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Old 12-19-2008, 09:07 AM   #1 (permalink)
Beer. Nature's Unstoppable Force.
 
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Join Date: May 2005
Bike: '06 XB12X
Location: 30 41'47.99" N 83 11'26.54" W Hold My Beer
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Default Opinions Requested.

Yesterday I filled the Buell up at the same place as I do every week.

Ten miles later, at 80 mph (indicated) +, the bike hitched like it cut out momentarily. Of course, I had to run it back up to get it to happen again, and it did. Quite a few more times, so I backed off, and every thing was honky dory.

Going home, I tried to replicate my findings, and could not.

This morning, at roughly the same spot in my trip as yesterday, going a tad slower, it reared it's head again. Then again, at thirty mph on the off ramp.

Opinions needed:

Did I get a tank of bad gas?

Have I developed an air leak somewhere down the line to lean it out on the top end?

Or do I have an electrical problem?


(Side note...weather has been foggy and humid the past two days, but that's not out of the realm of the ordinary for the bike...<high humidity>)