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#30551 roadstarga (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 71 Blonde Moment 4 Years, 11 Months ago   Thought all might enjoy this. I took about a 220 mile ride today and the bike was running sluggish. I refilled the gas tank and thought it might help but still ran weak up hills etc. After my ride I was wiping off the bugs from the windshield and highway bars when I discovered a plug wire hanging down on the side of the front cylinder. Man, what a dumb ass - I rode all that way on 3 plugs. I guess I never put the plug wire back after last weeks cleaning. My wife told me I'm playing with the damn bike too much! Oh well. Ralph   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #30554 Musky (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 15137 Re:Blonde Moment 4 Years, 11 Months ago   OOPS!   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #30557 Cougar (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3210 Re:Blonde Moment 4 Years, 11 Months ago   Hey bud you are only a dumass if you aint playin with your wife enough ..... just my opinion....Coug   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #30558 Roadkill1962 (User) ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Platinum Boarder Posts: 3213 Re:Blonde Moment 4 Years, 11 Months ago   Well, I think it was a prudent preventative measure on your part. That's ONE valve that won't be sticking! Just make sure to rotate them! RK   Logged     “To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” - Thomas Jefferson   The administrator has disabled public write access. #30561 roadstarga (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 71 Re:Blonde Moment 4 Years, 11 Months ago   Hey Cougar - the wife gets plenty of play time but only at night when I don't like to ride (the bike)! 3 kids take all the daylight hours!   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #30697 SobaCracka (User) It's best to eat crow while fresh. Platinum Boarder Posts: 1948 Re:Blonde Moment 4 Years, 11 Months ago   Roadkill, Just read your reply and actually belly laughed. With my belly, that's saying something. Thanks for the opportunity to test my chair's vibratory tolerances.   Logged     Earl in Catonsville, MD   The administrator has disabled public write access. #30706 Roadkill1962 (User) ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Platinum Boarder Posts: 3213 Re:Blonde Moment 4 Years, 11 Months ago   All in fun...I've done similar to Roadstarga's little plug mishap. I did some work the other day, simple stuff, and started up the bike. It ran great for about 30 seconds, then died. I couldn't get it restarted to save my life. HELPFUL HINT: Reconnect the fuel line from the petcock to the fuel pump...the bike runs much better. RK   Logged     “To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” - Thomas Jefferson   The administrator has disabled public write access. #30712 ekonkjack (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 364 Re:Blonde Moment 4 Years, 11 Months ago   Hey roadstarga, don't fight it. Just roll with it. I once took an eight mile ride with a big ole hockey sock stuffed in the stock air cleaner. It explains why she started so hard but the funny thing was she ran just fine. I put the sock there to keep mice out and just plain forgot about it. CRS I guess.   Logged     New England rider since 1972,7th bike, EMT.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #30838 Gramps (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 57 Re:Blonde Moment 4 Years, 11 Months ago   Not sure but I think when anything hockey is blocking an air cleaner your required to pull to the side of the road for 2 mins for interference.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #30840 ekonkjack (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 364 Re:Blonde Moment 4 Years, 11 Months ago   Your right. I should pay a penalty. I'll turn myself in at the nearest Hooters to be spanked by the full staff of waitresses for exactly two minutes. The sock in the air cleaner opening came from an experience with mice climbing up the bike cover and stashing bird seed in the exhaust pipes. The lesson here is to RED flag things like that as they do on aircraft. Oh ya, and use mouse traps.   Logged     New England rider since 1972,7th bike, EMT.   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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