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Old Aug 29, 2017 | 05:56 AM
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Bike runs good on highway,but when I get hit red lights its a different story.She has areal high idle and will cough and shut off sometimes.At this point im screwed she won't fire back up till she cools.I started this road trip in the mountains,now im on the flat lands i dont know if the altitude has anything to do with this?So i still got a few hundred miles to get back home.I afraid to start back in fear of burning her up.------STRANDED-----
 
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