New Street Glide...
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New Street Glide...
Just picked up a new Cobalt Blue Street Glide today and have a wopping 27 miles on it so far.
Me and the wife got caught in heavy traffic for about 20 minutes and noticed that I had to keep the throttle open a bit to give me around 1000 RPM to keep from stalling the engine?
Is this normal? The bike is fuel injected..my brother who has bought several new HD's in the past says that this is normal for break in and should smooth out after the first 500 miles.
Me and the wife got caught in heavy traffic for about 20 minutes and noticed that I had to keep the throttle open a bit to give me around 1000 RPM to keep from stalling the engine?
Is this normal? The bike is fuel injected..my brother who has bought several new HD's in the past says that this is normal for break in and should smooth out after the first 500 miles.
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RE: New RK Street Glide...
When I picked up my bike in December I had almost a 200 mile ride home on it. I had a lot of stop and start heavy traffic going through Orlando and never experienced any problems with the bike wanting to stall out on me. I also just switched to Wild Pig pipes without adding any fuel managment modules and I'm not having any problems that would make me think the bike is running too lean.
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RE: New RK Street Glide...
Your SG should idle at 1000 all by itself. May be break in or may be it needs an adjustment. During the break in, try to avoid prolonged idling. Congrats, and I hope you and the wife enjoy many miles.
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RE: New RK Street Glide...
Thanks Vern...put 103 miles on it today and the bike seems to be ridin' better.
KBES BAGGER wrote:
Road King Street Glide...I thought that's what I bought yesterday?
KBES BAGGER wrote:
What is a RK Street Glide?
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RE: New RK Street Glide...
Its probably a good idea to know what you are buying before actually making the purchase.
You might try it next time...
Seeing how there is no such animal as this RK/SG you purchased.
You might try it next time...
Seeing how there is no such animal as this RK/SG you purchased.
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RE: New Street Glide...
Hey that cracked me up - better to figure out the name of your bike now, rather than at, say, downtown Sturgis or some biker bar!
Have fun anyways, nice bike. I think many of the fuel inj. bikes will kick in with a wierd and/or high idle when hot, as part of the heat management deal, but not sure about the low idle thing...give it some time to break in, prob. fine.
Cheers
Have fun anyways, nice bike. I think many of the fuel inj. bikes will kick in with a wierd and/or high idle when hot, as part of the heat management deal, but not sure about the low idle thing...give it some time to break in, prob. fine.
Cheers