80 XS11G shuts down when put in gear

[rpgoerlich]

I finally got it started today after rebuilding the carbs and petcocks. It runs ok, had some mis-firing. Went for a short ride to burn off the oil in the pipes. Parked it and replaced the plugs. Restarted it again and it idles great now, no misfiring. It had resistor plugs in resistor caps. But when I put it in gear, now it stalls imediately. It wont restart in gear with clutch pulled in.
No side stand switch, no clutch perch switch. Getting ready to start checking & cleaning connectors.

Any thoughts?

[xswilly]

i had the same problem last year right after i washed my bike
never did figure it out
but it dried out over night and ran fine the next day

now i don't wash it unless i'm done with it for the day

[rpgoerlich]

Funny you said that... I pressure washed it after the first ride. Guess I'll give it a go in the A/m.

Thanks.

[oldyam80sg]

I would not take a pressure washer to these bikes!That kind of force is not necessary and water gets in everywhere and that's when corrosion starts.Years ago i used to ride all the time in all types of weather(except snow!)When ever i checked why things were acting up i used to check the connectors.Sure enough water settles in the darnedest places!I took off my wiring harness one time and underneath the plastic was about a cup of stagnant water throughout the harness.

[Ivan]

I would not take a pressure washer to these bikes!That kind of force is not necessary and water gets in everywhere and that's when corrosion starts.Years ago i used to ride all the time in all types of weather(except snow!)When ever i checked why things were acting up i used to check the connectors.Sure enough water settles in the darnedest places!I took off my wiring harness one time and underneath the plastic was about a cup of stagnant water throughout the harness.

I wouldn't either, except when its dirty.

I pressure wash mine all the time and have never had a problem. I even pressure wash the pod filters, and ride with them in the rain. Every time I pressure wash the bike, it takes a bit to start it, but 100mph dries it nicely.

[oldyam80sg]

You must have alot of road to do 100 mph! Around where i live you would spend a night in jail at that speed.

[rpgoerlich]

I wouldn't normally use a pressure washer on one, but this one had either a battery blow up and/or a fire in the airbox. It left alot of debris toward the rear of the engine. I got it off and wiped it down, really didn't get much on anything else. Obviously got something wet...

[Ivan]

You must have alot of road to do 100 mph! Around where i live you would spend a night in jail at that speed.

This is Kansas. I heard in some tourist type propaganda that Kansas has more paved roads than any other state in the union. Most of these roads are very long and pretty much deserted. So yeah, long road. If I got caught, I would probably get a stern talking to and probably a ticket. Since the road I use as my dry off spot is very sparce on traffic, I doubt it would end up in jail, but it could.

FWIW on the XS11, even with my fat butt in the saddle, it doesn't take a LONG road to hit 100+.

[trbig]

it doesn't take a LONG road to hit 100+.

Pffft. It doesn't take a long ON RAMP to hit 100. I do it daily! lol.


Tod