04 950 Adventure died on freeway?

Hey orange crush I've never had a failure on my 950 in 45k miles until now?
for a few months the bike would occasionally just die at idle waiting for signal to go green but always restarted with not a hint of problem. then it happened two or three times on a 50 mile ride then on the freeway a sputter than total flame out Houston! restarted after an hour when I retrieved from parking lot with a trailer.
Got her apart for total oil service and pulled carbs off to visually check for contamination. no issues in fuel. Have a new pump to install and wondering if someone else might have experienced this. More than likely ignition issue?

I had that same problem replaced fuel pump never happened again

When you turn on the ignition without a fuel line connected what does the fuel pump sound like? Do you hear a robust clacking?

I'm leaning toward fuel pump also.

"Pump p-p pump pump it up!"

Would also guess fuel pump. Or rather the breakers on it.

Rig up a fuel tank and bypass fuel pump was what I ended up doing so knew it was pump.



Cleaning up breakers got me through that trip.

Since breakers were evenly worn I went MosFet over 90000 km on original pump and breakers now.



And uneven breakers that was found on my dad's bike so Dr Bean on that pump.



/Johan

thanks Gonefishing,
I have a pump ready to intal and new fuel hose too since 15 years of so cal weather and crap California fuel.

oh what fun adventure riding can bring

Good luck I hope that solves your problem.I had several little problems like that with my 950 but I loved that bike I have a 1290 now and as awesome as the new bike is I still find myself missing that 950

I replace the fuel pump points every 20k miles, right along with the water pump seal.

I have this issue from time to time...a couple taps on the pump with a 3/8 round rod and it will run all day, let it sit for a few days and it will take a tap or two for the pump to spin..Soooooooooooo

I'm about to install The Dr.Bean kit on my pump, many have and seem to enjoy the results.

The 990 on the other hand left me stranded on the White rim trail.



Riding 2up on my friends DR650 the next day after having a new pump overnighted, paying more for shipping then the actual pump.



Good times.

/Johan

It could be your ignition switch. Lots of problems with those.

I had similar stalling issues with my 04 950 a couple years ago. The bike would just die as I was riding down the road. After a few minutes and a few tries at the starter button, it would run fine again. I installed the Dr. Bean kit and the bike has been running great ever since.

If it’s the ignition switch usually cycling the switch a couple times gets the bike to start back up.

Unless the wires to the switch are breaking.

Wires like on this trip?

Ha, didn't know you had pictures of that. That's us soldering wires in a 'night of the living dead' camp ground.

Had the exact same issue. Replaced just about everything.
Nothing worked 100% until I took apart the ignition switch and cleaned it.