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Posted: **Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:47 pm**

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.

Posted: **Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:52 pm**

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.

Posted: **Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:59 pm**

Yeah same thought here, what gear were you in and were you clutching at all? Basic question and I apologize for that, but you didn't give much info about what YOU were doing, only what the bike was doing.

Posted: **Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:21 pm**

yea sorry...the clutch was actually all the way in...i was whippin the u-ey just on the momentum of the bike

Posted: **Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:21 pm**

+1. Dollars to donuts, you stalled it....

EDIT: Oops, I guess you're internet connection is faster than mine.
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I'm officially out of ideas...

Posted: **Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:45 pm**

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...

Posted: **Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:26 am**

Only time my sporty ever died was when I stalled it. Unless - had you just started it/was the choke in? If its cold and you don't use the choke it gets really unhappy.

Posted: **Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:59 pm**

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...

Posted: **Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:37 pm**

did you perhaps forget to turn on the fuel line....? That could cause an unforeseen shut-off...

Posted: **Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:23 pm**

Jadien wrote:did you perhaps forget to turn on the fuel line....? That could cause an unforeseen shut-off...

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 driveway