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Originally Posted by patrol21
Greg/Jimmy,
Wouldn't he be having this issue all thru the range if it was an electical conntection? He mentioned that kicking up his idle is helping.......are you thinking at low RPM's the alternator might not be pulling enough voltage and the bike simply dies or he has something at lower RPM that is zapping the circuit?
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Good question, Patrol! And you made me think that this might even be a bad battery problem, as our bikes seem to be very succeptable to any weakness in the system. A weak electrical system will usually give you symptoms at lower rpm's first. From everything that the original poster described, it just sounds electrical to me. There may be a corroded connection that is just bad enough to stop a very weak current (ie: low rpm/voltage/current). These types of problems can be very difficult to diagnose (especially over the internet!) because they are intermittant, so he can not just check for a lack of spark when it happens. Of couse he could just have a tank full of crud, but again, the OP said that he has checked this out to his satisfaction.
Although, I once had a very similar problem with my DRZ, and it turned out to be the placement of the kill switch. I found that as I was riding it and crawling all over the bike, I would hit the switch with my wrist just enough to kill the motor.
Anyway, the problem as described here, definately warrants re-checking everything that was already checked. I do not know if the OP had to pay a dealer or a mechanic to perform those checks, but the fuel filters and carbs are definate suspects *if* they are still not perfect.
