Bike just quits!

[Precious]

Okay, so here I am again with yet another issue on my 98 RSTD.

It's running great, but every once in a while it just quits, usually at higher speeds.

Sometimes I can kick down a gear and it basically "jump" starts, other times it just quits and I have to pull off the road and try to restart, which it will do...eventually!

So has anyone else had this issue?

I'm thinking faulty kick stand sensor or even faulty ignition. 

Thoughts and thanks.

 

[Marcarl]

You might check the air inlet on the gas cap. Could be creating a vacuum if plugged.

[Precious]

Ok. Where is the vent? I tried googling and if it's what I think I saw, does mean taking the gas cap apart. 

[M61A1MECH]

If it quits on you again like that take the gas cap off and see if you can hear air rushing into the tank, that will be a dead give away that the vent is plugged.

The vent hole for the tank is visible in the neck of the fuel filler hole, if you take the bezel plate off that holds the speedo you should see a tube exiting the filler neck, that connects to a rubber hose that exits below the motor, You can take some canned air and try blowing air through the hose from the top to the bottom after you take it loose from the metal tube, sometime critters like mud dauber wasps will build nests in the end of that rubber hose.

The 98 year model of the Tour Deluxe and the Tour Classic have the ignition switch mounted up front on the frame right behind the radiator they get cooked with all the heat from the radiator are are prone to failure, I had to have the ignition switch on my 98 Tour Classic replaced under warranty, supposedly Yamaha knew about the problem and when the shop replaced them they used a heavier duty switch than the OEM.

Mine would some time fail just as you described, before the replacement, never did it again after the replacement and that bike went well over 100,000 miles.

 

Hope this helps