| Author | Message | ||
     05xlchop |
i just bought a 1999 m2 it has a kn filter and v&h exhaust . it has sat since 09 .it start and runs but has no power it goes freeway speeds but has no throttle response no snap at all i have a 05 sportster 1200 as a reference point and it is night and day different where do i start? | ||
| Slaughter |
How was the fuel stored and how was it put away. I'm surprised you can get it to run at all with gas almost 2 years old. Doesn't take much bad gas to gum up jets. Without being there, I'm thinking carb jets. Heck, we didn't put StaBil in the tank of the little dirtbike (XT225) and in just 6 months, had to pull the carb and clean the jets. I "PLANNED" to run it every once in a while over the Winter... but didn't so had to rebuild the carb (actually Sunny did, it's her bike) | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Funny though: usually if a carb is going to gum up, it's going to gum up the idle jets first. Are you sure it was rejetted for the V&H pipe? Either case, it sounds like you're going into the carb and laying eyes on your jets. | ||
| Rich |
Sounds like the accellerator pump is non-functioning. | ||
| 05xlchop |
thanks to all that replayed .i had the day off so i pulled the carb off to find a hole the size of a quarter in the top cap the slide and adjoining rubber were ok of course the local stealership had no parts in stock but a local indy had a box full of them .soaked carb for a few hrs went and had a chat with the indy shop guys. reassembled and ride .man what a different bike | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Hmmm. Hole the size of a quarter? I have to admit that I didn't see that coming  |
