Engine light

[VegasSuave]

Engine light came on this afternoon. All fluids checked ok but not reading any gas. Rode in dirt fora bit Sunday and bike was on its side for several hours. Would that cause anything to not work properly?
Again, it sounds and was running really smooth. Any ideas?

 

[shanered6]

It will be the fuel gauge sender in the tank either stuck or broke !...... just wondering why it was on its side for so long ??

 

[VegasSuave]

Thanks.
That was the second time having to pick her up within 20 minutes and it’s hard to see but it’s at the edge of a little hill and the angle was such that I couldn’t get a good footing or get her far enough without worrying that she would slide down. It took a while to get someone up there to help me out.
The pic here was the first time.‍
It was a long day in the Nevada desert!

 

[shanered6]

I see now !... yes that does look steep ....... your realy putting that street twin through its paces

 

[VegasSuave]

I see now !... yes that does look steep ....... your realy putting that street twin through its paces [/QUOTE

Yup, looks like the sender was stuck. Put some gas in last night and did the hokey pokey a couple of times and prestó.
Thanks again for the info.

 

[VegasSuave]

Triumph shouldn’t have made such a fun bike!

 

[triumph david]

Dam wish i were there to help you ride all those trails!

 

[SarahP]

Hey Vegas, I understand perfectly about having the bike laid over at a bad angle on a hill. I had thought I was pretty smart with my bikes: every one of them I (gently) laid down in my driveway, on blankets, and made sure I knew how to pick them up by myself.

That was all great until one day my foot slipped in some gravel at the bottom of a hill/driveway, after gassing up (extra weight). I was riding my original 2013 Bonnie. I swear I could hear the bike say, "Really? REALLY??" as it just laid down.

No problem, says I. Hopped clear of the bike, mortified, of course, and tried to pick it up -- nothing. Couldn't even budge it. WTH? It just wasn't happening. Fortunately there were some landscape guys in a truck right near me. They were lifesavers and hustled over to help me out. But it took 3 of them to right the bike.

After that episode, I watched some dirtbike videos on YT about how to pick up your bike on a hill. The problem with using their technique is that generally it seemed to require that you spin the bike, pivot it around until you're lifting it with gravity helping you. But the idea of using my beautiful purple fairing as a pivot point was too much to even think about, LOL.

So I feel for you with the bike being down like yours was!

 

[DaveM]

I worst part when it starts going over like that is you know what's coming and just cannot stop it.

 

[VegasSuave]

Hey Vegas, I understand perfectly about having the bike laid over at a bad angle on a hill. I had thought I was pretty smart with my bikes: every one of them I (gently) laid down in my driveway, on blankets, and made sure I knew how to pick them up by myself.

That was all great until one day my foot slipped in some gravel at the bottom of a hill/driveway, after gassing up (extra weight). I was riding my original 2013 Bonnie. I swear I could hear the bike say, "Really? REALLY??" as it just laid down.

No problem, says I. Hopped clear of the bike, mortified, of course, and tried to pick it up -- nothing. Couldn't even budge it. WTH? It just wasn't happening. Fortunately there were some landscape guys in a truck right near me. They were lifesavers and hustled over to help me out. But it took 3 of them to right the bike.

After that episode, I watched some dirtbike videos on YT about how to pick up your bike on a hill. The problem with using their technique is that generally it seemed to require that you spin the bike, pivot it around until you're lifting it with gravity helping you. But the idea of using my beautiful purple fairing as a pivot point was too much to even think about, LOL.

So I feel for you with the bike being down like yours was!

Hey Vegas, I understand perfectly about having the bike laid over at a bad angle on a hill. I had thought I was pretty smart with my bikes: every one of them I (gently) laid down in my driveway, on blankets, and made sure I knew how to pick them up by myself.

That was all great until one day my foot slipped in some gravel at the bottom of a hill/driveway, after gassing up (extra weight). I was riding my original 2013 Bonnie. I swear I could hear the bike say, "Really? REALLY??" as it just laid down.

No problem, says I. Hopped clear of the bike, mortified, of course, and tried to pick it up -- nothing. Couldn't even budge it. WTH? It just wasn't happening. Fortunately there were some landscape guys in a truck right near me. They were lifesavers and hustled over to help me out. But it took 3 of them to right the bike.

After that episode, I watched some dirtbike videos on YT about how to pick up your bike on a hill. The problem with using their technique is that generally it seemed to require that you spin the bike, pivot it around until you're lifting it with gravity helping you. But the idea of using my beautiful purple fairing as a pivot point was too much to even think about, LOL.

So I feel for you with the bike being down like yours was!

If you look at the pic from the first post and look at these, that’s exactly what I had to do. Not only it was painful to watch, it was exhausting! Had to slowly and gently as possible lift the bike by the tail and move it 180 degrees.
Luckily it was only 8:00 in the am.
The worst part, it happened again less than 15 minutes. I was done!!!
What happened then is a completely different story. I finally got out of that stupid hill around 3:30 in the fricking Nevada desert afternoon!!!
Exhausting!!!
BUT I CAN’T WAIT TO GET OUT AGAIN!!!!‍

 

[VegasSuave]

I worst part when it starts going over like that is you know what's coming and just cannot stop it.

Tell me about it!!!
It was like no, no, no no no , no no no no no no sigh£¥%#?>~|+@&?!$!

 

[Rocky]

5-6 years ago we were out for a club ride and the fellow behind me at a stop sign thought I had left but didn't look and ran into the back of my Bonnie. It wasn't a hard hit and didn't do any rear damage to the bike, but he knocked me off balance and I couldn't hold the bike up.
It went down pretty heavily, and to say I was pissed is an understatement, because I vowed I would never drop this bike - and I never have due to my own fault.
The only damage was to the handlebar end weight and a scratch on the mirror. I couldn't believe I got off so lightly.
When I got home I noticed a smudge on the rear fender from his tire and it polished out easily.
Maye it was because of my anger or an adrenalin rush, but I picked the bike right up with no problem - as heavy as it is.
Or maybe it was easy because of my magnificent and well honed manly physique
I'm 80 now so you know how old I was at the time so I guess the old boy still had/has some of the right stuff

 

[SarahP]

I worst part when it starts going over like that is you know what's coming and just cannot stop it.

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That is the absolute truth. The best you can hope for is to get the heck out of its way so you don't get hurt. The second thing to wish for is minimal damage!

My other eye-opener was the difference in lifting up a big bike like my Honda VTX 1300 cruiser vs. my Honda CRF 230 dual-sports bike. There's a weight difference of about 500 pounds (227 kgs) between the two. I was positive that cruiser would be a bear to get up.

Wrong!

The cruiser has ginormous engine crash bars and cruise pegs, plus huge panniers. When the bike is placed on the ground - or should I say, tipped over - it's still only at about a 45*-60* angle to the ground. It was super, super easy to raise back up.

The CRF dirt bike however, goes level with the ground and then waits for me to bring it a blanket and some warm milk for a nap. It's gonna be there for a while.