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gzlocal · 12-30-2011, 07:05 PM

No, this hasn't crept up since the petcock issue. It's fine, I checked it running the bike on prime as well, which bypasses that o-ring altogether and it made no difference. I don't think it is a fuel delivery problem. It's been doing this randomly, basically since I purchased the bike 6 months ago. It's just so hit or miss I never really paid any attention to it and it always seemed to rectify itself just from one ride to the next. Just like today, on the way home, it was perfectly fine. Nothing seemed amiss in the carburetor when I had it apart on my bench. Everything seated normally and it was actually quite clean. I was just wondering if anyone had experienced this same phenomena, and had managed to correct it somehow.

I haven't really noticed it anywhere else, because on my daily commute that one hill is the largest and steepest I have to climb. I don't know GZ Rider how familiar you are with the Charlotte area, but the large hill on highway 29 at the speedway? That's the one I'm talking about, which I guess is a bit steep for any vehicle with less than 8 cylinders, but it is a good reference point for measuring my bike's "attitude".

As far as opening the throttle too far to lose power, I can actually attest to the fact that once you run out of throttle on the GZ, you run out. You can open it farther, but you don't go anywhere. That's kind of the situation I find myself in everyday on the same hill, it's just that when it decides to act up, the bike doesn't hold its speed. When running normally, if I run wide open in 5th up the hill, I'll at least maintain the 55mph I started at. When being a little pissy, I just watch hopelessly as the speedo drops to 50, then 45....

I guess my GZ is like my girlfriend. She has her good days, and her bad days. But she's always fun to ride! :curse:

Thanks for the suggestions guys! Lovin' it here!

12-30-2011, 07:05 PM	#9
gzlocal Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Kannapolis, NC Posts: 33	Re: Intermittent Lack of Power No, this hasn't crept up since the petcock issue. It's fine, I checked it running the bike on prime as well, which bypasses that o-ring altogether and it made no difference. I don't think it is a fuel delivery problem. It's been doing this randomly, basically since I purchased the bike 6 months ago. It's just so hit or miss I never really paid any attention to it and it always seemed to rectify itself just from one ride to the next. Just like today, on the way home, it was perfectly fine. Nothing seemed amiss in the carburetor when I had it apart on my bench. Everything seated normally and it was actually quite clean. I was just wondering if anyone had experienced this same phenomena, and had managed to correct it somehow. I haven't really noticed it anywhere else, because on my daily commute that one hill is the largest and steepest I have to climb. I don't know GZ Rider how familiar you are with the Charlotte area, but the large hill on highway 29 at the speedway? That's the one I'm talking about, which I guess is a bit steep for any vehicle with less than 8 cylinders, but it is a good reference point for measuring my bike's "attitude". As far as opening the throttle too far to lose power, I can actually attest to the fact that once you run out of throttle on the GZ, you run out. You can open it farther, but you don't go anywhere. That's kind of the situation I find myself in everyday on the same hill, it's just that when it decides to act up, the bike doesn't hold its speed. When running normally, if I run wide open in 5th up the hill, I'll at least maintain the 55mph I started at. When being a little pissy, I just watch hopelessly as the speedo drops to 50, then 45.... I guess my GZ is like my girlfriend. She has her good days, and her bad days. But she's always fun to ride! :curse: Thanks for the suggestions guys! Lovin' it here!
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