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Bruce Jett Posted on Jan 16, 2011
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Sputtering when driving down the road back off throttle then bike seem's ok but when apply throtle start's back to sputtering

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That sounds like it could be a fuel mixture problem and is too weak. It could even be wrong spark gaps on the plugs. Check the plug gaps first. should be 25thou.

  • Anonymous Mar 31, 2013

    i have a kawasaki vulcan 800 classic and the guy before me put straight stainless steel pipes on it,home made weld job. well,the poor bike sputters pretty bad now when in throttle and not AS bad when not in throttle. help me??????

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