fat boy coughs

    • 27 posts
    January 25, 2010 10:22 PM PST
    99 fat boy has intermitant cough/bckfire, any ideas out there for what might be causing it?
  • January 25, 2010 10:53 PM PST
    Intake leak, exhaust leak, bad plug wire, loose battery terminal, poor connection at coil, improper A/F mixture. Pretty much listed in order of likelihood
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    • 19040 posts
    January 25, 2010 10:53 PM PST
    Agreeing with TheX , Usually caused by something leaning out the mixture.Assuming this bike has a carb and it happens after the bike is fully warmed up check/replace the carb intake manifold seal/gasket. This was the fix on two different bikes, one mine and one a friends.
    • 27 posts
    January 26, 2010 1:46 AM PST
    Hey thanks for pointing me in the right direction, it is a carb, I'll start with the gasket and work my way down the list if that doesnt do it
  • January 27, 2010 2:15 AM PST
    Yep, sounds like an intake leak to me too.
    • 1 posts
    January 27, 2010 5:55 AM PST
      Be sure to let us know what you found, may help someone else out.