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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 10:29 AM
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I need some help determining whether my bike is in limp or is it a transmission problem
 
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 10:31 AM
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Did you proofread your question?

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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 11:41 AM
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Did you proofread your question?

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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 05:21 PM
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With all of the information you posted, which is nothing helpful, I'd say give it a crutch for the limp, test ride it and check that the transmission shifts through all the gears. Get back to me with your progress. THANKS!!!!
 
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 05:45 PM
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He's got another thread going on this: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...r-1200-xl.html

 
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 10:04 PM
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 11:06 PM
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You might get more meaningful replies with a more descriptive title. Oh, and describe what your bike is doing.
 
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Old Dec 30, 2024 | 11:38 AM
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See my advice in the other thread you started about this.
 
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Okay this is all the detail I can give you the bike will crank up idle fine Rev up it will even go in gear and go but it has no power whatsoever it won't let me go over 25 mph I don't have a tachometer so I can't really tell you how many RPMs it is. I know the bike ran fine. It got pushed over and has not been doing right since so I was asking what y'all's opinion was could it have been a transmission problem no no oil came out or was it a throttle problem I'm thinking it is a error between the fly by wire or correlation error I have it took apart or the gas tank lifted and I'm checking everything as we speak I have a sensor well the map sensor is loose is that supposed to be able to move or is it supposed to be fixed in one position because I can wiggle it back and forth and I don't think that should be right but all the wiring harnesses and clips that goes to the Jets are fine The only one that is moving or seems bad is the map sensor
 
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