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awol72
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help down on power
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September 14, 2012, 21:53:31 »
I drive a k7 vee just drove down the road and bike backfired and cut out got it started its down on power any idead I hope its just a plug
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greywolf
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Location: Evanston IL USA
Re: help down on power
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September 14, 2012, 22:03:54 »
See if you've blown a rubber boot from the airbox off a throttle body intake.
It should look like this. Safety wire has been added to keep it from happening again.
Not this.
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Pat- 2007 DL650A was ridden to all 48 contiguous states. 2012 DL650A outlasted me.
Nicknames I use to lessen typing, Vee = 2002-2012 (K2-L2) DL1000s. Veek=2014+ (L4+) DL1000s. Wee = 2004-2011 (K4-L1) DL650s. Glee = 2012+ (L2+) DL650s
awol72
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Re: help down on power
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September 14, 2012, 22:28:10 »
thanks greywolf I'm away from home tonight so ill have to wait till morning to look do I need to take petrol tank off to get to it I'm not mechanically great
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greywolf
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Re: help down on power
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September 14, 2012, 23:32:16 »
There are more possibilities at
http://www.vstrom.info/Smf/index.php/topic,4764.0.html
but a backfire followed by poor running is the main sign of a blown off boot.
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Pat- 2007 DL650A was ridden to all 48 contiguous states. 2012 DL650A outlasted me.
Nicknames I use to lessen typing, Vee = 2002-2012 (K2-L2) DL1000s. Veek=2014+ (L4+) DL1000s. Wee = 2004-2011 (K4-L1) DL650s. Glee = 2012+ (L2+) DL650s
Fatbelly
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Re: help down on power
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September 15, 2012, 09:16:45 »
....and cheapest to fix so check it first.
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awol72
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Re: help down on power
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September 16, 2012, 08:18:21 »
thanks very much to greywolf you were bang on the rubber boot had come off all fixed and lock wired in place and a very grateful irishman was able to drive home thanks very much
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