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I posted this on the Tiger forum - thought it may be of some help.
My bike started fine this morning but after riding for about 5 minutes, it stalled at the first set of lights I came to and would not idle. It seemed to want to idle at about 200RPM, so that when I shut the throttle, it just stopped running (as opposed to stalled). It started and ran fine after this but the motor died if I shut the throttle. I rode straight to my mechanics place and had to wait about 10 minutes until he arrived.
I tried to show him, but the bike started and ran perfectly - of course. He knew exactly the problem. He said that the current 955 ECUs need a few seconds of power to get sorted out. I think they self check and also cycle the idle stepper motors. He said that I had probably turned on the ignition and started the bike immediately that morning. He said this confused the ECU and the bike runs fine but may stall and do other weird things. The answer is to turn off the ignition, turn it back on - wait at least 5 seconds, and restart.
He said that I should ALWAYS turn the ignition on and wait 5 seconds and I should hear a click from under the seat before hitting the starter button. I can't actually hear the click as I have a gel seat and a sheepskin.
THIS WAS TOTALLY NEWS TO ME!!!!!! And I actually trend to read owner manuals and that type of stuff.
He also said that the bike should be stopped with the ignition key and not the kill switch.
Maybe the cold start problem is this?
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