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05-18-2007, 03:48 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2007
Bike: 2002 Suzuki SV650
Posts: 3
|  Jittery Throttle
1st off, hello everyone. I bought my 650 about 2 years ago in Hawaii. It was used, broken and generally neglected so I, being the good guy I am, rescued it for about 2K and put another 1K into getting it up to spec. Now it's dying again...I think. I had to mothball it for a while recently. I moved back to Texas from Hawaii in December. I'm military, so the bike was shipped with my household goods. When it got here, there were no new scratches, dents or other damage and with a bit of coaxing (choking), the bike started fine. That was in February. High op-tempo has kept me from riding but I got a few days off and took it for a spin this morning. Again, the bike needed a bit of choke, but started fine and even ran great for about 1 mile. After that, things got odd. The speedometer and tachometer started jumping up and down and the bike started getting jittery at low and high speeds. From a stop to about 25 mph with steady throttle pressure, the bike jumped..I don't know how else to describe it..it felt like it was nervous. Like it would it accelerate, then hitch up for a split second, then accelerate more, then hitch up again until about 25-30 mph. Then it would ride normally, then the hitching would start again at about 50 mph. The tach and speedometer jumped every time the bike hitched. I tried applying the clutch and revving, and the tach dropped to zero. All this time, the engine seemed ok except for the hitching. The bike shifted well, too. Is this from a long period of inactivity or what? Any ideas? |
