NGPZ - More t'shootin' ...bike dies after highway run

[Steven Bixby]

The link doesn't work... oh, wait, I found it via the menu item.
Someone needs to work on the site code so the links are valid. :)

Reading....  Agreed, interesting article.    However, I'm a bit
skeptical this is happening with her.  The weather's been moderately
warm and dry-ish here for the last few days, and the problem has
cropped up just recently -- out of 44K miles on this bike. (Not bad
for a 'starter bike')

So i'm inclined to think there's something else wrong.  I need to pull
the tank off to replace the kill switch (from the broken GPZ
right-hand grip I bought from someone here :) ), so I can check the
plugs for fouling and gap, check the tank vent tubes, carb tubes, fuel
filter, yada, yada.    This bike *does* still have the CA emissions
stuff installed - could these things be a factor?

This crap always seems to pop up just before going on a trip, what's
up with that??? :-/


For those that want to find it:
Go to:  http://faq.ninja250.org/wiki/Main_Page

Click the "Intake" link
Click the "What is carburetor ice" link.

On 8/17/07, David Spaulding <spauldingd at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Steven, here is a great page describing carb icing problems with the Ninja
> 250.  It says that carb icing can occur at up to 90 degrees ambient
> temperature.
>
> http://faq.ninja250.org/wiki/What_is_carburetor_ice%3F
>
> I think the reason it would run fine until you stop is that with the
> throttle open you get enough fuel through your main jets, but the smaller
> idle jets can ice up such that it can't idle.  When it dies, it would take
> just a minute or two for the heat from the heads to warm the carbs so it
> runs again.
>
> Dave in Des Moines