My '07 M109 had been sitting disassembled since January while doing the undercutting of the transmission gears. The stock mufflers were laying on top of a blanket on a corner of my garage, as did the rest of the parts that I removed from the bike to get to the transmission.
Today, I finally put together the bike and took it for a test drive. There are a few things that do not feel the same, one of them being that it does not have the same ummph that it had on first gear. The other is the muffler getting red hot after about 10 minutes of riding around the block or down the street. I also noticed that the area near the catalitic converter (?) was also red hot. There was a little (less than 1/2 gallon) of fuel left in the tank, but I filled the tank with fresh fuel and put some fuel injector cleaner before starting it up.
Can somebody point me in the right direction on where to look for potential problems?
Thanks in advance.
Rafael
Today, I finally put together the bike and took it for a test drive. There are a few things that do not feel the same, one of them being that it does not have the same ummph that it had on first gear. The other is the muffler getting red hot after about 10 minutes of riding around the block or down the street. I also noticed that the area near the catalitic converter (?) was also red hot. There was a little (less than 1/2 gallon) of fuel left in the tank, but I filled the tank with fresh fuel and put some fuel injector cleaner before starting it up.
Can somebody point me in the right direction on where to look for potential problems?
Thanks in advance.
Rafael