bigvernhoffman
New member
Hey friends, I have a call into my dealership but I wanted to reach out to the hive to get some ideas.
I just bought this new 2021 R18 first edition in February and lately it's been starting a bit rough. I have around 1900 km on it, and had the first service done by the dealer.
One of the first things I noticed is that instead of it springing to life and shaking the handlebars, it's sort of most of the time lumbering to life.
The last few days though I've noticed it's been tough to start. For example, yesterday and today I held a starter for about 5 seconds and the bike didn't start. Like the engine, just wouldn't fire. As soon as I released the starter and did it again, the bike fired up although today it kept stalling.
Here's a link to a quick little YouTube short I made
When it finally did start I actually had to flick the throttle to get it from stalling.
In terms of fuel I use only 91 octane here in Ontario and 93 when I can get it. I've been noticing through the last couple tanks of gas which have all been from different gas stations in different cities, So I'm not sure it's a fuel quality issue but maybe.
Anyone else have this
issue?
I just bought this new 2021 R18 first edition in February and lately it's been starting a bit rough. I have around 1900 km on it, and had the first service done by the dealer.
One of the first things I noticed is that instead of it springing to life and shaking the handlebars, it's sort of most of the time lumbering to life.
The last few days though I've noticed it's been tough to start. For example, yesterday and today I held a starter for about 5 seconds and the bike didn't start. Like the engine, just wouldn't fire. As soon as I released the starter and did it again, the bike fired up although today it kept stalling.
Here's a link to a quick little YouTube short I made
When it finally did start I actually had to flick the throttle to get it from stalling.
In terms of fuel I use only 91 octane here in Ontario and 93 when I can get it. I've been noticing through the last couple tanks of gas which have all been from different gas stations in different cities, So I'm not sure it's a fuel quality issue but maybe.
Anyone else have this
issue?