Took the 1200 out for the first time in weeks, dry roads at last!, (even so it just had a thorough cleanup on getting home), I went to give it some throttle after about 20 miles and it just went “chuff” and stopped, like I’d hit the kill switch (I hadn’t), admittedly I was in 4th and at lowish revs when I commanded the throttle but it seems odd?, I stopped, turned the ignition off and then restarted and it ran faultlessly for the remainder of the run, I remember my 800 scrambler doing this once about 7k miles ago, has anyone else had this happen?
Every now and again the light flywheel makes it hard to get over compression. When i first owned my 1200 I stalled it twice when riding gently and slowing in a high gear down past 2500 rpm. Could it be that?
I’m guessing it could well be that John, I was at lower revs than I would ordinarily be in that gear, I had gone round a bend and then hesitated because the road ahead was covered in patches of gravel, that second or so of being off the throttle whilst picking my path probably just allowed the revs to get low enough, doubt it’s anything to worry about, weather is supposed to be good tomorrow so I’ll get out for a longer ride.
Sometimes if the throttles are not precisely balanced you can make them spit back into the air box and/or stall. It usually happens when giving a sharpish throttle input at low revs. If so the throttles and running just needs setting up
