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I just have a question...might be a stupid one. But I'm learning on my friend's 883c sportster...i just ride up and down the street we live on (college student) for now and practice turning the bike around at the end of the street. Well last time I rode, I was circling around to run back down the street to my house and the motor shut off all of a sudden...i didn't hit the killswitch or anything...it just turned off. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them. It's a 2005 with a little over 2000 miles on it and I know my friend doesn't ride it hard.
Okay, this is obvious but... could you have been going slow enough while in gear that the engine just stalled? Stupid, I know, but that's the first thing that came to mind.
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2009 Triumph Sprint ST - daily commuter
2006 Triumph Daytona 675 - track bike
1999 Suzuki SV650 - track training bike[/b]
hey just to let u know being a college student u better get a permit when u ride in the street or that bike and u and not going to have a good day..also being in the street wear at least some safety gear college kids are dumb..trust me i am
....and if u have both of them then just watch for other cars...they speed on side streets all the time...and about it shutting off in that turn...im also thinking low rpm...

im pretty sure i didn't stall it...it didn't jerk and im pretty sure i had the clutch in all the way...and beleive me, broke student like me I can't afford a ticket or fine for riding without a permit and i do wear the safety gear...my friend requires me to...oh well...it mustve been something i did...
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lol I did this like everytime I got on my bike for about a week till I finally got in the habit of turning the gas on BEFORE leaving the drivewayJadien wrote:did you perhaps forget to turn on the fuel line....? That could cause an unforeseen shut-off...

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