Melton69
03-08-2010, 01:50 PM
Hello,
Just got back from my first trip with my rebuilt 86 at the sand. After about a minute or two of running WOT it starts cutting out and dies. I let it sit for a few minutes and it starts right up and I can run it for another minute and it does the same thing. The plug looks perfect, nice brown with 158 main. I have a K&N, V force 3's, stock motor, and PTR Race pipe/Fatboy 2 silencer. From what I remember the plug was wet so I dont think its fuel, I messed around a little with the main jets, no difference except with plug color.
As far as I know it has the original CDI and Coil. I am pretty sure its heat related cause we would start in the parking lot, idle out to the sand and I would run WOT and it would die at about the same area every time. Also it seems like it doesnt have alot of power and it has a short power band. After having the bike apart for a couple years saving for rebuild I compression tested the motor without fuel and it was 120 psi, I will do another compression test tomorrow since I have been running it, I dont know if maybe the extra oil would raise it or not.
Any help is GREATLY apreciated cause since I have owned this it has given me problems.
Just got back from my first trip with my rebuilt 86 at the sand. After about a minute or two of running WOT it starts cutting out and dies. I let it sit for a few minutes and it starts right up and I can run it for another minute and it does the same thing. The plug looks perfect, nice brown with 158 main. I have a K&N, V force 3's, stock motor, and PTR Race pipe/Fatboy 2 silencer. From what I remember the plug was wet so I dont think its fuel, I messed around a little with the main jets, no difference except with plug color.
As far as I know it has the original CDI and Coil. I am pretty sure its heat related cause we would start in the parking lot, idle out to the sand and I would run WOT and it would die at about the same area every time. Also it seems like it doesnt have alot of power and it has a short power band. After having the bike apart for a couple years saving for rebuild I compression tested the motor without fuel and it was 120 psi, I will do another compression test tomorrow since I have been running it, I dont know if maybe the extra oil would raise it or not.
Any help is GREATLY apreciated cause since I have owned this it has given me problems.