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Old 11-14-2014, 06:02 PM
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Default Bike wants to stall not sure if its the carb or clutch

so I have a1978 shovelhead stock engine, with a s&s super B carb, Im not sure what the problem is that I have when ever I try to take off fast if I rev it and just pop the clutch the bike will want to stall or even if I try to burn out it will stall we just rebuilt the transmission and put a new clutch it used to be my dads bike and when he had it he had a super 3 carb and he was always able to take off fast and burn rubber and do burn outs, I don't really care to do burn outs I just want it to be able to take off fast with out wanting to stall out, I can never get a ahead of traffic next to me when taking off from a light because I have to go slow can someone point me into the direction that could fix this.
 
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Old 11-17-2014, 07:42 AM
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Does it Pop and spit when your riding? Is it hard starting or does it idle like ****?
 
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Old 11-17-2014, 11:12 AM
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I run into a similar issue with a Super E when I run low on gas... before hitting reserve
 
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