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Old Jun 9, 2008 | 08:47 AM
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My buddy told me is VRod started running on one cyl the other night. Just a dead miss. He checked all the obvious stuff (plug, wire etc)
I think his is the 1st year of em?
Is this common? I've never heard of that happening.
 
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Old Jun 9, 2008 | 10:07 AM
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Not common but of course can happen.&nbsp\\; I would check the coil and the coil connections for that cylinder.&nbsp\\; May wanna also swap the dead cylinder coil w/ the other cylinder and see if it happens to the other cylinder.&nbsp\\; Also, check for any codes.
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Old Jun 9, 2008 | 11:59 AM
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Is he running a PowerCommander?
 
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 11:39 PM
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I'm not sure (on the PC ?) I do know he bought an Exten/Warr w/this bike, so it's covered. I was just curious.
Never heard of a prob with a VRod.
 
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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 09:53 AM
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Any further info on the the guy with the V-Rod running on one cylinder??&nbsp\\; Did they discover what the problem is?
 
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 03:50 PM
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I haven't talked to him for about a week. I'll find out. I'm curious too. Cool bike !!
He has one of those #'d HD paint sets on it.
 
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 12:57 AM
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Bingo!!!
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You were right !! I talked to him tonight. It was a coil. I guess this isn't that common, but according to the dealer
who did the ext/warr repair for him, it's not the first one.
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Not common but of course can happen.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\; I would check the coil and the coil connections for that cylinder.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\; May wanna also swap the dead cylinder coil w/ the other cylinder and see if it happens to the other cylinder.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\; Also, check for any codes.
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 08:08 AM
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Cool. Glad to hear he got her running!
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Default RE: VRod running one one cyl

Isn't that sumthin.....
Great to hear the problem is solved.
Does anyone know what year/model V-Rod that had this problem?
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Might just want to pass this along to everyone's favorite V-Rod and Street Rod owners...
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 04:49 PM
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Supposedly not a common problem.&nbsp\\; Depends on whether the coils were mfg'd on a Monday or a Friday.
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