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Ok, so my TW has had an issue since I bought it. I thought it was due to the split intake manifold, but after I replaced it as well as a different carb it still didn't help. The bike acts like its stuttering at higher throttle positions, like anywhere from 35-60mph depending on the day. Its like a miss, but its also like its running out of fuel. I'm not sure, but I think it has to do with what happened today.
I was riding home from work and about 4 miles into the trip on the highway the bike just flat died. I mean, it was like I shut of the ignition switch. I thought it ran out of fuel at first but there was no sputtering or anything.....just flat died. I had my wife come pick me up and the went back and got the bike with my car trailer. It cranks fine and I can smell fuel when I open the throttle. I would guess that it is the ignition system, but I'm hoping that someone on here might be able to help me narrow down the possible culprit and possible suggest some ways to test things. I'm wondering if that "miss" at higher RPM's that I've experienced since I got the bike was actually the CDI going out. Some days/rides it was worse than others and some times it seemed like it would run great. It idled perfect and sounded fine at idle.
Any suggestions would be appreciated greatly. I'm sure there are threads regarding this on the old forum but I can't seem to get the search option to work. If you can link a thread from the old forum that I should look at that would work too. Thanks.
I was riding home from work and about 4 miles into the trip on the highway the bike just flat died. I mean, it was like I shut of the ignition switch. I thought it ran out of fuel at first but there was no sputtering or anything.....just flat died. I had my wife come pick me up and the went back and got the bike with my car trailer. It cranks fine and I can smell fuel when I open the throttle. I would guess that it is the ignition system, but I'm hoping that someone on here might be able to help me narrow down the possible culprit and possible suggest some ways to test things. I'm wondering if that "miss" at higher RPM's that I've experienced since I got the bike was actually the CDI going out. Some days/rides it was worse than others and some times it seemed like it would run great. It idled perfect and sounded fine at idle.
Any suggestions would be appreciated greatly. I'm sure there are threads regarding this on the old forum but I can't seem to get the search option to work. If you can link a thread from the old forum that I should look at that would work too. Thanks.