You accidently wired your Hawke-Oiler push button to the kill switch!?!?!?
:^)

Kevin Hawkins // Greensboro, NC
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http://www.kevinhawk.com
Y2K Kawasaki ZRX1100 //'93 Yamaha GTS1000 //'85 FZ750





OK,

 Let's see who are the brightest and most mechanically bent.

My problem started riding up some of the mountain passes in California in
the wee hours of the morning.  Several times on a 30 degree grade as I
reached the summit, 9,000 plus feet, I would get a complete engine kill and
re-catch.  This occurred at least four times.  A little disconcerting with
no place to pull over and no way to go down except backwards.

Later when I got into BC, again in the mountains.  It started to happen
again.  My first though was bad gas (water).  Most of the gas stations on
the AK Highway are single pump, single grade, old gas that might have been
sitting in the tanks for awhile.

I added some fuel additive to absorb water on several occasions and it
appeared to help.  It might have been more wishful thinking than fact.  The
problem continued...with increasing frequency.

Leaving Alaska the problem be came more frequent.  Any grade up that
reached
7,000 feet, on the up grade, the bike would start to surge and miss.   Like
someone had shut off the gas and then open the valve back up a few seconds
later.  It became a major problem as the day warmed up and I found myself
now sitting along side the road with a stalled bike.  It would start back
up
if I allowed it to sit for 20 minutes.  The next up grade it might occur
all
over again.   I bought a small one gallon aux plastic gas can because the
problem started to occur when the gas level dropped to 3/4 of a tank.  I
would stop and  top off the tank and continue on.

I ended up doing several things and I think I know what the problem and or
problems are that caused the problem.  One of which all GTS owners should
be
aware of.

hawke

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