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<blockquote data-quote="Albervin" data-source="post: 17093" data-attributes="member: 586"><p>Why did I tempt fate & restart this thread??? Today was a beautiful sunny winter's day so off for a ride on the Rapide. At the top of the pass that takes you from</p><p>the coast to the rest of the world the bike suddenly went onto one pot. A quick U turn & it was nearly all down hill to home. Number one pot (rear) was cold so</p><p>out came the plug; it was black but quite dry so I checked (the very hot) front plug, very dry & ominously whitish. A quick trace of the plug leads led to a loose connection</p><p>out of the coil. As mentioned earlier both rubber boots are perished so I need to replace them but why after 4 years did a lead decide to come loose? I replaced the front plug</p><p>with a colder one & will monitor. I have recently fitted K & N air filters which one would have thought might richen the mixture... It may have been partly due to the extra load</p><p>of the front cylinder hauling the bike but do I raise the needle first or increase the main jet size first if it continues to run lean ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albervin, post: 17093, member: 586"] Why did I tempt fate & restart this thread??? Today was a beautiful sunny winter's day so off for a ride on the Rapide. At the top of the pass that takes you from the coast to the rest of the world the bike suddenly went onto one pot. A quick U turn & it was nearly all down hill to home. Number one pot (rear) was cold so out came the plug; it was black but quite dry so I checked (the very hot) front plug, very dry & ominously whitish. A quick trace of the plug leads led to a loose connection out of the coil. As mentioned earlier both rubber boots are perished so I need to replace them but why after 4 years did a lead decide to come loose? I replaced the front plug with a colder one & will monitor. I have recently fitted K & N air filters which one would have thought might richen the mixture... It may have been partly due to the extra load of the front cylinder hauling the bike but do I raise the needle first or increase the main jet size first if it continues to run lean ? [/QUOTE]
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