Carb loading up?

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Nomad2day

Longhair Redneck Geek
A friend of mine has a 05 springer which he said keeps loading up and missing on him. He will be at idle and it loads up and tries to quit. If he turns off the gas petcock and lets it run down it will stop loading up and start running right again. Seems like he told me it would do it at low rpms too while cruising but get the same results if he turned the gas petcock off and let the fuel burn.
Said he has checked the float and it appears to be fine. Someone has worked on the carb drilling out something and re-jeting it. I do not know what size jets he has in it at the moment. Bike smells very gassy running and fuel millage is at about 25mph I think he said.
Said he is ready to replace the carb with a S&S "no money" but I think he can resolve his root issue problem. Choke is not on and set right.
Thanks for any help on things to check..
Neil
 

V

Guru
If you can smell the fuel I'd say he's running way to rich. A friend of mines bike was doing this until he got a tune. Before the tune it was a bitch to ride behind him.
 
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