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2005 GSF650 Bandit, engine died while riding

1.4K views 8 replies 5 participants last post by  cykelskal  
#1 ·
I was out riding my 2005 Suzuki GSF650 Bandit today. After about 1 hour as I was passing a car, I lost speed as nothing happened when I gave throttle. A couple of seconds later the engine completely died and I heard a small bang from what I guess was the engine. The red engine light came on and nothing happened when I pressed the starter.

I dragged it about a mile to a parking spot. After waiting about 10 minutes I tried starting it again and it seemed there were no problems and I rode it home.

Any idea what might be wrong? I have checked fluids and it still starts up now with not problems.
 
#4 ·
It sounds strong like a fuel delivery issue.

1- If you have a inline filter it may be clogged. Verify it first
2- Check the fuel hose for routing, if it has a kink, it could slow down the fuel delivery.
3- Check your fuel cap, disassembly and clean it to prevent vacuum lock.
4- Drain your tank and disassembly the fuel petcock, it may be clogged with tank rust.