86 aspencade shortly after new battery replaced bike shut down no power,after sitting for a bit power come back on noticed a hot wire on the clip that connects main fuse was hot and looked burnt what is making that hot and caused the short

SOURCE: engine miss at 45-55mph, no accleration with throttle response,

Anytime a bike sits for that long you stand a chance of fuel system problems. It sounds like you may need to "boil out" the carburetors and of course resynchronize them with vacuum gauges when you put it back together. You can also use a mercury manometer for synching the carbs. My guess is you have varnish still in the float bowls that is causing erratic running and perhaps the vacuum operated slides are not working correctly.

SOURCE: 1988 Honda VT800 shadow will not keep battery

mine does the samething. i spent a lot of time and money trying to fine out why. lets just say if i keep the rpm's up so will the battery.. a new stater and a new reckdafier yeah i cant spell but you know what iam talkin about if you know your bike... and make sure you ck our lil black box. i end up get everything all new to make mine work.. its a pain.

SOURCE: 1993 Goldwing Aspencade With Slight Engine Miss??

try crab cleaner and change the fuel filter

SOURCE: 86 Shadow VT500 suddenly losing power/bogging down

first thing to do is to check fuel level. you mentioned about 290 miles since you owned it but no fillups. did you get gas from same store? not unusual to pickup trash or water in fuel from conv. stores. with that out of the way, look at your plugs and see what they look like. black and sooty would be fuel fouled and very white or very light tan would be lean. if plugs and fuel are eliminated, it could be the result of a stator coil starting to go south. these will require special tools to diagnose.

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SOURCE: Ignition Fuse blowing Honda Sabre VT1100

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