johnnyg
Junior Member
Hey friends!
So I'm a month into a two month motorcycle trip and after about 4,000 miles last month when I got into New Mexico it started getting a lot easier to stall out my trusty 2008 FZ6. Like while I'm engine breaking coming up to a light or on the highway, stuff that would I would rarely stall out on. And when I do pull out onto the highway I don't have nearly as much acceleration as I used to. My initial thought was maybe I need to check the air filter, which I still might do (stormed out in a hotel room tonight, womp).
Took it to Moto-Authority in Albuquerque today and they said it could be a combination of the ethanol in New Mexico gas and the altitude, since ABQ is at 6,000 ft and I did start noticing it when I got into the mountains 2 days ago. Everything I've read says altitude shouldn't matter on a fuel injected bike... They sold me some fuel treatment to help with the ethanol, so I'll try that out tomorrow.
Was curious if anybody else has had a similar experience?
Bonus: blog of my trip if any of you are intetested: https://tinythunk.com/blog/
So I'm a month into a two month motorcycle trip and after about 4,000 miles last month when I got into New Mexico it started getting a lot easier to stall out my trusty 2008 FZ6. Like while I'm engine breaking coming up to a light or on the highway, stuff that would I would rarely stall out on. And when I do pull out onto the highway I don't have nearly as much acceleration as I used to. My initial thought was maybe I need to check the air filter, which I still might do (stormed out in a hotel room tonight, womp).
Took it to Moto-Authority in Albuquerque today and they said it could be a combination of the ethanol in New Mexico gas and the altitude, since ABQ is at 6,000 ft and I did start noticing it when I got into the mountains 2 days ago. Everything I've read says altitude shouldn't matter on a fuel injected bike... They sold me some fuel treatment to help with the ethanol, so I'll try that out tomorrow.
Was curious if anybody else has had a similar experience?
Bonus: blog of my trip if any of you are intetested: https://tinythunk.com/blog/