Neglect

[swooshdave]

I rode over and met some guys for lunch today. Beautiful weather. As I headed off to come back home the bike sputtered and then died. I checked and there was gas. I restarted it and it was mostly uneventful on the way home. The oil pressure light came on for a second but then immediately went out around a corner.

I will admit I treat this thing like a Honda. Put gas in it and ride. There's probably a maintenance list that I'm completely ignoring. That might be catching up to me...

I should probably change the oil (not because of age but miles). Or at least check to see if it has oil.

I suppose my biggest fear is the original fuel pump will fail at some point. At least I think that's my biggest fear.

[gstallons]

Red frame ? Whewwww. it could be ANYTHING . We will put on our thinking caps and come up with some suggestions and things to check !

[audiomick]

36 minutes ago, swooshdave said:

 the bike sputtered and then died...there was gas. I restarted it and it was mostly uneventful on the way home. 

 

24 minutes ago, gstallons said:

... things to check !

Firstly, and easiest to check: the switch on the side-stand, the switch on the clutch, the kill-switch. All those "safety features" that will stop the motor if they have a fault.

Check them and make sure there is nothing dodgy, and take it from there.

Oh, and have a look inside the ignition switch.

After that, the relays, primarily those involved in the safety features.

But as @gstallons already wrote, there is a whole list of things it could have been. Maybe even "only" a bit of water in the fuel tank. 

Edited 1 hour ago by audiomick