get it 25 miles back along the road, into the range of my 15 mile local pick-up/recovery breakdown cover whereupon I pulled over and let the guy with the towtruck come take me the rest of the way home.
Now. I think that something's wrong with the fuel supply. The engine sounds sick, like it's only firing on three cylinders, and the fuel gauge tells me I've done 85 miles, and still got half a tank left. That's not right. This thing is sipping petrol rather than gulping it like it has up till now. It FEELS wrong too, you can feel it catching, misfiring, the power delivery ragged and messy rather than smooth like it should be. Rev it too hard, the engines dies on you in a clattering of misfires.
Anyone got any idea what might be wrong? The guys at the dealers DID have the tank off yesterday to fit my satnav power cable, so I'm really, really hoping they've just pinched something, or something's come loose, and this is an easy fix. It's also been suggested that I've got some gunk in the carburettors and that's doing it, or that, and God I hope not, that the fuel pump's on the way out.
Only had the Bandit a week, so this will be going straight back to the dealer for them to sort out tomorrow morning.
Update - It's a 2000 model Bandit 1200 S, got less than 6K miles on the clock, seems to have a pretty comprehensive service history looking through the paperwork I got with it, no major dramas in it's life to date.
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