ddwasher
Scooter
so i am new, and i have a 2009 bonnie black. no hiccups till this morning when it did something kinda weird. perhaps one of you more mechanically inclined gents may have an explanation.
so it was about 6-7 degrees celsius when i went out. turned the ignition, heard the usual efi whirring noise, pulled the choke to the first position for the cold start and the bike started up just fine. let it run rich for about 8 seconds and pressed the choke in, it was idling fine. then i geared up while the bike idled for one minute. no problems. then as i was about to take off it sputtered and died. it wasn't a stall or anything, it just made like it was going to go and then died. after that the bike would not start. it would ALMOST start but then sputtered and died. it took me about 8 tries, turning the ignition off each time and waiting 5 seconds between tries. i tried both with and without the choke. when it finally caught i had to give it a bit of throttle to prevent it from dying again. after this it ran fine, and started up again later without issue. tank was full. the bike is not even broken in yet, with less than 1000 kms on the clock.
so what is it in a fuel injected bike that can cause this?
so it was about 6-7 degrees celsius when i went out. turned the ignition, heard the usual efi whirring noise, pulled the choke to the first position for the cold start and the bike started up just fine. let it run rich for about 8 seconds and pressed the choke in, it was idling fine. then i geared up while the bike idled for one minute. no problems. then as i was about to take off it sputtered and died. it wasn't a stall or anything, it just made like it was going to go and then died. after that the bike would not start. it would ALMOST start but then sputtered and died. it took me about 8 tries, turning the ignition off each time and waiting 5 seconds between tries. i tried both with and without the choke. when it finally caught i had to give it a bit of throttle to prevent it from dying again. after this it ran fine, and started up again later without issue. tank was full. the bike is not even broken in yet, with less than 1000 kms on the clock.
so what is it in a fuel injected bike that can cause this?