A 2003 model with only 50 miles?? Wow....well,since youve already taken the carb apart and cleaned it,did you hook up the vaccum line for the VOES switch on the intake manifold? If so,..when you get the bike running,..spray some brake clean around the intake where it bolts to the heads.If the idle picks up,or starts to sputter,..youve got leaking intake gaskets. Which is a good possibility on a bike that old with that few miles on it.The choke essentailly adds more fuel to the motor,and by what your saying,the bike is obviously running lean. Also,...im ASSUMING that you have fresh gas in it,and the petcock is turned on.
When cleaning the carb did you remove the jets and run a thin wire through them? Some low speed and idle circuit jets have holes drilled horizontally. Did you look to see if this does? If those are not clear or if there is any restriction in the idle circuit this will happen.
Some bike carbs that were supposed to be rebuilt or cleaned just were not. I spent 8 years fixing these little missed issues at a bike dealer in Chicago.
SOURCE: oil drain plug
Follow the hose that goes to the frame from the oil tank. Loosen the clamp and pull.
SOURCE: 2003 Harley Davidson Sportster 1200 Custom Tachometer kit
The only idea that i can come up with is that you dont have a good ground..or the guage was bad when you bought it..i hope this..Keith
hold key fob until signals flash,check speedo for solid key light,then try...if it still does the same thing,battery could be too low(will cause this also)
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