Rear light stays on + backfire
 

2 probs on todays ride out:

1) rear light stays on - didn't notice it before but rear and front brake levels seem to be working fine.

2) Once bike had warmed up i was getting alot of backfires on overrun and part throttle and slight hesitation on opening throttle. I've looked through some of the other posts suggesting exhaust gasket leak but can see any problems there.

Any help would be great. I think I will book the bike into PDQ on Alis suggestion for carb setup and general tune up. Anyone got any close (to Sussex) suggestions. Do sigma performance do general tune up, carb setup etc.

Cheers

Hmmmm, rear light could be micro switches on either handlebar or rear assembly stuck open or possibly a wiring fault?

Back firing - first suspects for me would be around the gas tank, trapped fuel line or trapped/blocked vent line on top of the tank, Blocked filters, fuel pump, bad carb sync, the list goes on and on after that I'm afraid....

Good luck

oh plus my neutral light stays on when its warmed up (and i'm riding)

[Edited on 18-2-2006 by ziggi]

My neutral light doesnt work until the bike has warmed up. Damp I think.

As for the miss fire and back fire etc, could this be linked to all the crap that was in the tank when you bought the bike ... could there be something found it's way to the carb.

Guess the neutral light and brake light issues etc could be down to micro switches that are sticking due to lack of usage .... again linked back to being stood for so long.

Had problem of rear light staying on - was micro switch sticking due to lack of use I think.

Squirted WD40 into switch and operated switch lots of times which cured it - been fine since.

Dave

Neutral light will probably be the sensor in the back of the engine. Carefully remove wire (it'll probably break), unscrew, soak in WD40, wiggle a few times, refit, solder wires as necessary. Easy and quite satisfying.

Back firing, everything Frank mentions, and check all rubbers for splits etc.

A little TLC and she'll be hunky-dory. :D

Cheers,

Ali

Edit: Neil at Sigma can definitely do carb setup, etc.

[Edited on 19-2-2006 by ali]

Just going by the ambient temperatures at the weekend,the backfiring and hesitent throttle could'nt be carb icing could it?:eureka:
It would not be unusual on a carbed SS.

Could have been - wasn't that cold I thought - and didn't experience it the previous 2 rides. I reckon I need someone to look at it and do some tune up work. As the weather is so crap at the moment I doubt if I will be riding it for some time anyway.

fFeb will give back firing weather if you don't let the bike warm up sufficiently to keep the gas circuit comfy. I always gave my SS at least 5 minutes on fast idle to avoid that problem. Will give hesitant throttle as the gas is icing in the system. Found that if I encountered that problem along the way, usually in the form of popping and stalling at traffic lights, I would just pull over and shut the bugger down for a couple of minutes to let the heat soak back into the system. Never used an carb warmer as this would cure the problem for those winter days when they struck.