DR650 - Am I getting vapour lock?
Hello HUBB denizens
Sean here. Proud owner of a 2016 DR650 at the start of my RTW trip. Been through Canada, Alaska and now in the southern part of the Lower 48.
I have a 30L safari tank installed and was getting ~560kms before the old girl conked out. I am now riding through 40+ degrees every day and am struggling to get 300km before it starts to struggle before eventually dying. When I look my inline filter has no fuel in it but the tank is still more than half full. After I let the bike cool for a bit (hard in this heat) fuel started running back into the filter and I was good for another 20km or so. Am i getting vapor lock running the bike in this heat? If so are there any good fixes apart from keeping the bike as cool as possible?
I also cracked the fuel line 10,000km ago and am now running fuel to the carb from only 1 of the 2 petcocks. Could this be making any difference?
I also heard that the safari tank filters can get clogged and contribute to poor fuel flow....
Advice
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