Someone else told me on their bike, there was a problem with the filter in the tank that was damaged or clogged creating a vacuume and sucking the gas back up. Which is what the previous comment mentioned.   Does that sound like a possibility if it is a fuel delivery problem??

rq,
Fuel, air, spark.
Let me ask a few questions if I may.
1. How far did you travel after the fill up before it stalled?
2. How long were you stranded before it restarted and you made it to the parts store?
3. When you left the parts store, you said it made it half way down the road when it stalled at a stop sign. How far was that?

In posts a few days ago, you were having blinker issues and stated the brake light was flashing. There was also a reference to a short, pinching wires. An aftermarket horn was also wired into the system.

I am concerned you may have a cascade event here with more than one issue. Those can be difficult to diagnose so go back to the basics, fuel, air, and spark.

If it was my bike, I would start by verifying fuel flow since this seems the most logical based on what I have read and since the battery seems to be good, unless of course, you went many, many miles between stalls.


Let us know and good luck.

I left my apt complex.  Got up to 2nd gear,   About a block away from starting,  Had to slow for a red light.   Lego of gas, held in clutch and it died.  At that point I was so upset that its next to a muffler shop and I had someone come pick me up.   It could be anything but ill have to pik up the bike tomorrw and bring it back home and start checking I guess

I was located on I-45. A main freeway in houston Texas.  I am a 25yr old male with no motorcycle mechanical experience.  I like to learn as I go. The bike is an 01 with only an air horn mod.

Serowbot wrote on 11/28/12 at 17:40:21:


Serow looking for a date?     LOL    

That is the picture before I cleaned it.  Yes that is the residue of the "head cap seal leak".  Which I have not fixed yet.   No I don't have a tach to check the speed. How much are they and I will gladly buy one and test it.   Yess.  4/4 times when I'm riding if I let go of the throttle hard to slow down or wtv, it dies.   Then after dying. It takes multiple times to restart it.  Which is why I give it a rest cause I don't wana burn out the starter.    Yesterday I rode around my neighborhood for 15-20 min just feeling out the bike.  Stopping at many lights and stop signs.   And then today my first long trip and all this happened.    Maybe I should just give in and charge a mechanic 80/h to figure it out.

Just put the petcock on "prime" and see if the bike runs.

There are too many people out there that are "just trying to help" but know as little or less than the person they're "helping." One such person would be someone who suggested checking the battery even though the bike turns over just fine, started up just a few minutes ago and was going down the highway when it died. A carbureted bike or even a carbureted car wouldn't die that fast from a dead battery and it sure wouldn't turn over or START a few minutes later. You're not helping, you're sending someone on a wild-goose chase.

Please, everyone, if you are taking shots in the dark with the excuse of "I'm just trying to help" you need to just stop. You're not helping anyone, you're making the situation worse. The best way you can help is to keep your mouth shut.

rquarantello4232 wrote on 11/28/12 at 11:42:07:

is your choke out