Downpour - SV650.org

01-08-06, 03:49 PM

Got caught in one last night, got totally soaked. This morning, the bike stalled really easily at the first junction. At next one, the front cyclinder cut out while turning, meaning acceleration was slow for a bit, then came back on hard, whizzed me real fast, I clutched in, it raced, and I managed to stay on. This TOTALLY sucked, so I turned round and drove the car to work.

Firstly, I totally feel for the scottish guy on here that had that happen to him but it flung him off and his back hit a curb; its a really unsettling thing, luckily I was pretty much straightened out when it kicked back in.

Secondly, it has never done this before to me. Will it just dry out and work ok again? I was surprised that it happened the morning after, yet the bike was fine driving through a lake on the M40 last night...

01-08-06, 03:56 PM

Ive been caught in 2 massive 'flood the roads - feet on tank' downpours in the 2 weeks ive had my bike and both times its been fine after, maybe becuase its new ?

01-08-06, 03:58 PM

ain't new, its a K3 naked with 19K miles. I have ridden through plenty of rain before, its only happened now. And not even in the rain, but after in the morning!

01-08-06, 03:59 PM

Warthog,

time for a fenda extenda (bought or home made) to stop the front spark from being soaked, or some use silicone grease....

Both are reported to prevent this issue occurring.

A quick search should yield some results.

Tim

01-08-06, 04:01 PM

Difference is Abyss has a FI pointy and Warthog has a carb curvy which gets the front pot soaked in downpours. Do a search for it. I think people take out the plug and give a good squirt of WD40.

01-08-06, 04:03 PM

ah ha! FI saves me again

Sid Squid · 01-08-06, 04:06 PM

I thought Warty had a naked K3.

Anyhoo, the later bikes are less - note not, just less - affected by the problem than are the curvies, all the same a fender extender is the way to go.

01-08-06, 04:07 PM

Don't think it's FI that stops the front pot stopping, it's the redesign of the flappy rubber bit of the front if anyone says I'm talking bull.

P.S. I'm still blagging

OK, I'll stop digging

01-08-06, 04:08 PM

Can happen anytime, My sv didn't do it for 2 years, but after it did it once it kept doing it so a fenda extenda was purchased, never done it since

01-08-06, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Law

Don't think it's FI that stops the front pot stopping, it's the redesign of the flappy rubber bit of the front if anyone says I'm talking bull.

P.S. I'm still blagging

OK, I'll stop digging

I did wonder what the flappy peice of rubber at the front was there for!

Still planning on getting a fender extender soon.

01-08-06, 03:49 PM	#1
Warthog Guest Posts: n/a	Downpour Got caught in one last night, got totally soaked. This morning, the bike stalled really easily at the first junction. At next one, the front cyclinder cut out while turning, meaning acceleration was slow for a bit, then came back on hard, whizzed me real fast, I clutched in, it raced, and I managed to stay on. This TOTALLY sucked, so I turned round and drove the car to work. Firstly, I totally feel for the scottish guy on here that had that happen to him but it flung him off and his back hit a curb; its a really unsettling thing, luckily I was pretty much straightened out when it kicked back in. Secondly, it has never done this before to me. Will it just dry out and work ok again? I was surprised that it happened the morning after, yet the bike was fine driving through a lake on the M40 last night...

01-08-06, 04:06 PM	#7
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	I thought Warty had a naked K3. Anyhoo, the later bikes are less - note not, just less - affected by the problem than are the curvies, all the same a fender extender is the way to go. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

01-08-06, 03:56 PM	#2
Abyss Guest Posts: n/a	Ive been caught in 2 massive 'flood the roads - feet on tank' downpours in the 2 weeks ive had my bike and both times its been fine after, maybe becuase its new ?

01-08-06, 03:58 PM	#3
Warthog Guest Posts: n/a	ain't new, its a K3 naked with 19K miles. I have ridden through plenty of rain before, its only happened now. And not even in the rain, but after in the morning!

01-08-06, 03:59 PM	#4
Tim in Belgium Guest Posts: n/a	Warthog, time for a fenda extenda (bought or home made) to stop the front spark from being soaked, or some use silicone grease.... Both are reported to prevent this issue occurring. A quick search should yield some results. Tim

01-08-06, 04:01 PM	#5
Law Guest Posts: n/a	Difference is Abyss has a FI pointy and Warthog has a carb curvy which gets the front pot soaked in downpours. Do a search for it. I think people take out the plug and give a good squirt of WD40.

01-08-06, 04:03 PM	#6
Abyss Guest Posts: n/a	ah ha! FI saves me again

01-08-06, 04:07 PM	#8
Law Guest Posts: n/a	Don't think it's FI that stops the front pot stopping, it's the redesign of the flappy rubber bit of the front if anyone says I'm talking bull. P.S. I'm still blagging OK, I'll stop digging

01-08-06, 04:08 PM	#9
Iansv Guest Posts: n/a	Can happen anytime, My sv didn't do it for 2 years, but after it did it once it kept doing it so a fenda extenda was purchased, never done it since