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This seems to be the only place I can post since I just joined the forum. I'm having a little problem with my bike and I don't want to spend a fortune playing the guessing game. Here's a rundown:
Rode the bike to town (about 35 miles away) to get inspected and tagged, everything was good. Did a little more putting around and headed home. About 100 miles on the trip meter and the bike started acting like it was running out of gas, switched to reserve and coasted into the gas station. Filled her up, switched back to ON and hit the start button--turned over but wouldn't start. Finally after about 20 minutes we were able to get it started and got it home. Did a little putting around (25 miles or so at lower speeds 45 mph at the most) and she seemed to be ok. Hubby took her out on the highway and couldn't get over 55 no matter how much he tried. Brought it home, took the seat and tank off, breaking the petcock lever in the process. SO, got a new petcock and lever, a new fuel filter, cleaned out the tank and crossed our fingers and put everything back together. I'm not an experienced rider by any means, so the hubby took her out for a test drive--same problem, can't get over 55. Going to get new plugs today because when we pulled the old ones, they were 1) gapped to at least double what they were supposed to be, 2) appeared to be fouled out. Any other suggestions?
Rode the bike to town (about 35 miles away) to get inspected and tagged, everything was good. Did a little more putting around and headed home. About 100 miles on the trip meter and the bike started acting like it was running out of gas, switched to reserve and coasted into the gas station. Filled her up, switched back to ON and hit the start button--turned over but wouldn't start. Finally after about 20 minutes we were able to get it started and got it home. Did a little putting around (25 miles or so at lower speeds 45 mph at the most) and she seemed to be ok. Hubby took her out on the highway and couldn't get over 55 no matter how much he tried. Brought it home, took the seat and tank off, breaking the petcock lever in the process. SO, got a new petcock and lever, a new fuel filter, cleaned out the tank and crossed our fingers and put everything back together. I'm not an experienced rider by any means, so the hubby took her out for a test drive--same problem, can't get over 55. Going to get new plugs today because when we pulled the old ones, they were 1) gapped to at least double what they were supposed to be, 2) appeared to be fouled out. Any other suggestions?