Hi Jayaram, I have a 180 classic.
I found this problem too in nice long straight stretches during my Pune-Hyd and Cuttack - Vizag trips.. The bike would suddenly lose power while in 5th gear. As if it is looking for more juice but didnot get any. A downshift would do the trick. I looked at archives for a mail from Venkat detailing reasons why this happens..But sadly could not find it... Any ideas ppl ??? Regards Amod 2008/7/22 Jayaram Krishnamurthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi > > I have just been to Manali - Leh - Srinagar and back on my classic Pulsar > 150 KS (2003). At some places in the plains (not the hills) I found the > bike > not delivering the optimum performance in 5th gear even with the > accelerator > held to the max , i needed to constantly upshift to get the pickup and go > ahead. Looked like the bike ran out of air sometimes .. literally. Not sure > what could be the problem. > > This was observed only 2-3 times when I departed from Leh for Kargil and on > the plain stretches of the NH 1 D where the tarmac was bliss. I couldnt > speed there.Sometime later the condition returned back to normal. > > The weight on the bike was me (78kgs) + luggage (max 10kg). > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Jayaram > 150. - Praveen KM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
