Bike: 03 DL1000,~65K miles. Power commander III.
Issue: Runs but NO power. Farts and burps a lot if revved. :headbang:
Situation: I am working out of town. A long way from home. Brought my bike over about three weeks ago to where I am working, just in time for tropical storm Lee to drop 15+ inches of rain on it. I am in a apartment complex, so it sat in the parking lot throughout the storm. Never flooded, but it rained sideways a lot here (Bay St. Louis, MS). Anyhow, today I decided to ride the bike as my passenger was not going to be working today. Started up fine, but burped and sputtered and did not want to rev. Idled it for a few minutes then hit Hwy 90 (65mph right after I turn onto it). It leveled out and felt like normal. As soon as I got into some turns going to the port, It fell down again and burped, farted, sputtered. It was quite embarrassing at the guard shack at 5:30 in the morning. After I got to work, I checked out all the connections I could with just the seat and side fairing off, nothing loose or corroded and no obvious water. Then I had to work for 12+ hrs.
The ride home was awful. It idles fine, but has no power at all. Then all of sudden it will surge with power and then fall right back off. It has a "flat" sound when revved in neutral. It seems to be running on both cylinders, but just way down on power. No FI light or anything. Any ideas? Take it out back and shoot it? Sell it for scrap? It ran fine before the storm. :cry Any help or suggestions would be most appreciated. I know it is hard to diagnose on a computer, but I was hoping there would be a relay or a magic button that when it gets wet, you have no power. Like I said, any help or suggestions as to what to tear into tomorrow would be appreciated.
Issue: Runs but NO power. Farts and burps a lot if revved. :headbang:
Situation: I am working out of town. A long way from home. Brought my bike over about three weeks ago to where I am working, just in time for tropical storm Lee to drop 15+ inches of rain on it. I am in a apartment complex, so it sat in the parking lot throughout the storm. Never flooded, but it rained sideways a lot here (Bay St. Louis, MS). Anyhow, today I decided to ride the bike as my passenger was not going to be working today. Started up fine, but burped and sputtered and did not want to rev. Idled it for a few minutes then hit Hwy 90 (65mph right after I turn onto it). It leveled out and felt like normal. As soon as I got into some turns going to the port, It fell down again and burped, farted, sputtered. It was quite embarrassing at the guard shack at 5:30 in the morning. After I got to work, I checked out all the connections I could with just the seat and side fairing off, nothing loose or corroded and no obvious water. Then I had to work for 12+ hrs.
The ride home was awful. It idles fine, but has no power at all. Then all of sudden it will surge with power and then fall right back off. It has a "flat" sound when revved in neutral. It seems to be running on both cylinders, but just way down on power. No FI light or anything. Any ideas? Take it out back and shoot it? Sell it for scrap? It ran fine before the storm. :cry Any help or suggestions would be most appreciated. I know it is hard to diagnose on a computer, but I was hoping there would be a relay or a magic button that when it gets wet, you have no power. Like I said, any help or suggestions as to what to tear into tomorrow would be appreciated.