Ignition pickup?
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Ignition pickup?
I purchased a 1990 Electra glide . The carb on the bike was cracked when I bought it so I bought a used cv carb and put it on. Had to rejett it since the bike has straight pipes and kn intake ... Bike will idle great and run at low rpms. As soon as The bike goes under load when you give it full throttle it starts running rough. I was told it could be the ignition pickup.. Has anyone had a similar problem before on their bike or familiar with ignition pick up problems..
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Ign pickup usually works or it doesn't. The symptoms you have sound like "drag pipe syndrome" which is usually only cureable by fitting lollipop baffles.
How do you have your carby jetted?
How do you have your carby jetted?
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I had to play with it a couple times .. I think right now I have 190, 48 in it which seemed to run the best .. I thought it might still be a jetting problem so i brought it to a mechanic when I could not get it to run right to have him rejett it and he's who told me seems like the ignition pickup is the problem not jetting. Before I ordered one tonight was just trying to see if anybody had that problem before I spend another $100.. Thanks
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Try new plugs first and do a plug chop....hit the kill switch while it is running rough and then look at the colour and condition of the plugs.
Black is rich, white is lean, wet is a misfire.
Don't go spending any money until you have checked out the cheap fixes first.
Black is rich, white is lean, wet is a misfire.
Don't go spending any money until you have checked out the cheap fixes first.
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What Spanners says. I would even replace the plug wires before the sensor. I have drag pipes and a K&N on my 99 with a 45 and a 180, and it runs great from idle to full throttle. Might also want to check the accelerator pump.
One more thing would be the float level. Could be starving if float is set to low.
One more thing would be the float level. Could be starving if float is set to low.
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