brand new R3 stalls out in traffic - YIKES!

[Jag]

hey Jag, that's great information!

i don't have a shop manual on the bike, i guess i need to find one....

meanwhile, from a zoomed out view, where on the bike is the bleed screw and coolant hose located?

Just behind the top of radiator on the engine block, left side of bike even with the throttle bodies. You will need a long extension and socket. Put a piece of electrical tape on the socket so the bolt will be held captive when you push it on the head of the bolt. That way the bolt won't fall out once you remove it.

 

[barbagris]

oh yea, i also tried slowly let it set into idling (backed off really slow so she wouldn't stall) in the garage for 1/2hour or more, thinking this might help her computer figure out what idle is. it didn't work, all it did was get the coolant indicator turn red, and that probably wasn't good on the engine either?

Did the fans come on? - If not they should have.

 

[barbagris]

i don't have a shop manual on the bike, i guess i need to find one....

Seach for any post by @idk His signature has links to pdf files.

 

[Steel]

i don't have a shop manual on the bike, i guess i need to find one....

Seach for any post by @idk His signature has links to pdf files.

Here ya go.

Index of /r3docs

 

[atjurhs]

jag, that's just a weee bit more mechanical than i'm apt to undertake, but only by a lot when i take the bike in to fix the stalling, i'll ask them about that too...

barb, got the manual from idk's signature page, thanks!

 

[Troy]

hi guys,

i picked up my R3 from the dealer yesterday and rode her home on freeways and highways, about 135miles, no problems

but once i got into city traffic, she would stall out when downshifting into 2nd and downshifting into 1st (a BIG problem) and also while sitting at a light, ANYTIME you let let your hand completely off the throttle

YIKES! MAJOR traffic safety hazard!!!

what i found i have to do is hold it at 1000 for a little bit and then SLOWLY ease off the throttle to where she'll hang out around 900.

is there anything i can do or is this a trip back to the dealer, maybe the "mapping" is off, idk

help please!

Todd

oh yea, i also tried slowly let it set into idling (backed off really slow so she wouldn't stall) in the garage for 1/2hour or more, thinking this might help her computer figure out what idle is. it didn't work, all it did was get the coolant indicator turn red, and that probably wasn't good on the engine either?

Mine had a somewhat rare case like that. When the motor was installed from the factory the chain slacked and jumped a tooth. Bike seemed to ride fine, but after running full temp and slowing down it would die. Then it would seem a little hard to restart. Too much back pressure, then restart and run. I don't know if yours is the same, but worth a mention.

 

[atjurhs]

i'm sure others may appreciate this info

however the 2017s are driveshaft driven

 

[Troy]

i'm sure others may appreciate this info

however the 2017s are driveshaft driven

The timing chain is what I was referring to.

 

[atjurhs]

The timing chain is what I was referring to.

oh, see i'm so much a newbie i didn't understand that, sorry, no foul ment

 

[atjurhs]

12minute tune question...

what happens when you go over the 12minutes?

ie. when i let mine run for 1/2hr, so it went way over 12minutes. grant it, i did NOT start her WITHOUT touching the throttle, so did my 1/2hr run not count as a 12minute tune?

AND

tomorrow i am taking it to the dealer, should i do a 12min tune before leaving the house and riding 135miles?

OR

just ride it like it is, so they can see the "full spectrum" of the problem?

OR

it won't matter to the dealer's mech either way, whatever he is going to do won't read the bikes current set up anyways. what he will do will wipe out anything that the computer has "learned" from a 12min tune?

thanks for your thoughts on this!

oh, and, after a "correctly executed" 12min tune, am i supposed to shut it down then restart it and ride?

OR

just hop on her and go?

thanks again

Todd