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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 06:39 PM
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Here goes. I went for a ride this weekend with some friends and right before our second stop my bike sputtered and died while I was doing 70 MPH. I coasted to the side of the road and thinking it may be a vacuum issue, I pulled the choke all the way out and cracked my gas cap. After I did that, the bike cranked right up. About 2 miles down the road it did the same thing again. When I left that stop and headed for home, I experimented and left my gas cap cracked a little, and it didn't do it all the way home. I think it may be some sort of air/fuel issue but don't know. Anyone got any suggestions?
 
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 07:30 PM
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Default RE: 95 Softail not running right

You have a fuel line that is getting kinked when the pressure builds inside the tank. Have you taken the tank off recently for any type of work?

Maybe while you were cleaning the bike you moved the fuel line not knowing?

Check your lines for any sharp bends and straighten them out.
 
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 09:13 PM
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Probably a bad gas cap, pick up a new one.They need to be vented, there's no fuel pump and a vacuum will slow gas into the carb.
 
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