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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 07:22 AM
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My bike cut out in the middle of riding while going over a bridge and hasn't started up since. It cranks and backfires every once and a while but will not start anybody have any ideas? Thanks
 
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 08:39 AM
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It's out of gas?



Need some more info for people to help.

Year?.. Model?...
Carb?.. Fuel injection?..
 
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 08:40 AM
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Maybe a loose spark plug wire or coil plug or maybe you're kill switch is sticking or it's not getting any fuel or I don't know hope that helps but you Probably already checked those things
 
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What year, model is it?
It's kinda hard to guess what might be wrong if we have no idea whether your bike has a Twincam FI engine with a computer or one of the older EVO carbed engines in it.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 08:51 AM
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Per his other post (in the General section), it's an '05 Deuce.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2013 | 06:23 AM
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Had same problem with my 03 deuce, ended up being the crankshaft position sensor, wish I'd known that before I replaced the icm, plugs, battery, coil pack and plug wires, but I guess I have spares if those parts ever fail.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2013 | 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by apendltn
Had same problem with my 03 deuce, ended up being the crankshaft position sensor, wish I'd known that before I replaced the icm, plugs, battery, coil pack and plug wires, but I guess I have spares if those parts ever fail.
Wow. How'd you find that?
 
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