Randomly stalling! :O
 

Hello all!!

Well I have had my SV now for about a month or so, and its great fun! :D

I have a small problem that has only happened twice but if it happens at the wrong time will be very dangerous!

The bike seems to cut out and stop all together when I am riding along and just in the process of changing gear. (I think)

The first time it happened I had just turned right into a road and was shifting up from First to second let the clutch out and the whole bike went dead (like u stalled it) and i left a 6ft skid mark on the road because it was in gear (i dont wanna say what was in my pants!! :oops: ) weather was bright, dry, and warm and the bike had been out on a 100mile trip.

The second time i was just going along the road, changed up, I think, because i had just overtaken a bus. And it stalled/stopped again. This time I felt the bike stall and started the engine whilst drifting along :shock: and hadnt released the clutch. It was wet but the bike was hot after bleeing around the edinburgh bypass.

Has this happened to anyone else?

I think I may be shifting down into 1st or a lower gear and then the back wheel locking up and then stalling as the back wheel is running to fast for the engine? But i cant be sure?

Anyone know anything else?

Cheers

What's your idle sppeed in revs?

Do you have an after-market can on the bike? If you have and you haven't had the engine-remapped properly, then this can happen (happened to my SV K3).

It's a curvy with standard can... Not sure about the filter though.

Me not know though. I had something similiar happen once, but I'd bumped the killswitch :roll: Phoned the RAC as well ;)

When it happens, do you have any idea what revs you're holding?

Idle sped is just above 1000rpm (according to the dial) when warm

It has a standard can but does have a K&N air filter i didnt know about until after the service! :D

But I dont think its that.

I would say that the idle is a tad low

Yeah, doubt it's the K&N- you might be a tad lean but not that badly. But idle's too low- when fully warm it's supposed to be, what is it, 12-1300? I have mine at 1300 anyway, seems happiest there, but then mine's maybe not a good example :) The adjuster's down the left hand side of the bike between the frame, it's a wee black dial. Should be connected to the frame in a little bracket but they often aren't. Just give it a wee spin and see what happens ;)

Cheers :D will it give it ago the night :D

I had the same problem with my SV650 K5, too low an idle casued exactly the symptoms you describe, as the others suggest below. W/O checking the manual I think the idle should be 1200 rpm or so.

I have an '01 with a full Hindle exhaust and it's stalled whilst on the move three times in the last two years. The last time, I was turning in an intersection and it stalled as I pulled the clutch in to change down to second. I haven't a clue what causes it. I've been riding for over forty years so I'm pretty sure it's not my fault!!!!
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