[Indydragon]

Last weekend I got caught in a massive traffic jam on I-77
in North Carolina. Was stuck in traffic in 90 degree temps for over an hour and a half. The bike was up to the 60% mark with the fans running full bore. Finally got through but it wasn't clutching right but after driving at 60 for a few miles that started working normally. Then BOOM it just died nothing clutch out, Power gauge said battery was ok. Put it in neutral coasted to the side of the road. As far as I could tell no fuses blown (I carry a digital multimeter in the bike). The fuel filter was full of fuel I thought maybe the kill switch had gone bad. Checked it and it was good.
The bike would crank over but would not start. Someone comming back from Wing-Ding stopped to help and a Harley rider also, people are really nice. We finally discovered that the fuel hose on the engine side of the Fuel Filter was full of air for about an inch. Bled it out and the bike just ran fine no problems the rest of the 600 miles home.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this before.

 

[Indydragon]

I will say the exact conditions when my bike died are as follows
1. Was doing about 60 miles an hour
2. Was driving up hill
3. Cruise control was not on
4. Previously I had been stuck in traffic only moving at about 3 to 5 miles an hour for over a hour and a half and it may have been 2 hours.
5. Bike Temp Guage was between the 50 to 60% range
6. Fans had been on for over an hour full blast.
7. Had just started moving was less than 2 miles from Traffic Jam.
8. Bike just quit, no stumble, no warnings one moment it had full
power next the tach dropped to zero.
9. I tried to restart by letting clutch back in , No Luck.
10. Coasted to the side of the road.
11. Put bike on center stand I have a battery guage it was reading
around 13 volts, checked all the fuses, (I carry a multimeter)
12. Starter turned with no problems sounded normal except it
wouldn't start,
13. As I said before I checked the kill switch it was working ok.
14. I was down about 2 Gallons so I had plenty of gasoline.
15. Twisting the fuel filter I could see a lot of air in the outlet hose.
16. Released hose clamp a lot of air came out before fuel started
flowing.
17. After that bike started immediately and there were no further
problems for the rest of my trip home which at that point was
around 500 miles.

 

[Indydragon]

I will say one of my Harley friends said that is exactly what would happen to him. One moment it was running down the road the next he was dead. It was Vapor Lock that was why he traded up to the new fuel injected ones...

 

[Indydragon]

Well I have a Compufire Alternator so that part of the problem is gone. I will look into getting a new fuel pump.

 

[Indydragon]

Thanks Wingsconsin I will do exactly that.