Problem on 1st Ride!

[daddydarko]

I drove my :spyder: from the dealer and she rode fine for the first 10 miles. I put unleaded regular gas in (stupid dealer gave me 1/3 tank!) and got on the highway. Right away she started to sputter when I got around 5k RPM in any gear. I couldn't take it over 52 MPH without a sputter. The oil light came on. I stopped, pulled over and let her sit for a bit. I also checked that the gas cap was tight and that oil levels were fine. After 10 minutes, I started her up again. Same problem but now the check engine light was on. At this point, I'm crying like someone stole my cookie. I get ready to call for a tow and decide to give it one more try. All the warning lights are off and she drives like a champ. A few hundred miles later, still no problem.

Any ideas? I know the dealer said they had the battery disconnected for awhile so I may need to keep her running for a bit. Bad gas perhaps? Either way, it's not a great feeling to have to drive with my hazards 20 MPH below the speed limit on my inaugural ride.

-DD

 

[Lamonster]

I would take it back to the dealer and have them hook it up to the BUDS and see what the error codes read. Not good for a first ride.

 

[Danimal]

I agree- get her back to the dealer.

Probably was the battery not having enough charge to keep the system running correctly.... hook up a tender and keep that charge up.

It is my understanding that these machines can get squirrly if the battery isn't fully charged.

 

[PAJAK]

my dealer here in wisconsin said if your getting any kind of a fault reconized in the computer system your machine goes into a limp like mode and wont go over 40mph according to my dealer. maybe your computer is getting a signal something is wrong and its in limp mode till there is a correction. hope things work out for you!!!!! :bigthumbsup:

 

[hollylmh]

Sounds a lot like my first day [and a number more since!], in that my first stop on my first day out, with about a dozen folks gathered round to see it, one asked me to start it up so they could hear it run -- about 15 minutes later, I got it to "turn on" and start up! That was in November. It left me driving a car to Bike Week, in two shops for two weeks, and now with Barber's fast coming up -- it is back in again with the same kind of ignition symptoms. Good luck.

hollylmh
Yellow Peril 444
NW FL