Kevin.......and the winner is.................sorry no cigar! Sorry Kevin the oiler was wired right.
In fact, the Hawkeoiler allowed my dust and mud covered chain to go 13,000 miles without a single adjustment. No...the side stand switch wasn't the problem. The fuel pump is fine.............next...:>))) hawke On 6/21/02 3:09 PM, "Kevin Hawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You accidently wired your Hawke-Oiler push button to the kill switch!?!?!? > :^) > > Kevin Hawkins // Greensboro, NC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 >
