doodsaibot
XS400 Addict
Hey guys, the other day I went for a nice ride and was unfortunately pushed onto the main highway that is undergoing perpetual construction not to mention the nightmarish traffic (again this was not my choice to hop on there.) At any rate, I was forced to run at WOT at many times out of necessity to avoid many of the numbskulls in traffic. I was able to exit after 15 miles of running WOT or at least close to WOT. The bike bogged down a bit as I was pulling into a parking lot. The idle promptly fell dead. After checking the bike over for about 30 seconds I started it right back up. Rode it home for another 20 minutes at normal speeds on the back roads and it did fine.
The highest RPM I hit was 8,000 in top gear when I was on the highway. I did a thorough check over of everything I could think of. Nothing wrong from what I could see. I was pushing my bike hard just to keep up with traffic although I hated having to do that.
Did the engine get too hot? Was there a vacuum issue at heavy use of the WOT? The spark plugs only have a couple hundred miles on them, carb has a good sync, oil level is good and was changed a couple hundred miles ago. Haven't ridden since this incident but I was planning a decent trip this weekend and was hoping to get this issue resolved before I set out again. I have never had to run the bike that hard to keep out of trouble so I'm not sure what's up...
The highest RPM I hit was 8,000 in top gear when I was on the highway. I did a thorough check over of everything I could think of. Nothing wrong from what I could see. I was pushing my bike hard just to keep up with traffic although I hated having to do that.
Did the engine get too hot? Was there a vacuum issue at heavy use of the WOT? The spark plugs only have a couple hundred miles on them, carb has a good sync, oil level is good and was changed a couple hundred miles ago. Haven't ridden since this incident but I was planning a decent trip this weekend and was hoping to get this issue resolved before I set out again. I have never had to run the bike that hard to keep out of trouble so I'm not sure what's up...