Kyle wrote:
> Help yourself to your refreshment of choice. My plastic's on the bar. I
> hope someone might be able to suggest a solution to the following problem.
> My '97 883 has always run flawlessly, but a couple of months ago it began to
> skip, particularly on acceleration. When I took it in for a regular
> checkup, they said the plugs were fouled. They bead-blasted the plugs
> (don't ask me why they didn't just change them), and the bike seemed to run
> fine for a short while. I took a 200-mile trip a couple of weeks later, and
> the bike began to skip again, especially while accelerating and most
> especially uphill. It's the worst at a standing start. You usually have to
> really give it a lot of throttle and baby the clutch or it feels like it
> will cut off. I went back by the dealer on the way home. They said the
> plugs looked good, but they tried putting in a new set, and the bike
> performed fine again. That was a couple of weeks ago; now it's doing the
> same thing. It's fine when I first get going, but gets worse as the bike is
> fully warms up -- after 15 minutes or so of riding. I don't see how the
> plugs could be fouling that
> quickly. I'm very careful about using the enrichener, and this set of plugs
> has only been in the bike a couple of weeks. Could it be the ignition? Why
> would it be worse after a full warm-up? I'm heading back to the dealer, but
> any suggestions you guys could give would be appreciated. The bike has
> about 8,500 miles, if that helps any. Thanks.
>
> Kyle
> '97 883
You could have either fuel fouling or oil fouling.
Your enrichiner could be sticking open or hanging up from a cable elbow being
out of it's socket.
Your jetting could be off in the midrange.
What jets and what kit, if any, is in your carb?
HogDr
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