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Posted on Jul 08, 2009

Starts up and idles but cuts out bad and dies

Starts up and idles but cuts out bad and dies when you give it gas 2001 883. 1st time starting this year put new gas in tank and new plugs

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Could be the jets clogged if it sat all yr taake off carbs use a paper clip to clean the jets out

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