over heating?

[boba]

on a 79 gs850 what would make it over heat and quit?
was going 60 started to loose power like no throtle cable action, was starting to slow to around 35-40 when found place to get off road it quit completly when the brake was applied to slow to turn the corner? after about 15 minutes of sitting and a ride home in the back of the truck, it started right up again. what would make it over heat and quit?

[MunkyMastr]

Make sure the motor is over heating and not electronics. For a 4 stroke to overheat such as you are saying, I doubt you'd be able to start it again and ride it home in 15 minutes. But, if you have a bad coil or condenser or the such, it could heat up and separate, and cool down to work again in that time.

[76FJ55]

I all ways like to throw this out, it may be completely unrelated but took me a bit to track down on my bike. Make sure your fuel tank is venting correctly. it will run for a while then start loosing power as the fuel flow decreases, then after some time of setting the fuel flow will return as the pressure in the tank returns.

[MunkyMastr]

You always feel like you are running out of gas when your tank is not vented though...because you are.