rough running / hesitation after service

[Dennsell]

LOL a cover up glad you got it sorted

 

[GreenmanAZ]

I have just had my Rocket serviced by my local main dealer.
It was coming up to 20,000 miles and had not had a service for 2yrs.
I have had the bike just under a year and done approx 2000miles, and I decided on the dealers advice to have the big service inc all adjustments and fluids etc. at a cost of £650.
Anyway now it has developed a problem that was never there before, between 2000 - 3000 rpm it runs rough and sort of hesitates.
You cannot hold a nice cruising rpm, it jerks and lurches.

I took it back to the dealerthe same afternoon I picked it up.
they had it for 2 days and then said that due to lack of use the fuel has gone stall, so they drained it and replaced it with new fuel.
I said that was quick !, as because the fuel light was on within 2 miles of picking it up,I had filled it on the way back to returning it back to them!! and that as on the invoice they gave me the week before it states that they have changed the fuel pipes, maybe they should have noticed that there was next to no fuel in it when they returned it to me...
I also told them that i had done a 250 mile trip to south wales only 2 weeks before and it ran fine then...

So they have now had the bike another 2 days and ive heard nothing.


On my invoice amongst other things it states that they had changed, fuel pipes/plugs/fluids/etc..
and that they had adjusted the tappets as ness,
I also asked them to check the Map, as I have a cat bypass on it.
It ran fine before and after the cat bypass but I thought I may as well get them to check it.

i am really fed up, I was told that my Rocket will "feel like a new bike after the major service,so much better"
I love this bike and just want it right.

What do you lot think may be the problem?

I am having similar problems, 2006 Classic, I just had the 10,000 mile service done, (I just got the bike 12k), and I had difficulty out accelerating a delivery truck when I was merging onto the freeway!!!! It also seemed reluctant to start, maybe 8 seconds this morning (I live in AZ, so it was not exactly arctic this morning (70+ degrees f); did not settle down to an easy idle and had choked power delivery from the get go Got better on idle and low rev power whilst running around town.

It feels like it is sometimes running on two or maybe even one cylinder! When I opened it up to "clear it out" and I hit 4000 rpm the bike frame shudders. Because I am new to the bike, it was difficult to figure out if this was "normal" but, I know it was better than this before I took it into the dealer.

I shall be returning it in the morning and will post "what happens next" when it does (happen). The Classic is bog standard, no "add on's" as yet. I did have them check to make sure the ignition/light/relay mod had been installed and they confirmed it had.

 

[mr hunt]

10k mi in 8yrs - maybe she hasn't worked out that she's a motorcycle....

....definitely not normal so be interesting to hear what your dealer has to say for him/herself

 

[warp9.9]

Low tension coil lead should be checked and recrimped to make sure they are tight on the coils so the spark is not inadvertly interupted which make the bike feel like its missing. If they check the cams then they at least pulled the two coils on the side and most likely the one up front just to get the cam cover off. easy fix with a pair of needle nose pliers. After that then I would look at the vac lines and then the TPS and ISCV reset. They should be able to tell you if they logged into the ECU which even if they did to do some checks does not mean they had to reload a map. Especially if the bike was running fine.