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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 12:22 PM
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I have a 2009 deluxe.We went out this morning for a ride did about 50miles going on the way my gas light came on so i rode for a while with it on found A gas station and gased up.On the way home the bike was running fine all of a sudden I hit a pretty big hole in the road(good old nyc)and after that my bike started running funny.It felt like it wasn't getting gas almost like it wanted to stall out and then it went.It felt like when a Cars plugs are fouled.could it be bad gas I never let the tank run down that far before i always top it off maybe it was all the old gas at the bottom of the tank.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 05:37 PM
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could have sucked up some gunk from the bottom off the tank. Is it running ok now?
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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It is running fine now this happen after about 25miles after filling up.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2009 | 04:00 AM
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As pottsy says, probably picked up gunk. I know with a car I had, I had to replace 2 fuel pumps due to crap in the tank. Mechanic advised never let it go under half a tank.
Now with the heritage I fuel up at about 200k, so I don't have similar probs.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2009 | 07:02 AM
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try some berryman b12 in the tank. i do this one a year and it improves the running to like new. i have 41000 miles.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 03:32 PM
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well i found out what happen I decided to check my battery cables and noticed that the plug for the computer under the seat had some water on it i unclipped it and it was full of water so I cleaned it all out and she is running like new now I also put some blk tape around it just incase.How the hell did that thing get so much water in it.Can it be from washing it.
 
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good deal, get some silicone grease from auto shop. there is also a rubber seal and if broken then use silicone rubber to seal it
 
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