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Old Mar 19, 2024 | 02:22 PM
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1988 fxst, tach is reading 0rpm at idle, goes up with acceleration and then drops off to 0 at 2000 rpm. HI4 MOD, any ideas?
 
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Old Mar 19, 2024 | 02:30 PM
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Welcome from Spartan Country, Michigan!
I tell a lot of new comers to the forum to get: Factory Service manual and the Parts manual. Take to an office supply store and have them put a spiral binder in place of the glued binder. That will let the manuals lay flat on your bench. Get a three ring binder and record all your maintenance, repairs, accessories, etc. This will be a great reminder of what was done when. And great material to pass along to the new owner should you sell and upgrade. Also know how large your fuel tank is, a rough idea of your range per tank, and record your fuel usage. I have an app called Simply Auto that I record all my fuel used. I use the odometer and use the fuel gage as reference only. I reset the odometer to zero on fill ups, and I know I can safely get 200 miles on a tank on around town riding, and upwards of 230+ on trips.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2024 | 06:41 PM
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Welcome Matt.

Questions are best ask in proper area using drop down menu. I have suggested a community team move this for you. @imoo6170

Only as a suggestion, make another new post here to say hello.

Hope you continue to enjoy your ride here with us on the HDFORUM.

Only as a suggestion, but very important, create a signature line similar to mine on your bike with the year, model, and all the letters Harley assigned to the bike. It will appear at the bottom of your post.

You can also add a favorite picture to the signature line.

Doing this will be helpful if you ask a question or to someone asking a question. All Harleys aren't the same with many changes and variations over the years.

You can also add a favorite picture for an Aviator postage stamp you see at the top left of your post.

 

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Old Mar 20, 2024 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Spartanden
Welcome from Spartan Country, Michigan!
I tell a lot of new comers to the forum to get: Factory Service manual and the Parts manual. Take to an office supply store and have them put a spiral binder in place of the glued binder. That will let the manuals lay flat on your bench. Get a three ring binder and record all your maintenance, repairs, accessories, etc. This will be a great reminder of what was done when. And great material to pass along to the new owner should you sell and upgrade. Also know how large your fuel tank is, a rough idea of your range per tank, and record your fuel usage. I have an app called Simply Auto that I record all my fuel used. I use the odometer and use the fuel gage as reference only. I reset the odometer to zero on fill ups, and I know I can safely get 200 miles on a tank on around town riding, and upwards of 230+ on trips.
I agree with all the above, and just to add some more, I've been using an app that goes on the computer that you can record pretty much any and everything you do with your vehicle(s). It's called 'VMT' - Virtual Maintenance Tracker. It's a really, really complete program that is very simple to use but does anything you need for maintenance records. It's also a small program that uses very little RAM or cpu, so it won't put any stress whatsoever on your computer (laptop owners will/should like this!). I've been recommending it since I found it and started using it back in I think about 2011. Read about it on the website and download it from there (also a very small download too!). https://vmt.sourceforge.net/
 
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Originally Posted by Jackie Paper
Welcome Matt.

Questions are best ask in proper area using drop down menu. I have suggested a community team move this for you. @imoo6170

Only as a suggestion, make another new post here to say hello.

Hope you continue to enjoy your ride here with us on the HDFORUM.

Only as a suggestion, but very important, create a signature line similar to mine on your bike with the year, model, and all the letters Harley assigned to the bike. It will appear at the bottom of your post.

You can also add a favorite picture to the signature line.

Doing this will be helpful if you ask a question or to someone asking a question. All Harleys aren't the same with many changes and variations over the years.

You can also add a favorite picture for an Aviator postage stamp you see at the top left of your post.
"Only as a suggestion, but very important...". This is *NOT* "very important". I, like probably many, do not have the 'sigs' even turned on because being on satellite internet it uses up my allotted bandwidth, slows my internet speeds down, and also because IMHO too much *crap* is put in them that I simply don't *want* to see.

How about instead of trying to impress people with your 'oooh, look at me, I'm telling a newby something so that I look and feel important', you try to help him with his *real* problem, you know - the one he posted about - and not worry about claptrap like signatures and *avatars* (not "Aviators") and ****?
 
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