AboutMike Wells Expertise PLEASE READ BEFORE ASKING A QUESTION!!! I CAN ONLY ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HARLEYS !!! I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OTHER MODELS!!! I have a Harley only shop with 30 years experience located in Ohio. We specialize in complete and total repair, restoration, hi-performance, and custom bike building. I can work on Flat Heads to Twin Cams. Please, dont ask how much somthing is going to cost to fix. Labor prices differ all over te country as well as shop to shop!
Experience Engine rebuilding (can be shipped),
Trans rebuilding (can be shipped),
Restoration,
Custom bike building
Question QUESTION: My wife's bike spits back through the carb. chokes out at the light and will die while she is riding it! Right now if I try to crank it , it will sputter and die it is getting worse. I have had several HD cert. people look at it, and as you can guess I still have the problem.
ANSWER: Does she have any modifactions to the bike, like exhaust, cams and did this start happening after you made any changes or did it just start happening?
Mike
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QUESTION: It had a set of Vance and Hines pipes on it when we bought it, and it did back fire through the carb. a little bit then and has really gotten worse since then. She doesn't ride much, maybe a hundred miles a year.
ANSWER: One other question, pull the spark plugs and let me know what color they are
Mike
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QUESTION: they are clean, I pulled them a few months ago to see if that was the problem, since I had them out I went ahead and changed them, there was nothing wrong with them then.
Answer I would first check to see if you have a intake leak. Next, check for a exhaust leak. If they are ok, then do a compression test and a bleed down test. they will tell you if you have a valve leak. Last, i would pull the carb and check the jets for dirt.
Good luck and happy riding
Mike
