Posted by Barbara Brooker on June 11, 2000 at 02:01:39:
A few weeks ago I went riding. When I started out everytime I pulled the clutch in and downshifted to first, the bike stalled. This happened about four times before we got going and there were no stops. The bike seemed to run ok the rest of the day. On the was home, it happened once more at a stop.
Went out riding another evening for about an hour and it never happened.
Went out tonight to gas up for tomorrow's rider course and it happened four times. I just went for gas and back. Didn't have time for any more. Knew I'd be too tired in the morning to get gas before the course.
Could it be the petcock? What should I do to start checking it out besides putting it on prime, which I will do tomorrow if it happens again. I hope it doesn't because I think I'll be doing alot of stopping and starting at this course.