Hello all.
Helping a friend with a problem hes got. He came to me stating that he cant ride his bike because it cuts out while he is riding it and asked me to help him out to track down the problem. I (think) i have checked over every inch of this bike and cant solve the issue.
Its an 80" shovelhead, all stock componants besides dyna S ignition and an after market wiring harness.
I picked up the bike from him and brought it back to my house, took it for a test ride and it died basically as i left my driveway. Rode it around for a while trying to pin point a pattern to see if i can figure out why and when its occuring, high rpm, low rpm etc.
Riding the bike and the bike cuts out, It stays running (idling kind of) and if you twist the throttle you can hear it still squirting fuel. The bike will continue to idle down the road basically until you pull in the clutch and the the engine cuts out completely. While still rolling, you can hit the starter buttom and it will fire up and you can ride along till it dies again.
it will do this at high rpm, low rpm, it has done it while i was getting on it and it has done it while i was backed off turning a corner. I cant find a pattern to the problem.
I have run diagnostics on everything and replaced anything that was needed. Also completely re wired the whole bike cause it was a mess and put a brand new CV carb on it.
I have checked battery voltage, ohm and resistance of the stator, replaced coils check all connections of everything, check the E. ignition, I have rewired the ignition to be on its only little circuit so that it didnt run through the aftermarket brain at all and still dies.
I have check the regulator as well and at first seemed checked out fine but then checked it again today and with the bike around 2000 rpm only crept up to about 14 volts.
Have I missed something? The only thing i can think of if the brain has a fault and is doing something.. But i cant run diagnostics on it to know for sure.
Any help or info is appreciated. Im sick of working on this thing and want it out of my garage and down the road.
What kinda problem does it sound like to you?
Thanks!
Scotty.
Helping a friend with a problem hes got. He came to me stating that he cant ride his bike because it cuts out while he is riding it and asked me to help him out to track down the problem. I (think) i have checked over every inch of this bike and cant solve the issue.
Its an 80" shovelhead, all stock componants besides dyna S ignition and an after market wiring harness.
I picked up the bike from him and brought it back to my house, took it for a test ride and it died basically as i left my driveway. Rode it around for a while trying to pin point a pattern to see if i can figure out why and when its occuring, high rpm, low rpm etc.
Riding the bike and the bike cuts out, It stays running (idling kind of) and if you twist the throttle you can hear it still squirting fuel. The bike will continue to idle down the road basically until you pull in the clutch and the the engine cuts out completely. While still rolling, you can hit the starter buttom and it will fire up and you can ride along till it dies again.
it will do this at high rpm, low rpm, it has done it while i was getting on it and it has done it while i was backed off turning a corner. I cant find a pattern to the problem.
I have run diagnostics on everything and replaced anything that was needed. Also completely re wired the whole bike cause it was a mess and put a brand new CV carb on it.
I have checked battery voltage, ohm and resistance of the stator, replaced coils check all connections of everything, check the E. ignition, I have rewired the ignition to be on its only little circuit so that it didnt run through the aftermarket brain at all and still dies.
I have check the regulator as well and at first seemed checked out fine but then checked it again today and with the bike around 2000 rpm only crept up to about 14 volts.
Have I missed something? The only thing i can think of if the brain has a fault and is doing something.. But i cant run diagnostics on it to know for sure.
Any help or info is appreciated. Im sick of working on this thing and want it out of my garage and down the road.
What kinda problem does it sound like to you?
Thanks!
Scotty.
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