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Old Sep 27, 2017 | 08:34 AM
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My girl has a 2006 Sportster 883 Low that was constantly bogging down when stopped to the point of cutting off if not given some throttle. I'm thinking carbeurator gunked up because it sat for about 8 months and she never ran out the gas before storing it.

Is $300 to an indy a good price for the clean and rebuild along with flushing out?

Appreciate any input from the experts.
 
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Seems about right.

Or just do it yourself. There's really nothing to it. Go to the CV performance website. They have videos showing everything.

Make sure you or your mechanic put in a new needle valve, and you may as well replace the plastic intake nipple with a solid brass one while you're at it.
 
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You can do it yourself for about $30.
 
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$300???I need to start charging people....
 
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$300???I need to start charging people....
Tell me about it.
 
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Drop bowl, clean out with carb cleaner. Shoot carb cleaner down the throat and up thru all the openings available from the bowl area. Reinstall bowl using existing gasket. $3.99 for carb cleaner and this will fix 95% of all issues from sitting for extended time periods. Good luck.
 
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You can do it yourself for about $30.
​​​​​​​...and you would be a hero...
 
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