Double-crap

OK. So today was a great day of riding. Perfect weather. Perfect roads. The Adirondacks are amazing. Incredibly beautiful, and surprising. I didn't take many pictures because I didn't want to stop. I did get some of Lake Placid (the ski jumps included!) and a couple other random shots. I'll post them later.

I seriously plan to come back up here and ride again. I was really just blown away today.

With tat said, I have trouble. The bike is not well. I'm in Albany and am worried about making it home. I don't trust the bike to make it. It has a fuel delivery problem. I'm on a message board trying to get local mechanical help for the morning, to see if I can get it sorted out. That's why I don't have much time to tell more about today. I'll leave you with how I described it to the guys on the message board:

In Albany in a hotel. On a computer, so I can give more backstory.

About a week ago, I started noticing a slight lag when rolling on the throttle. Usually in second, from closed throttle. Just a tiny pause before acceleration kicking in. I'll call this one "The Delay".

I figured it was just carbon build up because I've been through that before. I knew I'd be taking a big trip, and revving it hard, which cured it before. So I ignored it.

Fast forward to yesterday. 500 mile day. The first half of the day was interstate. I notice it starts a new thing. At speed (worst in 6th gear), when you grab a big handful of throttle, as if to pass, it accelerates (but feels a little bogged down). Then when you roll OFF the throttle, it gets a little boost of acceleration. Like the bike got a little kick in the ass. We'll call this one "The Gotcha".

Now the really bad part about The Gotcha is that when the boost kicks in, it's powerful enough to lighten the front end. I've almost dumped it on a few on ramps...accelerate to get up to speed in a big leaning turn...lay off the throttle a bit...and boom! the fornt end lightens up and you get the boost as you're leaned over and pretty vulnerable.

By the end of the day (another 250 miles in the Poconos and Catskills), The Delay is gettign me each time I poswer out of a corner. Roll on throttle...wait...wait...BAM, there it is. Gotcha is still there, too.

Now at this point, I also get the classic surge back. The 20-35 MPH hunting, cutting out, stutter step. Let's call it "The Nag". It's here to stay.

Cut to this morning. Roll from the Catskills up to the Adirondacks.

The Delay is as strong as ever. The Gotcha is getting worse. I can't pass on the interstate. The only thing I can do to avoid The Nag and The Gotcha is eeeeease my way up to speed, put it in 6th, lock my hand in place to keep the tach dead pinned at 3500. If I accelerate from there, I get Gotcha'd. If I decelerate, I get The Nag.

They're all pretty major this evening, and I just have to hit the interstate and do my "lock the RPM" thing. Then I pull off the interstate to send my first message in this thread, and I get yet a fourth one. The "Oh Shit".

I'm at a stop light, and need to cut across lanes to pull into a parking lot.
I pull the throttle, and it bogs down. One...two...three count. I decide "this isn't going to work" and roll off the throttle. All the way closed. The bike responds by giving gas and accelerating for that same 3 count. Terrifying.

I'm at a loss. I think I can limp it home tomorrow, but I'm a little worried. Each 500 mile day has made it worse. And I have 450ish ahead of me tomorrow. Culminating in the DC beltway.