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Old May 7, 2004 | 01:53 AM
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i have a kind of odd problem i have 2 sporters one is a 85 iron head and the other is a 87 883 with a conversion kit well my problem is with the 87 it was messed with and now i cant seem to figure out what is wrong it wont start all the wires to the coil seem the same except one thing that seems to stick out is it gets hot when i turn the power on and the fuse kicks on and off the best i can figure is i know on my 85 is that the coil only gets power as it is need to run the bike but on the 85 it always has pwers going to the coil what am i missing here i really need to get her running before saturday if posible i have a funeral i am supposed to ride in and i need all the help on this one i can get i can spring for parts but i cant afford to take her to any one
 
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