FJRFreak
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I'm new to the board and have really enjoyed reading all the threads. I got my 2007 FJR second hand and can't keep my hands off it. Love that thing. Last week I rode 2,200 miles on my first sport touring trip from Houston to Big Bend and back - taking every curvy road I could find. In the Davis mountains I ran into some early morning trouble with the FJR - I tried to find the issue in another thread but didn't see anything like I experienced.
So, it was chilly in the Davis Mountains over night, getting into the lower 40's and would be about that when I went out to wipe down and warm up the bike while packing. The bike never had a problem starting nor idling. But when I tried to rev the engine it would often stall. I finessed the throttle to get the revs up to 3,000 - 4,000 to really get it warm, let off the throttle to idle and when I try to rev the engine again it would stall. I got the engine hot after some time and would try to do loops in the parking lot as if moving the bike would magically make a difference. I'd rev the engine pretty high by finessing the throttle to 5,000 rpm and feather the clutch in 1st gear and it would kill the engine like I was pulling an elephant. I then remembered something that a bike mechanic recently told me about ECU's being tempermental so I tried something for the hell of it. I turned the ignition all the way off and started the bike again after having the engine hot. Once restarted this way the FJR acted completely normal. The next three days I had similar issues and instead of fighting it I would heat up the engine at idle, shut the ignition all the way off and then restart and it would act normal.
Now that I'm back in Houston it's not so chilly the bike starts and runs from cold with no issues - I don't have to warm up and restart.
The altitude recall doesn't seem to fit the symptom here. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
FJR Freak
So, it was chilly in the Davis Mountains over night, getting into the lower 40's and would be about that when I went out to wipe down and warm up the bike while packing. The bike never had a problem starting nor idling. But when I tried to rev the engine it would often stall. I finessed the throttle to get the revs up to 3,000 - 4,000 to really get it warm, let off the throttle to idle and when I try to rev the engine again it would stall. I got the engine hot after some time and would try to do loops in the parking lot as if moving the bike would magically make a difference. I'd rev the engine pretty high by finessing the throttle to 5,000 rpm and feather the clutch in 1st gear and it would kill the engine like I was pulling an elephant. I then remembered something that a bike mechanic recently told me about ECU's being tempermental so I tried something for the hell of it. I turned the ignition all the way off and started the bike again after having the engine hot. Once restarted this way the FJR acted completely normal. The next three days I had similar issues and instead of fighting it I would heat up the engine at idle, shut the ignition all the way off and then restart and it would act normal.
Now that I'm back in Houston it's not so chilly the bike starts and runs from cold with no issues - I don't have to warm up and restart.
The altitude recall doesn't seem to fit the symptom here. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
FJR Freak