Duke 2 issue

[loughy]

Hopefull you'll be able to provide advice.....

Filled the Duke 2 with Supreme unleaded (for the first time, usually put standard unleaded in), left the garage and rode for approx 2 miles before pulling up at a red and all of a sudden the radiator started pissing white smoke. I hadnt battered it for those 2 miles either, all 30's.

Got the bike home, on the stand, turned the key (didnt start it) and the fan kicked in very loudly (first time thats happened) so I put it down to overheating somehow.

Left the bike for approx 15-20mins, checked the radiator, which was full (it was filled with the proper coolant/de-icer mix KTM recommend), checked the oil and that was fine (maybe a little low - but certainly not below the marker).

Thought I'd leave it til the weekend and have a proper look... until today happened....

Coming into work, got 1.5 mile into the 3 mile journey, riding along in 3rd doing 30pm, dropped down to 20 and into second, the second i let start letting the clutch out the revs slutdropped to less than 1k. Pulled over to the side of the road and attempted to pull away again after a few mins and it was dying instantly. Had a look online and the 2 main suspects seemed to be -

Snapped clutch cable - checked both ends and it wasn't snapped
Side stand sensor - Ive had a CBF with had a side stand issue and when you tried to pull away the bike died instantly, the KTM didnt die in the same way, it dropped revs.

Left it for 15mins, tried again and away I go, not a single issue.

Just went to check on the bike after an hour of sitting at work and theres a few small drops of oil on the ground .

I've had a quick chat with a car mechanic at work and he recommends and oil change, filter and spark fplug change (last service was 4k miles ago).

It seems to me like a temperature issue (i could be wrong) but the bike seems to be overheating. It does have an overheating light which hasnt came on at all yet.

TL:DR bike seems to be overheating, will a service fix it?

[loughy]

Must add - this has only started happening since i put supreme unleaded in, have filled up numerous times with standard stuff - probly a coincidence.

[jaffa90]

Hope it wasn`t supreme diesel.

[Polarbear]

[loughy]

was 100% petrol

Youve got me slightly doubting myself now though, surely my symptoms would be different if id put the wrong fuel in?

[Polarbear]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[loughy]

[Loui5D]

Any milky condensation in the oil sight glass?

[Rogerborg]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[loughy]

[Rogerborg]

You've confirmed Stinkwheel's Law, that 90% of fuelling problems are electrical.
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[loughy]

[Rogerborg]

Nope, totes srs. A lot of things that feel like they should be fuelling problems turn out to be electrical - I've been fooled on that a couple of times.

A good dose with WD-40 might not go amiss - displacing water and helping electrical contacts is the one thing that it actually does fairly well.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[loughy]