Joined Oct 2011
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Pacific Northwest
I have a 2010 FX450, used primarily for Supermoto. I have been chasing an intermittent dying issue for a while now...and now I'm asking for help.
Typical scenario...bike is warm/hot, idles fine and will run fine if I short shift, keeping revs below say, half throttle. When given full throttle, the bike die, leaving me coasting, clutch pulled in, for s second or two, then it'll fire up again.
I don't have to hit the starter to get it to restart.
New parts:
Fuel pump, tip over switch, plug cap & spark plug.
It has a JD jetting fuel programmer which was programmed by JD himself, on his dyno. TPS voltage set. It never died on JDs dyno?!!
Yesterday was my first race with the new pump (installed after the dyno run)
I got through two practice sessions (10min each) and a heat race before it started dying again.
Has anyone ever experienced anything like this?
Can the Injector actually fail when hot?
I've heard of coils failing when hot, but again...it only dies for a second or two, and as long as I'm still moving it'll restart on it own. I can't determine now if it's fuel starvation or an electrical issue.
Hoping for some suggestions on other things to check.
One note- the problem seemed to start after a high side (not too fast and bike was fine)
I'm typically pretty good at troubleshooting/diagnostics, but this one stumps me...and it only ever happens in "race situations" when I running it hard.
(Yet, it ran fine on the dyno. I have run it with and without tuner as well...no difference as far as the cut out issue)
Typical scenario...bike is warm/hot, idles fine and will run fine if I short shift, keeping revs below say, half throttle. When given full throttle, the bike die, leaving me coasting, clutch pulled in, for s second or two, then it'll fire up again.
I don't have to hit the starter to get it to restart.
New parts:
Fuel pump, tip over switch, plug cap & spark plug.
It has a JD jetting fuel programmer which was programmed by JD himself, on his dyno. TPS voltage set. It never died on JDs dyno?!!
Yesterday was my first race with the new pump (installed after the dyno run)
I got through two practice sessions (10min each) and a heat race before it started dying again.
Has anyone ever experienced anything like this?
Can the Injector actually fail when hot?
I've heard of coils failing when hot, but again...it only dies for a second or two, and as long as I'm still moving it'll restart on it own. I can't determine now if it's fuel starvation or an electrical issue.
Hoping for some suggestions on other things to check.
One note- the problem seemed to start after a high side (not too fast and bike was fine)
I'm typically pretty good at troubleshooting/diagnostics, but this one stumps me...and it only ever happens in "race situations" when I running it hard.
(Yet, it ran fine on the dyno. I have run it with and without tuner as well...no difference as far as the cut out issue)
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