89 FLHS ignition?

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Jul 1, 2011 | 01:03 PM

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lightweight bob

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Originally Posted by dkfxr

My bike started missing upon acceleration yesterday. Starts fine and idles fine. How do you tell if it is ignition or the carburator?

"Ninety percent of the time we look for a carburetor problem, and ninety percent of the time it turns out to be ignition trouble." - Smokey Yunick

Plugs and wires are cheap. If you have stock wires check them with an ohm meter - should be around 6k ohms. The SE ones are carbon core too, what you want, and not expensive - just have a silicon jacket. Where I'd start. IMHO.