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My brother's bike has been cutting out on him lately. This bike was purchased used, and has been a multi-layered lasagna of headaches.
This latest headache happens when rolling off the throttle for a downshift. It isn't every time, or even every day, but frequent enough to annoy me.
I have no clue what his latest mods are, but I'm thinking vacuum leak somewhere. It's not my bike, so I'm not going to go snooping around. I'm just looking for a "hey, have you checked the...?"
Have you checked for:
intake and exhaust leaks
dirty IAC
loose battery and ground cables
pinhole inside the tank's fuel lines
dirty fuel filter
check to see if the bike has thrown any codes
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