Bike died while in traffic... overheating?

CanberraR3 said:

Can't explain the stalling but very occasionally if I switch off and then try immediately to start up, it feels as if the engine won't turn over; clicks once and sort of locks. Turn the key off again and after a couple of seconds it cranks normally. Guess it's done it half a dozen times in 70,000kms. I'm not concerned about it.
I've had the same and a couple of times the ABS light will then stay on for quite a while, sometimes it will re-set while you are still riding, sometimes it needs to be re-started. I've also had the odometer/trip meter display "go out" after a "false start", it comes to life after you re-start the bike. Same again, nothing to be concerned about.

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GreenmanAZ said:

I had the same issue today in Phoenix AZ, 1600 local time, temp around 90f, so road temp probably closer to 98f. Leading up to the stall, the engine seemed unhappy (vapor lock like) at about 45mph, neutral load on the engine. I caught the first attempt to stall decelerating for a set of lights. The next set, she quit on me, hadn't quite stopped, had to restart on the roll.

I did some research when I got home and there is a RECALL as listed at the website below. Apparently fixable with a tune update at the dealers.

http://www.arfc.org/motorcycles/triumph/rocket_iii/recalls/000024953000260521000000154/recall.aspx

Hope this helps others.

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ricochet said:

I find that very interesting Because I've been doing a lot of reading on the forum and the only "real" problem I've read most about is the Ignition issue and how the bike can not start. I don't recall reading much about random bike dying. Is there some kind of pattern?

Fresh tank of gas but it could be a bad tank.

Regarding idling I find that when I come to a stop it has a slow idle around 600-650 but then slowly creeps up and keeps steady at 850 which I believe is normal right

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Randy said:

Your bike is running to lean...lean means hot

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