I'm on a four day trip in western NC and having problems with the 2015.ST ES starting. Twice now the bike would not start - it turns over but will not fire.
The first time was after I'd stopped for lunch in Blowing Rock. The bike would turn over, weakly fire a couple of times, but not catch and run. There was a faint smell of fuel and the fuel pump was working. We allowed it to sit for 20 minutes and then it fired right up.
The second time was at a scenic overlook 100 miles from there. This time was worse, it'd just turn over with no hint of firing. The fuel pump was working but no fuel smell. I took the tank and both side panels off, disconnected the battery for awhile, wiggled every connector, put it back together and it fired normally.
When it bike is running it runs perfectly with no issues. Perfectly. I suspect a bad sensor of sorts or intermittent connection to a sensor.
Anyone have a similar experience or can offer some things to check?
Thanks I'll check back on this thread often.
Wanted to add that the bike shows no other signs of problems and once running does so perfectly until it is shut off. And, I did have rain early yesterday morning but no problems with multi on and off cycles then. The problem appeared about 320 miles into day one in dry weather conditions.
The first time was after I'd stopped for lunch in Blowing Rock. The bike would turn over, weakly fire a couple of times, but not catch and run. There was a faint smell of fuel and the fuel pump was working. We allowed it to sit for 20 minutes and then it fired right up.
The second time was at a scenic overlook 100 miles from there. This time was worse, it'd just turn over with no hint of firing. The fuel pump was working but no fuel smell. I took the tank and both side panels off, disconnected the battery for awhile, wiggled every connector, put it back together and it fired normally.
When it bike is running it runs perfectly with no issues. Perfectly. I suspect a bad sensor of sorts or intermittent connection to a sensor.
Anyone have a similar experience or can offer some things to check?
Thanks I'll check back on this thread often.
Wanted to add that the bike shows no other signs of problems and once running does so perfectly until it is shut off. And, I did have rain early yesterday morning but no problems with multi on and off cycles then. The problem appeared about 320 miles into day one in dry weather conditions.