Hesitation & missing
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From: Campbellsport
Hesitation & missing
My 2011 Road Glide Ultra with 90000 miles started "hesitating" during highway cruising and a little occasional "miss" while at street speeds. Starts great, runs good and acceleration was normal. I thought it was a bad load of fuel but it continued after 3 or 4 tanks. I pulled the plugs (6000 miles on them) and one looked "suspect" but not really that bad. I cleaned them both and regapped (the gap was fine however). It seemed to help for a little while but as the bike got hotter the "hesitation and missing" returned. So I put in a new set of plugs but same thing. Yesterday while riding it really didn't seem like an electrical hesitation or miss as I didn't hear any change in the exhaust. I then thought again that it might be fuel related so I stopped at my Harley dealer on the way home and picked up a new fuel filter. Took about 30 minutes to replace the filter. The old filter was FILTHY and I couldn't even blow through it!! THAT has to be the problem. Will be out and about tomorrow to see if this helps. ALSO, my wife's Street Glide has about 80,000 on it and we will be stopping at the Harley dealer and picking up a new fuel filter for her bike. That filter has to be as bad as the one in my Road Glide!
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From: Canada Flats
I agree with Norty , have known a few who ditched them .
Another thing to do is check for codes . Could be one of a few things .
Clean your throttle body , pull your crank position sensor and give it a good cleaning , been known to be faulty and not throw a code , check voltage when hot , could be a voltage regulator acting up when hot , clean all your connectors , bat cables , fuses / fuse box .
Did you happen to change the fuel lines inside the tank when you did the filter , could have a pin holes .
Another thing to do is check for codes . Could be one of a few things .
Clean your throttle body , pull your crank position sensor and give it a good cleaning , been known to be faulty and not throw a code , check voltage when hot , could be a voltage regulator acting up when hot , clean all your connectors , bat cables , fuses / fuse box .
Did you happen to change the fuel lines inside the tank when you did the filter , could have a pin holes .
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Joined: Jun 2018
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From: South Africa
I experienced something very similar, which turned out to be a faulty voltage regulator. It only happened when the bike was hot. May be worthwhile to check it out. I’ve had two bad regulators on two different bikes in the last two years, one I managed to limp home, the other got me stranded this week.
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