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Hi folks, I ended up buying a k4 600 a week ago (her name is Arya). I rode home down the highway and have put about 300km on her in the last week, i absolutely love how smooth the power is. The change from carbuerated to FI is ca-raaazy.
Last night I was cruising with a friend when I heard a strange sound and felt a sudden tardiness in my acceleration. After some highway throttle play I figured out that one or more of my cylinders was dying at idle and below 5000rpm, but kicked to life above 5500rpm. It's a very specific range, and I can power through the misfire until 5500 where it 'bump starts' and I get all 4 cylinders back. The only light I'm getting is a check oil light. I made it home okay but I was right pissed that something was wrong after having her for only a week.
Today I started the bike and shot some water on the headers, figured out that it is only 1 cylinder that is dying. It starts okay but at about 35 Celsius it dies and my bike sounds like a donkey fart. My buddy thinks that it is a spark plug issue and that's what I've read. I searched for misfire threads and found a fe but most of them are inconclusive.
Any idea what the problem could be? Could it be bad fuel that is clogging an injector? I DID fill up at a local gas station, but why that would only affect 1 cylinder is beyond me.
Contemplated getting it checked out by a mechanic. If there is something fraudulent about it I can still cancel the check that I paid with... don't want it to come to that but i also don't want to get ripped by the seller.
Last night I was cruising with a friend when I heard a strange sound and felt a sudden tardiness in my acceleration. After some highway throttle play I figured out that one or more of my cylinders was dying at idle and below 5000rpm, but kicked to life above 5500rpm. It's a very specific range, and I can power through the misfire until 5500 where it 'bump starts' and I get all 4 cylinders back. The only light I'm getting is a check oil light. I made it home okay but I was right pissed that something was wrong after having her for only a week.
Today I started the bike and shot some water on the headers, figured out that it is only 1 cylinder that is dying. It starts okay but at about 35 Celsius it dies and my bike sounds like a donkey fart. My buddy thinks that it is a spark plug issue and that's what I've read. I searched for misfire threads and found a fe but most of them are inconclusive.
Any idea what the problem could be? Could it be bad fuel that is clogging an injector? I DID fill up at a local gas station, but why that would only affect 1 cylinder is beyond me.
Contemplated getting it checked out by a mechanic. If there is something fraudulent about it I can still cancel the check that I paid with... don't want it to come to that but i also don't want to get ripped by the seller.
