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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 10:21 PM
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Default 98 fatboy running terrible

I have a 98 Fatboy that I just installed a stage 1 kit .
It has vance & hines short pipes on it which were on it before the stage 1 kit.
Now the bike runs fine on upper end but a low speed it backfires and runs terrible.
I thought it was ruuning lean so I tried a bigger pilot jet but hasnt helped much.
Any ideas would help.

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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 10:40 PM
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So you changed just the jetting, Needle, etc and and it runs like chit where it ran fine before?

Read this article:http://www.harley-performance.com/ha...arburetor.html
 

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