HenryTM82
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Alright, so I've already ordered a new Raptor petcock, but I wanted to see if I could get the bike running in the meantime while I wait on it to get here. So I followed the guide for creating a plug to stop up the PRI setting and remove the diaphram from the stock petcock, and turned it into a manual ON/OFF/RES petcock.
And that worked! Took me a few hours to drain the fuel, take the thing apart, do the modifications, put it all back together and refuel the bike, but once it was all said and done, she fired right up like a champ.
Now, the bad news. I decided to take her around the block to make sure she'd go in gear and drive and all that good stuff. Everything was great, and I got on a stretch of 40 MPH street, and that's when she died. Third gear, about 40, she acted like she was out of fuel, and sputtered to a halt. Wouldn't start back up despite the fact that there is easily still half a tank of fuel. So, ran home, got the trailer, brought her back, and...after having sat for a bit, she started up and drove up the driveway and into the garage.
So I figured maybe there was something about putting her under strain - like accelerating in gear - that was the problem. I decided to test this theory by letting her run idle in the driveway for a few minutes. Lo, and behold, after about five minutes of idling, it happened again. Acted like fuel was out, weakened a bit, then sputtered and died. Still plenty of fuel in the tank.
So, it doesn't seem to be an issue with trying to accelerate - in fact, it seems to be related to how long the motor's been running. I had only been riding for maybe five minutes when it died the first time, then it idled for around five minutes before dying again.
What might cause the motor to start and run like normal, but sputter and die as if it's out of fuel after running for several minutes?
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