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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 07:39 PM
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I have a 2004 Electra glide standard. I just picked it up about 2 months ago. It stalls out at highway speeds. I pull to the side of the road and she fires back up for me. The idle is acting like misfire. The tach will fall to 500 rpm and right back up to normal. then she will stall out and within a minute she will fire back up. The bike sat for a couple months before I got it and was told they ran arco gas in it. I would love some input. I have replaced intake seals. Plugs and wires. I am going crazy. Also no codes are showing up on diag.
 
Old Oct 19, 2011 | 06:58 PM
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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 04:48 AM
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Hi and welcome to HDF from the UK. Unfortunately not many members call in here, which is why you haven't had any replies. You would be better off posting in the Touring forum, where you will get more help.
 
Old Oct 21, 2011 | 05:18 AM
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I had the same trouble with my '04 Road King! Check the plug that goes into the ignition coil, mine had a bad connection. Try wiggling around on it a little with the bike running, when I did that the bike would die. What I did was I took the gas tank off to get a at it better, I pulled the plug off, bent the conections in on the female end, and plugged it back in. When I fired it up and tried wiggling it nothing changed in the idle at all. It seems fine now.

Hopefully its just something simple like that...
 
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Thanks for the input . I am willing to try anything. It seems like something simple
 
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