One time in an extended misty rain I found I had to hold the throttle completely open to maintain any speed, and the bike sounded like it was missing real bad. After 20 mi of this I took an exit and as soon as I had gotten off I ran out of gas and coasted into a school parking lot. I ran out of gas a lot sooner than I expected, because of running like that. I saw businesses about a mile away, so poured gas out of a Peak stove into my take and made it up there and filled the tank.
Few days later somebody was talking to me about bikes and I mentioned that experience and that I suspected something water+electrical and he said no, it's the effect of drawing water into the intake. I thought maybe the air filters (stock '81) had been saturated with water. He said it like it was a common thing. Any ideas and fixes? Just happened that once so far. Maybe it was a perfect storm...
Few days later somebody was talking to me about bikes and I mentioned that experience and that I suspected something water+electrical and he said no, it's the effect of drawing water into the intake. I thought maybe the air filters (stock '81) had been saturated with water. He said it like it was a common thing. Any ideas and fixes? Just happened that once so far. Maybe it was a perfect storm...
