Hey everyone, had a little bit of an issue today while out riding. The bike is a 13' Street Bob with the 103 motor, went out today for a ride with some buddies, bike ran fine and am still in the break in period of the bike considering it only has a couple hundred miles on it. Riding very conservatively, no hard acceleration or running the gears out, usually keeping it around 2,500rpm while cruising. Went for an 80 mile ride today, stopped at a buddies for a couple hours, when I hoped on the bike and fired it up, it kind of struggled to start, then the idle was bouncing (normal then low, back to normal then low again). Gave it a little gas but almost died. After about 15 seconds, the bike's idle went back to normal, took off and it was fine. Stopped at the end of the street, and when I took off, the bike didn't really want to go and it was bucking a little. After a couple miles though, it smoothed out and was running fine, except that now the bike has very little power. Roll the throttle on and it pretty much goes no where. Haven't checked anything, figured I could possibly get some input from anyone else first. Thanks to any replies.

 

This sucks. A few things you can check, but a trip to the dealer is in order.
Battery connections. It doesn't sound typical to me, but it's a common issue and the easiest to check.
Gas tank vent. It runs out the front and underneath by the neck. Make surfeit isn't pinched. You can quickly verify by just removing or loosening the gas cap, and seeing if anything changes.
Sounds stupidly, but make sure your spark plugs are tight and the plug wires are secure at the plug and coil.

 

^What he said ^ also check that your fuel line under the tank on the left is tight by just pushing straight up on it, it just clicks, no click she's tight. Sounds weird but maybe some bad gas?

 

Pulled the plugs, looked good, didn't smell burnt and both were gapped correctly. No kinks in any of the lines either. I also thought about it being bad gas, but the two other bikes also filled up at the same station and they aren't having any issues..

 

I know its a drag, but sometimes a trip back to the dealers is in order. I sounds to me like a defective ECM.