Soulbreeze
New member
Hey all! Just picked up a 2012 on tuesday. Had about 7k miles on it. Scratch here and there, mostly on the exhaust, but I already got a Yoshi on the way anyway.
Anywho, I have 2 questions about the bike now that I've gotten 200 or so miles on it:
1 - Low speed (under 40mph) surging. This is probably exasperated by the fact this bike may have been sitting around awhile, but when I'm riding in town the bike surges A LOT. When trying to hold a steady 30mph or so, the bike is wanting to surge and ebb with the fueling and sometimes it almost sounds like it's stumbling (like when your rpms are too low). Like I said, this might smooth out a bit after a couple of tanks of new gas get through it, and I'm sure the 6k service was skipped so I need go get that done. But, is there anything that smooths this out? Or is it something you just learn to live with?
2 - Engine heat. Bike is operating well within acceptable range. It's only hit 205 degrees so far while riding (216 once when I was stopped), but man does it throw the heat at my legs! Spread my legs for a few seconds and they cool down, but is it normal for this thing to throw a ton of heat at you? I hadn't read anything about that in the reviews I've see and read.
Yup, that's it! See y'all around!
Anywho, I have 2 questions about the bike now that I've gotten 200 or so miles on it:
1 - Low speed (under 40mph) surging. This is probably exasperated by the fact this bike may have been sitting around awhile, but when I'm riding in town the bike surges A LOT. When trying to hold a steady 30mph or so, the bike is wanting to surge and ebb with the fueling and sometimes it almost sounds like it's stumbling (like when your rpms are too low). Like I said, this might smooth out a bit after a couple of tanks of new gas get through it, and I'm sure the 6k service was skipped so I need go get that done. But, is there anything that smooths this out? Or is it something you just learn to live with?
2 - Engine heat. Bike is operating well within acceptable range. It's only hit 205 degrees so far while riding (216 once when I was stopped), but man does it throw the heat at my legs! Spread my legs for a few seconds and they cool down, but is it normal for this thing to throw a ton of heat at you? I hadn't read anything about that in the reviews I've see and read.
Yup, that's it! See y'all around!