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Oct 27, 2023 | 08:37 PM

2oldtocare

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From: Ma

1999 super glide

First ride report
went for my first ride today, put about 150 milestank went to resever. Good or bad for miles per gallon? Bike ran good for yhe first half of the ride then began to start alittle hard, by the time I got home did not want to start without some throttle. Bike was neglected for awhile, do not if it had bad gas to start with but going to go through the gas system. Tank has been refined on first check. I'll be back any suggestions

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Oct 27, 2023 | 08:56 PM

Y2K

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Pretty vague,bike new to you?
Been sitting how long ?
Well if bike had been sitting with old gas it should have been drained at least and fresh gas added before riding it.

Oct 27, 2023 | 09:07 PM

2oldtocare

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Bike was just bought last week, the guy had put fresh gas in how much I do not know. Bike has started good cold start chock no throttle after minute chock off. In side do not know what was in before that

Oct 28, 2023 | 11:42 AM

nevil

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"Tank has been refined on first check". Not sure what this means.
I would check the fuel filter, whether it's a screen in the petcock or an inline filter.

Oct 30, 2023 | 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by 2oldtocare

First ride report
went for my first ride today, put about 150 milestank went to resever. Good or bad for miles per gallon?

Depends on gallons added to fill up ...

Nov 1, 2023 | 08:38 PM

2oldtocare

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Follow up on my first post, I took the gas gage out to get a better look inside. Everything look good, no rust or any unusual, I did remove the rest of the gas. Pulled the plugs alittle blacks tint but not bad. I'm thinking that's from the hard starting. Question has screaming eagle add-ons and the service records that l have said that they rejected it. If she running a little Rich, when hot and I restart if it flooding it self? Thanks

Nov 3, 2023 | 11:17 AM

hattitude

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Originally Posted by 2oldtocare

Follow up on my first post, I took the gas gage out to get a better look inside. Everything look good, no rust or any unusual, I did remove the rest of the gas. Pulled the plugs alittle blacks tint but not bad. I'm thinking that's from the hard starting. Question has screaming eagle add-ons and the service records that l have said that they rejected (re-jetted?) it. If she running a little Rich, when hot and I restart if it flooding it self? Thanks

Look in your records.... when was the last time that carb was removed and cleaned..?

If the gas went bad, the carb may be gummed up and in need of a good cleaning.

I would take it off, totally disassemble the carb, thoroughly clean it (including the jets), reassemble with new wear parts, reset the float, then put it back on.

I would note the turns on the mixture screw when disassembling it, and start with that number when I put it back together.

See how she runs with a rebuilt, clean carb.

If not satisfied, I would start from scratch, going through the tuning process with the carb as is. If you follow the tuning process, it will tell you if you need bigger jets...

If you have the OEM CV40 carb (which I personally think is a great carb) the following company has instructions & guides for rebuilding/tuning and parts for a rebuild....

https://cv-performance.com/instructions-guides