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Old May 19, 2012 | 06:09 PM
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Just installed them on a 08 Nightster with HD heavy breather and V&H short shots no baffles. Is there a learning period for them and the computer? Sometimes it runs really good and then at low RPM in any gear it stumbles and wants to die, bucks, etc.

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Old May 19, 2012 | 06:25 PM
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Just installed them on a 08 Nightster with HD heavy breather and V&H short shots no baffles. Is there a learning period for them and the computer? Sometimes it runs really good and then at low RPM in any gear it stumbles and wants to die, bucks, etc.

Thanks for any help.
Some say it takes a hundred miles or so to adjust. Not sure how true that is!

If you run your sporty at low RPM in any gear it will buck and and stumble regardless of how your bike is set up. The Evo's like to be ran at mid-high RPM's.
 
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O ya...I just replaced a fuelpak with ViEDs....it's just worse than what it was with the fuelpak
 
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O ya...I just replaced a fuelpak with ViEDs....it's just worse than what it was with the fuelpak
That's strange. Any of the Nightrider products should help, not make the bike run worse. Are you sure you are not lugging the engine in too high of a gear?
 
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