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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 07:12 AM
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Hi,I have a custom Harley Davidson Softail with a 1340 Evo motor on it. Maybe someone can help me out. My question. I am having problems getting spark to the plugs on the motorcycle. 1 minute I have spark to the plugs and the bike runs fine and then on other times the bike wants to die. I then check it to see if it is getting spark and it looks like there is now spark,but I will play around with it a little bit buy turning it over till I get spark the bike will start,but again later the problem seems to come back. I thought it might be the coil but it is funny that smetimes I can ride the bike all day,could this be a condenser or do you think it is coil it does not matter if the motor is cold or hot.Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks. Bill
 
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