Well it cooled off here and was a beautiful day to ride. I had to go about 30 or so miles out to teach a class and it just about turned in to a nightmare.
Loaded up Sadie to head out yesterday morning. Started her up easily. no throttle. She hummed fine and we took off. About 2 miles down the road I started to slow to get on the ramp for the interstate. She quits in the turn. Started back up again and got on the interstate. Ran 2 miles at 55 mph then have to get on 65 south. The cloverleaf there is a sharp banked turn so the speed is 35. Always busy and full of cars.
Start around the turn slowing slightly and bam, she quits. Getting used to this starting on the fly particularly with cars on my butt! Get on 65 and I now have about 25 miles or so of interstate at 65 mph. Fine. Hit the off ramp to Clermont and fine. Get to the stoplight at the top of the ramp, fine. Left turn to Clermont, fine. Yay!
Right turn into Bernheim and she quits. I coast up to the guard house. Say hi - motorcycles are free, cars are not - eventually get it started. Go to first stop sign about 100 yards ahead, quits, turn right, quits, pull in to lot quits. Fine I'm here now.
It doesn't end. Put the kick stand down. Now usually as I get off I keep my left foot pushed against the kickstand just in case. Did I do that? Noooo, Of course not. Bike rolls forwards slightly, kickstand retracts and bike slowly go over. Moronic. Get it back up again, make sure it isn't going anywhere and go teach.
At the end of the afternoon I wonder of course if I am going to get home easily. Get on and find that on falling over even though I supported the fall, the clutch lever is now bent slightly so my small hands have an even worse time pulling it in. Sheeshh.
Bike starts fine, gets home fine with no quiting or hesitation.
What is going on? I can go on a 2000 mile trip with no problems except an o ring, come home and she's not happy. And of course according to the mechanic there is nothing wrong. Guess I'll have to take the carb apart to see if the diaphragm is going.
Although it might be the throttle tube they broke before my trip? I had to readjust the leather grips the other day and found a really strange looking throttle - turns out when they broke mine the mechanic put on his extra HD one. It looks like some gopher chewed it. I've been waiting for my replacement since the middle of June now.
Staying home today. Have too much work to do and it looks like it's going to rain.