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Offline rbmgf7

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750 Surging on Highway
« on: October 04, 2008, 05:40:23 pm »
I try not to ride the highway but in order to get from school to home on the weekends, i need to ride a small stretch of highway. well, on the backroads doing 60-ish MPH, bike does great. great throttle response and smooth riding. however, once i hit the interstate and WOT, the bike will do fine for a few 100ft. and then start to surge and lose power. i'll let off, maybe pull the clutch, let the bike idle for a sec., and then throttle the bike some up to speed. it'd do it repeatedly at speeds over 75-80MPH.

i have a 75k engine in my 78F with the stock carbs. neeldle on the middle clip, 115 mains, stock airbox with a K&N, stock 4-1 w/ kerker slip-on. i never noticed it before, especially on my 400 mile round trip from home to K.C. It's been about 1000 miles since my last routine maintenance. i haven't had a chance to look at the bike cause of school occupys most of my time. any thoughts? my first feeling is a fuel delivery problem but seems uncertain with only 1000 miles.

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Re: 750 Surging on Highway
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2008, 05:54:57 pm »
Plugged tank vent, debris in an inline filter, something is stopping the fuel when it is at a high flow rate.

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Re: 750 Surging on Highway
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2008, 06:55:02 pm »
You may have a low float bowl level. The letting off the throttle and it coming back speaks of fuel starvation. So,  it could any of the above. there is also a screen in tank attached to the petcock.
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Re: 750 Surging on Highway
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2008, 09:29:22 pm »
Plugged tank vent, debris in an inline filter, something is stopping the fuel when it is at a high flow rate.

+1 on the plugged tank vent.
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