glowingturnip
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Proud owner of a brand-new C400X here - well not quite so proud since the thing stalls.
Seems that after a period of engine-braking only, drifting to a stop, if I don't get on the brakes in time to allow the clutch to release, or if I don't give the throttle a mini blip, then it can stall. Especially so if it's higher than normal engine braking - eg I can reproduce it best if I coast down the entrance ramp to my underground carpark and let it drift to a stop.
Very irritating since this is a brand new bike, I've got about 700 miles on it now. I took it into the shop early for its first service, reporting the problem, but they couldn't reproduce it, didn't find anything and just rebooted the computer. Didn't fix it. I'm reluctant to take it into the shop again since I don't imagine they'd be any better second time round, and the garage is a mile each way walk to the nearest tube station.
I see from the internet that C650 owners were reporting a similar thing back in 2013, presumably the same cause. I guess I can look forward to a product recall eventually when enough people complain.
The idle speed does seem a little low to me, and a little bit lumpy, but it seems the days when you could adjust your idle with a little turn of a screwdriver on the carb are long gone.
Anyone else getting the same issues ? Any workarounds anyone knows of ? I'm learning to adjust my riding to account for it - being sensitive to rev speed, and using the brakes as a pseudo-clutch but really I shouldn't have to - none of my previous 'lesser' bikes ever stalled like this.
Seems that after a period of engine-braking only, drifting to a stop, if I don't get on the brakes in time to allow the clutch to release, or if I don't give the throttle a mini blip, then it can stall. Especially so if it's higher than normal engine braking - eg I can reproduce it best if I coast down the entrance ramp to my underground carpark and let it drift to a stop.
Very irritating since this is a brand new bike, I've got about 700 miles on it now. I took it into the shop early for its first service, reporting the problem, but they couldn't reproduce it, didn't find anything and just rebooted the computer. Didn't fix it. I'm reluctant to take it into the shop again since I don't imagine they'd be any better second time round, and the garage is a mile each way walk to the nearest tube station.
I see from the internet that C650 owners were reporting a similar thing back in 2013, presumably the same cause. I guess I can look forward to a product recall eventually when enough people complain.
The idle speed does seem a little low to me, and a little bit lumpy, but it seems the days when you could adjust your idle with a little turn of a screwdriver on the carb are long gone.
Anyone else getting the same issues ? Any workarounds anyone knows of ? I'm learning to adjust my riding to account for it - being sensitive to rev speed, and using the brakes as a pseudo-clutch but really I shouldn't have to - none of my previous 'lesser' bikes ever stalled like this.