Hi all
decided to give the bike a bit of a service the other week. Changed the oil, oil filter, spark plugs, and took the carbs out and gave them a good clean.
Everything seemed to go ok. Put the carbs back in and the bike started after a couple of tries. Took it out for a spin and all seemed good. Took in out for a ride last night and relized that the bike was heating up way to quick and after sitting at a traffic light for almost a minute the needle would jump to over half way in a blink of an eye. And it was pretty cold last night in Sydney. It never used to be like that before the service. The fan does kick it so I assume the thermostat is working but it seems to struggle to keep up. Only once you reall. Take off does it start to cool a bit. Also when I stop and The lights and let it idle for a bit it turns off. I have no trouble turning it bavk on. Starts first go. And I also found the idle starting to play up as well. It will drop from 1600 to 500-600 for a few seconds then creep back up and I'm not getting much power out of it. Ohh and also the bike seems to not like the choke much. If I try to use it, the bike either turns off or struggles.
A shot in the dark would say that the idle and choke issues would be the carbs need balancing?? Please correct me as my bike knowledge isn't great.
But the overheating issue has got me stuck. No idea what it could be. I'm also worried as i'm getting a knocking sound from the engine also. I hope I haven't overheated the internals and fried something......
Please guys, any advice or theories?
decided to give the bike a bit of a service the other week. Changed the oil, oil filter, spark plugs, and took the carbs out and gave them a good clean.
Everything seemed to go ok. Put the carbs back in and the bike started after a couple of tries. Took it out for a spin and all seemed good. Took in out for a ride last night and relized that the bike was heating up way to quick and after sitting at a traffic light for almost a minute the needle would jump to over half way in a blink of an eye. And it was pretty cold last night in Sydney. It never used to be like that before the service. The fan does kick it so I assume the thermostat is working but it seems to struggle to keep up. Only once you reall. Take off does it start to cool a bit. Also when I stop and The lights and let it idle for a bit it turns off. I have no trouble turning it bavk on. Starts first go. And I also found the idle starting to play up as well. It will drop from 1600 to 500-600 for a few seconds then creep back up and I'm not getting much power out of it. Ohh and also the bike seems to not like the choke much. If I try to use it, the bike either turns off or struggles.
A shot in the dark would say that the idle and choke issues would be the carbs need balancing?? Please correct me as my bike knowledge isn't great.
But the overheating issue has got me stuck. No idea what it could be. I'm also worried as i'm getting a knocking sound from the engine also. I hope I haven't overheated the internals and fried something......
Please guys, any advice or theories?