RF600R fuelling problem

Pie-Roe · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Karma :

Hi all I just bought an RF600R, '93 model, 28k on the clocks.

It's in reasonable nick, got it for 600 quid, pictures to follow.

However, I have a problem with it. For some strange reason when I exceed 90mph (on track ofc), it makes all the symptoms of running out of fuel, then when I turn the tap to reserve it's fine. When I slow down more, or stop the bike and turn it back to on, it's fine.

It also only does 80 miles to reserve, then another 45 odd 'til empty, which I find a bit odd, surely it should be more like 105 and 20?

I haven't had time to check over the pipes and stuff, I'm gonna shove some redex through it in case it's dodgy fuel/slime/rust/crap, because the guy I bought it off hadn't used it for 7 months.

Pyro
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dibbster · Nearly there... Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Karma :

125 miles on a full tank?

When I had mine it did a lot more than that :S
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Pie-Roe · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Karma :

I have got a renegade straight through on it, and I've been riding it hard to see what it can do? Idk, how much were you getting from a tank?

It's got better now I've run a tank of fresh fuel through it though, so might just be a case of flushing out all the old crap.

Pyro
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