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Sep 23rd, 2007, 05:18 PM
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#1 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Churchill County, NV
Posts: 766 Model: '99 FLHR Road King Interests: Ride, Hunt, 4X4, Fish, Cigars - the good things Occupation: U.S. Navy - Retired
| Bike road like crap
Another lesson learned & passed along......
So I went and had work done when I was laid up (as many already know). Bike was running great for awhile and then Street Vibes in Reno came up. I took Ol' Red out there and knew from the get-go that something was wrong. Being onery and a bit more grumpy, I just pushed her - but that didn't make it better. So I pulled the plugs to get a read and I found the rear one fouled and had to think. What could foul one plug but not both? I checked the vacuum issues with WD-40 at the carb - nothing there. So I went to Chaz O'Neil's place in Reno and got another set of plug wires, along with a lot of free brainpower help. And that was the problem - must have overheated one of the stock wires from the coil while burning through a hot summer run to Mt Shasta. Replaced the wires and problem solved.
Hope it gets ya'll runnin' better quicker if it happens to you...
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Sep 24th, 2007, 02:59 AM
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#2 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stanton, NJ
Posts: 1,378 Model: 04 Dyna WG (with a 240 rear tire) Interests: Harleys, drag racing, family, fishing, my rottweilers, the UFC Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
| good info to know Red cuz you just never know what to expect. | |
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Sep 26th, 2007, 09:10 PM
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#3 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Valley, CA
Posts: 255 Model: 2005 RoadGlide, 1996 RoadKing, 2005 Delu Interests: Motorcycles, Grandkids Occupation: HD Service Tech
| Hope you had a grat time at Street Vibes. I got to work all weekend on breakdowns to get folks to the party.
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Sep 27th, 2007, 06:01 PM
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#4 | | Newbie
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Nevada
Posts: 5 Model: 06 1200xlL Interests: playing guitar Occupation: engineer
| Hey I saw ya at stree vibes.....great time had ! | |
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Sep 28th, 2007, 12:13 AM
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#5 | | More than 100 posts!
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nr London England
Posts: 107 Model: Heritage 2004 Interests: Riding/Rallies/Touring Occupation: Earning enough for RRT
| Same thing
Hi Red
Posted about a similer problem earlier this year when riding through Spain and portugal. Eventually  discovered the same problem one of the HT leads had been damaged and the movement was interupting the power too the plug resulting in missing and the EFI shutting down the engin and then restarting all within a second or two. Not funny when passing 16 wheelers at speed.
Glad you identified the problem and are now sorted.
Ride free and easy.
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