Hey guys, I’m new to this but I’m in the process of building a chopper out of my 1998 sportster. I bought it stock a month or so ago and had 0 problems. But I rode it down to SC and when I got there I started to get a problem I couldn’t figure out.
It would randomly sound like the motor is bogging down if that makes sense. I would lose almost all power to the belt and wouldn’t be able to go over about 50-60mph. So far I’ve cleaned the carb. Replaced the petcock from a vacuum to a gravity. Replaced the fuel line, bought new plugs, put in a new coil and wires, did a compression test to where i had 120-125psi in each cylinder, and checked out the ignition. Everything is fine but I’ve narrowed it down to where I noticed the right side of the coil isn’t producing spark.
Is the coil my main problem for not getting power randomly? Or is it something more? Also how could I fix the coil problem?
Thanks!
-Russo
It would randomly sound like the motor is bogging down if that makes sense. I would lose almost all power to the belt and wouldn’t be able to go over about 50-60mph. So far I’ve cleaned the carb. Replaced the petcock from a vacuum to a gravity. Replaced the fuel line, bought new plugs, put in a new coil and wires, did a compression test to where i had 120-125psi in each cylinder, and checked out the ignition. Everything is fine but I’ve narrowed it down to where I noticed the right side of the coil isn’t producing spark.
Is the coil my main problem for not getting power randomly? Or is it something more? Also how could I fix the coil problem?
Thanks!
-Russo
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