Known Issues

Note: These are common issues, some of which have been remedied by tech. bulletins. Important ones are highlighted in red!

Symptoms	Possible Cause	Resolution
Factory Fault
low engine oil, high gearbox oil, and oil in airbox	a bad oil pump seal allows engine oil to be pumped into the gearbox and then into the airbox	replace oil pump seal
engine shreds itself	insufficiently secured stator bolts	loctite and torque all six bolts securing the stator
starter fries	loctited/sticky decompression valves	replace decompression valves/springs and replace starter
starter fries	old starter gear ratio	replace starter gears with the new ratio gears and replace starter
misfires while starting, and hard starting	the software firing procedure allows the engine to misfire at start	upgrade ECU software to most recent version
Technition Fault
poor performance, hard starting, or engine surging	these bikes are pretty new to the market, and a lot of dealers are incompetent at setting up and tuning them	find a better dealer
grinding/creaking noises from rear wheel	rear axle was overtightened	replace rear wheel bearings and tighten axle with proper torque
backfires	blown exhaust gasket (they are very thin and sometimes overtightened) and possibly bent flange plate	replace exhaust gasket preferably with a thicker one and flatten flange plate
oil in airbox	overfilling oil	drain oil from airbox and change oil according to the proper oil change procedure
Operator Fault
starter fries	overheating starter by holding button too long (more than 6 seconds)	replace starter

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