Street Bob feels like its straining...
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Street Bob feels like its straining...
Heyy guys looking for some advice on things to check here... 2013 Street Bob, screaming eagle intake, bassani road rage pipes, just uncovered it after a long cold winter up here in Alberta. Too it out for a quick ride, was gonna warm it up for a 3 hole oil change. Had it started and idling for about 10 min, idle sounded fine bike sounded strong. Hopped on and it felt like it had no muscle.. would hit the throttle and it felt like I was in a tug of war with another bike, wasn't bogging down it just felt like it was really strained. I have no idea what could be causing something like that.. any advice would be awesome
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Dirty fuel filter or hole in the fuel line.
Any chance that some rodents took up residence inside your exhaust over the winter? I always plug mine up with steel wool when it sits for a couple of months.
Any chance that some rodents took up residence inside your exhaust over the winter? I always plug mine up with steel wool when it sits for a couple of months.
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Im hoping it's just bad fuel. I did add a fuel stabilizer so maybe the motor didnt like that stuff. Bikes only got 18xxx kms on it could the filter be dirty already? I was thinking fuel line as well just didnt wanna dig into that yet
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Fuel stabilizer shouldn't affect the way the motor runs unless you added way too much. You should check the filter, even with not a lot of miles it could have picked up some sediment from a bad load of gas. With a low amount of gas in the bike you can see or hear if there is a leak inside because the gas will spray against the tank wall.
The first thing I would have done is check the plugs. What do they look like?
The first thing I would have done is check the plugs. What do they look like?
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Yup checked the plugs and cables first, plugs were in perfect condition, slight touch of white but I knew it was running a little lean. Cables were seated nice and tight on plugs and coil no issues there. Just can't figure out how anything would happen while its stored away for winter
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Quick update for the guys that helped out, took plugs out quick brush of the tips, checked the gap, did a 3 hole oil change, drained tank and refilled with new gas, cleaned intake and the gunk out of breather bolts. Seems to be running really well again. Praying it stays that way
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quick update for the guys that helped out, took plugs out quick brush of the tips, checked the gap, did a 3 hole oil change, drained tank and refilled with new gas, cleaned intake and the gunk out of breather bolts. Seems to be running really well again. Praying it stays that way
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Heyy guys looking for some advice on things to check here... 2013 Street Bob, screaming eagle intake, bassani road rage pipes, just uncovered it after a long cold winter up here in Alberta. Too it out for a quick ride, was gonna warm it up for a 3 hole oil change. Had it started and idling for about 10 min, idle sounded fine bike sounded strong. Hopped on and it felt like it had no muscle.. would hit the throttle and it felt like I was in a tug of war with another bike, wasn't bogging down it just felt like it was really strained. I have no idea what could be causing something like that.. any advice would be awesome
I had a similar issue years ago on my old V star. I could ease it up to speed no problem but when I would rip the throttle it just wouldn't go like it was supposed to. I changed jets probably 10 times trying to fix it. It was the GLUE holding the the chinese ebay grip to the throttle tube slowly deteriorating! When I would twist it hard enough it would spin the grip around the tube just enough that you could never get it wide open. I changed out the grips and used gorilla glue and I **** you not it was like having a new bike lol.
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