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1Rogue · 05-22-2007, 11:43 PM

I did get the bike used but the previous owner only did basic maintenance on it. Oil change, front brake change, brake fluid fill that kind of stuff. He said he did not know enough about motors to mess with anything else other than basic and did not have any modifications done. He rode it regularly until he bought his new Shadow 750 so it didn't sit for any length of time and it has about 4300 miles on it.

I am located just outside of Dallas, TX and the previous owner was in Ft. Worth, so I don't think it is a problem with altitude. He did tell me he was starting to notice something like what I am getting. I am a new rider and until recently I have been riding in lower speed areas getting comfortable with the bike. It is just in the past week or so that I have getting on larger roads with a little higher speeds. I did not get this problem at the lower speeds. It is only when I get in the area of 45-55 that it happens. I was trying to pay more attention tonight when I was riding and it did seem to do it some when I was holding speed and not really throttling up.

You mentioned it might be gunk in the carb. Would running some kind of fuel cleaner through help get any possible gunk out, or will I need to breakdown the carb to clean it? I was also thinking it might possibly be clogged fuel filter. I was going to look and see what it would take to get to that.

I am waiting on the parts to get in but I am going to do the needle shim and 16t sprocket change when they do. Will the shim affect it any or with that area of the carb open could I maybe spray a cleaner or something in that would help at that time?

Thanks for all your help!

05-22-2007, 11:43 PM	#6
1Rogue Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sachse, TX Posts: 41	I did get the bike used but the previous owner only did basic maintenance on it. Oil change, front brake change, brake fluid fill that kind of stuff. He said he did not know enough about motors to mess with anything else other than basic and did not have any modifications done. He rode it regularly until he bought his new Shadow 750 so it didn't sit for any length of time and it has about 4300 miles on it. I am located just outside of Dallas, TX and the previous owner was in Ft. Worth, so I don't think it is a problem with altitude. He did tell me he was starting to notice something like what I am getting. I am a new rider and until recently I have been riding in lower speed areas getting comfortable with the bike. It is just in the past week or so that I have getting on larger roads with a little higher speeds. I did not get this problem at the lower speeds. It is only when I get in the area of 45-55 that it happens. I was trying to pay more attention tonight when I was riding and it did seem to do it some when I was holding speed and not really throttling up. You mentioned it might be gunk in the carb. Would running some kind of fuel cleaner through help get any possible gunk out, or will I need to breakdown the carb to clean it? I was also thinking it might possibly be clogged fuel filter. I was going to look and see what it would take to get to that. I am waiting on the parts to get in but I am going to do the needle shim and 16t sprocket change when they do. Will the shim affect it any or with that area of the carb open could I maybe spray a cleaner or something in that would help at that time? Thanks for all your help!
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