Not a starting problem, but... I washed my bike yesterday and I am carful about not getting water under the tank, and I use a mild flow nozzle, that makes a flow rather than a stream of water.
What happened was; it started a little rough but then smoothed out. Then sometime later I left for work and few miles down the road it just plain "cut out", stopped running, hit the starter while moving when it wouldn't "bump" and it backfired then took off again. Ran fine.
Now that happened three more times on the 30 mile ride to work. Ran fine, then just died, hit the starter, BAM and it ran great, no sputtering before or after. Then on the way home last night it was fine.
Water issue? The backfire seems like it was fuel buildup then detination when it got spark...? Or maybe a fuel flow problem? That later seems less reasonable to me..but what do I know? Any thoughts?
thanks,
ed
