1988 HD FXR custom
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1988 HD FXR custom
I am new to all this. So any and all help is appreciated. Me and my husband got this bike as a daily rider. We have had it for a few months now. We are in Florida so no hills for it to climb.lol when we got it we bearly got it home to find out the clutch needed to be rebuilt. Which has been done. It was a great bike til about 2weeks ago. We went out for a ride and it was riding very ruff. Then died... we got it to start and get the mile back to the house. We now can't get it to start without full throttle. It won't idle and stay running it backfires and had twice flames come out of the S&S G carb.
Here is a list of things we have so far done to the bike.
Clutch rebuilt ($400) at a shop.
I have done myself or with my husband the following
1. New plugs n cables
2. Replaced the coil
3. Cleaned the carb and rebuilt it
4. Drained gas and put new gas in it
5. Oil change
We are clueless what it could be.
Here is a list of things we have so far done to the bike.
Clutch rebuilt ($400) at a shop.
I have done myself or with my husband the following
1. New plugs n cables
2. Replaced the coil
3. Cleaned the carb and rebuilt it
4. Drained gas and put new gas in it
5. Oil change
We are clueless what it could be.
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From: Australia
I am new to all this. So any and all help is appreciated. Me and my husband got this bike as a daily rider. We have had it for a few months now. We are in Florida so no hills for it to climb.lol when we got it we bearly got it home to find out the clutch needed to be rebuilt. Which has been done. It was a great bike til about 2weeks ago. We went out for a ride and it was riding very ruff. Then died... we got it to start and get the mile back to the house. We now can't get it to start without full throttle. It won't idle and stay running it backfires and had twice flames come out of the S&S G carb.
Here is a list of things we have so far done to the bike.
Clutch rebuilt ($400) at a shop.
I have done myself or with my husband the following
1. New plugs n cables
2. Replaced the coil
3. Cleaned the carb and rebuilt it
4. Drained gas and put new gas in it
5. Oil change
We are clueless what it could be.
Here is a list of things we have so far done to the bike.
Clutch rebuilt ($400) at a shop.
I have done myself or with my husband the following
1. New plugs n cables
2. Replaced the coil
3. Cleaned the carb and rebuilt it
4. Drained gas and put new gas in it
5. Oil change
We are clueless what it could be.
This is a common problem with older bikes, especially if previously stored without gas.
This is a good product range for cleaning and re-lining the tank - KREEM
http://www.kreem.com/fueltankliner.html
Also worth replacing the fuel tap - PINGEL
http://www.pingelonline.com/prodcat/fuel-valves.asp
Cheers
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The OP is a troll. He posts or copies posts from other websites. He starts these threads and never comes back into them. He gets reported a ton but apparently the site staff thinks he is not a troll.
This is as I understand it.
This is as I understand it.
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He posts a new one every day it seems. This makes it 2 for today. Its kind of embarrassing because honest people reply trying to help this person out when in reality, its all just BS.
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Seems others have taken it much more personally.