We found the following complaints for KAWASAKI EN500C7F (2007)
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I was riding without a passenger on an interstate highway at normal highway speed (65-70 mph) and the exhaust suddenly popped a couple of times and the engine died without warning.this is extremely dangerous as a vehicle following me could collide with me as i slowed.the first time this occurred i was able to make an emergency exit to the shoulder of the highway (on a bridge).panicked, i stood up, popped the fuel cap open, checked inside the fuel tank for gasoline.the tank was almost full.i moved the fuel valve to the reserve position, bypassing the normal fuel flow.(***important: "i stood up.") i sat back down tried to start the engine and it started and ran well until the engine died again suddenly several miles down the road.i thought the fuel tank air vent must be plugged because each time the engine died i would open the fuel cap, etc. And it would start and run fine.the problem continued several times at high speeds over several days.i finally discovered that under certain driving conditions fuel did not flow from the fuel tank to the engine (carbs).i could never repeat the engine failure unless i was sitting on the motorcycle.i eventually realized the reason for the sudden loss of engine power was simple.the rubber fuel line from the fuel tank to the carbs was routed over a frame member at the rear of the fuel tank and the seat sat on top of the rubber fuel line.i could duplicate my engine failure by sitting forward on the seat, thereby pinching the fuel line and stopping the flow of fuel to the engine.i added spacers to the frame that would support the front of the seat off of the fuel line and i have never again had an engine failure.i suspect this could explain motorcycle accidents caused by suddenly slowing in traffic on a highway and being rear ended.subsequent engine tests would find nothing, e.g., operator error?
I was riding without a passenger on an interstate highway at normal highway speed (65-70 mph) and the exhaust suddenly popped a couple of times and the engine died without warning.this is extremely dangerous as a vehicle following me could collide with me as i slowed.the first time this occurred i was able to make an emergency exit to the shoulder of the highway (on a bridge).panicked, i stood up, popped the fuel cap open, checked inside the fuel tank for gasoline.the tank was almost full.i moved the fuel valve to the reserve position, bypassing the normal fuel flow.(***important: "i stood up.") i sat back down tried to start the engine and it started and ran well until the engine died again suddenly several miles down the road.i thought the fuel tank air vent must be plugged because each time the engine died i would open the fuel cap, etc. And it would start and run fine.the problem continued several times at high speeds over several days.i finally discovered that under certain driving conditions fuel did not flow from the fuel tank to the engine (carbs).i could never repeat the engine failure unless i was sitting on the motorcycle.i eventually realized the reason for the sudden loss of engine power was simple.the rubber fuel line from the fuel tank to the carbs was routed over a frame member at the rear of the fuel tank and the seat sat on top of the rubber fuel line.i could duplicate my engine failure by sitting forward on the seat, thereby pinching the fuel line and stopping the flow of fuel to the engine.i added spacers to the frame that would support the front of the seat off of the fuel line and i have never again had an engine failure.i suspect this could explain motorcycle accidents caused by suddenly slowing in traffic on a highway and being rear ended.subsequent engine tests would find nothing, e.g., operator error?
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