OK, so background info. Went in for a full service Tuesday before last (1.5 weeks). Everything was done, top to bottom. Besides needing to adjust its idle, everything was fine and the bike felt fantastic. Until this Tuesday morning.
Going down the Pakuranga Highway just past St Kents, the bike dies. Just switches off, no response etc. I managed to get off the road, and used its momentum to roll into the BP. The bike was absolutely dead. No neutral light, oil light, spark. Nothing. So a call to Mt Eden who has to pick me and bike up etc. They work on the bike for 4.5 hours, still can't find the exact fault, but suspect the wiring loom, and bypass with another power wire (I think). Luckily they halved the labour bill too, which was nice.
However, a problem remains. The bike runs, starts etc, but it will, randomly, jerk, and then continue. On the odd occasion, unpredictably, it will do it again. I would call it dying, then perhaps getting a jump start, but the revs needle doesn't move.
I still need to check the kill switch and side stand cutout, but I remember when researching the 7, that they can have chronic carb icing (the P3+ was apparently fixed, but the P1 (me) and P2 needed a retro-fit), and a small bit of info I found on the web seems to sound similar to what I'm getting.
I don't ride delicate bikes, nor do I want it jerking when I'm busy in a corner. Want to get it sorted as cheaply as possible - but I want it fixed. As a last resort, I might have to replace the loom.
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