Butt clenching ride to work ....

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D-Rider · #1 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:00 am

The Falco started up nicely this morning and I set off for work .... roads damp and greasy but nothing unusual.

Within a short distance the bike decided to become a 500cc single driving a 500cc compressor.
Choices:

Go back home and take the Citroen C1 courtesy car(a car the size, shape and colour of a washing machine) - I have this while my car is away having the rear-end damage fixed
OR
Carry on given that it has happened before (a long time ago) and cleared before long

I couldn't be bothered to go back so carried on.
Flipping thing never cleared - cut out a few times when stopped as it didn't appreciate being asked to tick-over and every greasy curve was taken in fear and trepidation in case the "compressor" decided to revert to being a cylinder and instantly chuck in a load of extra power rather than sapping what was there ..... and from previous occasions I know it does come in with an almighty kick ...

Anyway .... guess it'll either start up fine tonight or I'll be in investigation mode this weekend. It has been due a service for a few weeks so I guess I need to find the time to break out the spanners .............

Samray · #2 Post by **Samray** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:03 am

You sure must have pissed off a guardian angel big style!!

Samray · #3 Post by **Samray** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:04 am

... or not depending on whether the glass was half full or half empty.

randomsquid · #4 Post by **randomsquid** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:25 am

My Guzzi did that when one of the carbs fell off. Maybe check for the presence of carbs?

D-Rider · #5 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:32 am

randomsquid wrote:My Guzzi did that when one of the carbs fell off. Maybe check for the presence of carbs?

Feck - I hope no-one has fitted carbs to the thing !

snapdragon · #6 Post by **snapdragon** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:58 pm

aaahhh eeek had that t-shirt on the trip back from Norfolk once - 2nd cyl occasionally fired (mostly while passing a speedcam) - not a good thing covering the clutch for hundred odd miles. (ok not a falco but same Eek)

k1w1boy · #7 Post by **k1w1boy** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:33 pm

My pretty new thing cut out at 40mph in 3rd googling along an A road. No drama (clock reset, failure to restart etc) but I get the nagging feeling - actually confirmed by F9 - that I've done more miles in more weather in the last week than the poor thing's suffered in about a year. You're a Falco-zen master D - am sure you'll get to the bottom of it ....

Then you can humour me and my ever present neutral light lol

Falcorob · #8 Post by **Falcorob** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:09 pm

So did it start and run OK or.............

??????

We need to know.

DavShill · #9 Post by **DavShill** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:43 pm

Seems to me we are all having a few problems these days...... can't be time to flood the market with 2nd hand Falcos can it

I can't bear to part with mine so I'm hoping my recent glitch was a one off.

D-Rider · #10 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:51 pm

Falcorob wrote:So did it start and run OK or............. ??????

We need to know.

Well No and Yes ....

It started on just the one cylinder .... I was thinking "oh no - this'll be fun again".
The roundabout at the end of the road from work is notorious for its slippery surface and I'm also part way through scrubbing in a new set of tyres. Didn't really fancy that as a location to come back on power.

Anyway, despite having tried to clear it on the way to work I was fairly convinced that the problem was that it had flooded. So, before I got as far as the roundabout I went through a couple of sessions of clutch-in and rev the nuts off it (a bit like the wide open throttle starting procedure when one of these bikes floods). That did the trick - it chimed in and was the usual joy to ride home.

I think it was just reminding me that I really must get on and service it.

Falcorob · #11 Post by **Falcorob** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:00 pm

Well you got home safe and sound and, more importantly, so did the bike.

Good news all round.

Now do the decent thing and get it serviced.

Falconihlist · #12 Post by **Falconihlist** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:01 pm

Glad you managed to get back to firing on all cylinders again

I've got a spare injector sat in the house just waiting for something to go wrong, sods law it will still be sat there in 5 years

Samray · #13 Post by **Samray** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:08 pm

Falconihlist wrote: I've got a spare injector sat in the house just waiting for something to go wrong, sods law it will still be sat there in 5 years

The best sort of insurance.

D-Rider · #14 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:11 pm

Samray wrote:
Falconihlist wrote: I've got a spare injector sat in the house just waiting for something to go wrong, sods law it will still be sat there in 5 years
The best sort of insurance.

I've got 3 spare sets of throttle bodies !

... and yes, I will service it. I've gathered all the materials - just a case of finding the time (valve check this time

... not that it will need it ... unless I don't bother to do it ....)

Falconihlist · #15 Post by **Falconihlist** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:22 pm

I will have to learn the art of valve check for my next service, time to start reading the manual