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Old May 18, 2010 | 09:24 PM
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Every now and then when I start my bike cold, it will turn over a couple of times then do a slight backfire. When this happens will not start it will just continue the cadence. However as soon as I let off the start button and hit it again it fires right up. Not so big a problem as it always starts. I would like to get it fixed if anyone has an idea. The bike is under warranty but the service manager at my dealer is HD thru and thru. He never finds anything wrong anytime I have ever taken one of my bikes there. Twice though he has had to eat his words but he never fails to do whatever he can to protect HD first. I've had this bike in there twice for the problem I described and he says they can find no problems. He did kind of blame my aftermarket plug wires as a possiblity.....Right! Any ideas?
Gary
 
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