Heat + Traffic = Trouble
Back to riding after almost 23-years... Bought a second-hand 2004 SV650 K4 6-weeks ago for commuting and overall I'm happy with it - that is until the past week.
I've read through the forum because although I'm a 'newb', I don't want to ask the same questions all over. I've found the SV runs hot. I've found that the SV runs rich. I've found that the SV can start firing on one-cylinder for a whole host of reasons. But, I've not found anyone having the same problem as me.
My commute is around 100-mile round trip and the return leg is turning into a nightmare - a combination of heat and traffic turns the bike into something that's un-rideable.
The bike runs around 80 degrees C when travelling but rapidly heats up to the low 90s once in traffic. The fan cuts in and the temperature goes down, but very quickly it's back up in the 90s. Once it gets to the 90s, unless the revs are kept around 4000 rpm it'll cut out and die. Once it's cut out, it needs full throttle to get it started but then it's running badly - very, very badly.
When it's running badly, it's clearly running rich as the smell of petrol is overwhelming and there's plenty of backfiring which is usually followed by the engine cutting out.
In an effort to get this sorted, the bike has had a full service and a new set of plugs and i'm really not sure what to do next.
Any suggestions? Thanks.
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