Throttle delay and engine bog
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Ok I'm still breaking in my bike and I kept asking what the break-in period was, the sales person at the shop just said drive like you normally do, but don't go above 80 or rev the engine high. So I drove through town and on the highway (65 MPH Max). But now I got this weird throttle problem.
This only occurs sometimes not all the time, but when it does happen it seems to catch me off guard and I find myself catching myself from going through the windshield. I roll the throttle to accelerate, this only happens from a dead stop and in first, and it goes then seems to bog down for 1-3 seconds and then accelerate normally. I have a 2007 1200 Custom.
For lack of a better phrase is it F'd up? Do you think this has to do with the break-in method the sales rep told me? Or is it just my FI adjusting and still breaking in? I haven't even reached 500 miles yet.
This only occurs sometimes not all the time, but when it does happen it seems to catch me off guard and I find myself catching myself from going through the windshield. I roll the throttle to accelerate, this only happens from a dead stop and in first, and it goes then seems to bog down for 1-3 seconds and then accelerate normally. I have a 2007 1200 Custom.
For lack of a better phrase is it F'd up? Do you think this has to do with the break-in method the sales rep told me? Or is it just my FI adjusting and still breaking in? I haven't even reached 500 miles yet.
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Ok I'm still breaking in my bike and I kept asking what the break-in period was, the sales person at the shop just said drive like you normally do, but don't go above 80 or rev the engine high. So I drove through town and on the highway (65 MPH Max). But now I got this weird throttle problem.
This only occurs sometimes not all the time, but when it does happen it seems to catch me off guard and I find myself catching myself from going through the windshield. I roll the throttle to accelerate, this only happens from a dead stop and in first, and it goes then seems to bog down for 1-3 seconds and then accelerate normally. I have a 2007 1200 Custom.
For lack of a better phrase is it F'd up? Do you think this has to do with the break-in method the sales rep told me? Or is it just my FI adjusting and still breaking in? I haven't even reached 500 miles yet.
Ok I'm still breaking in my bike and I kept asking what the break-in period was, the sales person at the shop just said drive like you normally do, but don't go above 80 or rev the engine high. So I drove through town and on the highway (65 MPH Max). But now I got this weird throttle problem.
This only occurs sometimes not all the time, but when it does happen it seems to catch me off guard and I find myself catching myself from going through the windshield. I roll the throttle to accelerate, this only happens from a dead stop and in first, and it goes then seems to bog down for 1-3 seconds and then accelerate normally. I have a 2007 1200 Custom.
For lack of a better phrase is it F'd up? Do you think this has to do with the break-in method the sales rep told me? Or is it just my FI adjusting and still breaking in? I haven't even reached 500 miles yet.
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Thanks, everyone for the input. To answer some questions no pinging. It just acts as if I throttle it, it accelerates normally for a bit, then the engine bogs and power is lost, then it goes back to normal acceleration.
Since its still under factory warranty I'm going to bring it back in for inspection. I just wanted to see if anyone expeirenced this during break-in.
Since its still under factory warranty I'm going to bring it back in for inspection. I just wanted to see if anyone expeirenced this during break-in.
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RE: Throttle delay and engine bog
It happens to mine when I am low on fuel.
If I try to stretch a tank out for over 120 miles or so (3.3 gal tank) the fuel tends to slosh back in the tank when accelerating and the engine briefly cuts out. It's happened to me on two separate occasions and both times were when the tank was dangerously low on fuel. I don't think its good to run a fuel injected bike low on fuel either.
If I try to stretch a tank out for over 120 miles or so (3.3 gal tank) the fuel tends to slosh back in the tank when accelerating and the engine briefly cuts out. It's happened to me on two separate occasions and both times were when the tank was dangerously low on fuel. I don't think its good to run a fuel injected bike low on fuel either.
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RE: Throttle delay and engine bog
I roll the throttle to accelerate, this only happens from a dead stop and in first, and it goes then seems to bog down for 1-3 seconds and then accelerate normally. I have a 2007 1200 Custom.
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I hate to tell you this, but it's probably normal for a sportster. You can't just let the clutch out quickly on a sportster in FIRST gear. They have tall gearing and the engine will bog down. Try feathering the clutch from first gear until you are over 10 mph and the engage it fully. See if that doesn't stop the bogging. You shouldn't have to feather the clutch in the other gears if you shift at proper speeds.
I roll the throttle to accelerate, this only happens from a dead stop and in first, and it goes then seems to bog down for 1-3 seconds and then accelerate normally. I have a 2007 1200 Custom.
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Thanks, everyone for the input. To answer some questions no pinging. It just acts as if I throttle it, it accelerates normally for a bit, then the engine bogs and power is lost, then it goes back to normal acceleration.
Since its still under factory warranty I'm going to bring it back in for inspection. I just wanted to see if anyone expeirenced this during break-in.
Thanks, everyone for the input. To answer some questions no pinging. It just acts as if I throttle it, it accelerates normally for a bit, then the engine bogs and power is lost, then it goes back to normal acceleration.
Since its still under factory warranty I'm going to bring it back in for inspection. I just wanted to see if anyone expeirenced this during break-in.
[/align]Does it do it with the enrichner **** out? Do EFI's even still have enrichner *****?[/align][/align][/align]Try it in the morning with the enrichner **** party out (if you have one ). If that seems to help, then it would be looking more and more like a lack of fuel problem. [/align][/align]With you saying that it only happens in first gear from idle to acceleration tends to make me wonder if it's some type of idle emission set up problem, with some type of flat spot having developed from a setting being slightly off. It's possible that Harley has some type of computer controlled idle/low speed emission set up in their EFI's that leans the fuel down at idle/low speed in your EFI, and that it's just not delivering enough fuel to the bike as quickly as it should when you try to accelerate from idle.[/align][/align]This is just a theory of mine, but such a thing wouldn't surprise me in this day and age of computer controlled everything on these type of systems these days.[/align][/align]I don't know, but I just don't like having my 'fate' on a Harley or anything else resting on some type of computer chip manufactured in Taiwan or whatever. I had a hard enough time accepting electronic ignition.[/align][/align]
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RE: Throttle delay and engine bog
On my 1200 I need to roll on a little throttle and then feather out the clutch as I continue rolling in more throttle from a dead stop. The 1200 has a taller 1st gear than the 883.
