c5 not runing well

[Arizoni]

Maybe it just proves the Royal Enfield has heart and soul while the Suzuki is a inanimate hunk of metal,plastic and rubber?

If not ridden regularly, Royal Enfields can sulk and be moody.

[motorat]

i like you humor...
i'll be riding my souless pile of plastic and drain and pull the tank on my moody little girl.
maybe freasher gas and a check of all the wires will make her feel more wanted. i have to watch the tone of my throttle hand when i am around her.

[Gypsyjon]

Maybe it just proves the Royal Enfield has heart and soul while the Suzuki is a inanimate hunk of metal,plastic and rubber?

If not ridden regularly, Royal Enfields can sulk and be moody.

I love it!! Will fire mine up tomorrow after work.

[motorat]

update on the 2012 c5.
so far i have eliminated the side stand switch.
today i have drained all the gas out of the tank.
replaced the sparkplug with a new-properly gapped ngk bp6res.
checked the coil and wires leading to it.
put in fresh gas.....the gas i removed went into the lawn tractor and it ran fine with it.
i still have the feeling like i am running out of gas.
 when trying to maintain a steady speed i get kind of a hesitation and a surging. sometimes i even get a back fire on acceleration.


any ideas.
it is not water in the gas.

[mattsz]

i still have the feeling like i am running out of gas.
 when trying to maintain a steady speed i get kind of a hesitation and a surging. sometimes i even get a back fire on acceleration.

Motorat-

This is sounding rather like my problem, and I looked through this thread and didn't find mentions, so...

Sorry if it's obvious - my bike behaved like it was running out of gas, basically like you described (no backfires, but what the heck) - turns out it was a broken negative battery cable terminal end.  The shrink-wrap was holding it together, sort of - just enough to make it look ok, and just enough to maintain continuity, most of the time.  In the end, it stopped altogether but I knew right where to look, thanks to this forum.  Might be worth a check if you haven't already...

[motorat]

thanks...i replaced the battery with an agm.
i looked at the terminals but not that close i still have the original terminals and thought i should change them but have not done that yet.
 i will check them tomorrow

[Arizoni]

While your checking your batterys wires, check the area where the negative ground wire hooks onto the frame.
Any corrosion or looseness there can cause problems.

[mattsz]

Mine looked perfectly normal, and felt just a little bit strange (i.e. soft at the broken spot).  It wasn't until I cut the heat-shrink tubing off that it fell into two pieces in my hands.  And when I properly re-attached the cable to my battery... problem solved.

It's worth a look - not necessarily by cutting it apart, but at least by removing it from the battery and checking its continuity while you look for flexing and/or give it a pull or push...

[motorat]

i checked the battery terminals last night and all were ok.
the negative goes from the negative terminal to an allen on the starter.

"While your checking your batterys wires, check the area where the negative ground wire hooks onto the frame."
where is this location?

i did a continuity test on the 8(large black) guage wire and it checked out.

[no bs]

as a toyota mechanic, our manuals like us to use the simulation method,i.e. start yanking and twisting suspect wiring.even works sometimes!

[Ducati Scotty]

That would be my suspicion too, borderline wire somewhere.  That or borderline crank position sensor.  Those will mess with steady RPM operation of the engine.

Scott

[motorat]

so am i at the point where i need to take it to the shop??

i'll check more wires tonight.

i was thinking about when this all started and it was after a very rainy ride home on halloween.

[Ducati Scotty]

Wiggle some wires, but yes.  I'd say doubly so if it's still under warranty.  Get it sorted before the nice spring weather gets here

Scott

[avandr]

Wow what a coincedence, must be those negative battery connectors. I had the same issue; surging and missing when not under load. Went through a lengthy process of elimination to no avail. Taking the battery out the other day guess what only the shring wrap was keeping the right angle section of the negative conector together. Got a new lead and all is well.

[motorat]

i went about checking wires last night and didn't find anything glaring.

also i couldn't find where the negative lead is connected to the frame....does anyone know where this is??

i am an expert at taking off the seat now!