Questions & Answers for: Harley Davidson XLH Sportster 883 Hugger backfire

after riding for half hour to an hour (estimate) my Sportster (2003 883 Hugger) starts backfiring, loses power and shuts down. It seems like a fuel related problem because when it does restart, it ...

my motorcycle pauses caughs then backfire during excelleration it dosent do it all the time only when im accellerating you may have to tweak your carb a little. Your airflow/ gas mixture may be a ...

AFTER ABOUT 20 MILES OF RIDING MY BIKE BACKFIRES AND QUITS THIS PROBLEM STARTED AFTER I LOOSEND UP MY PIPES. I'LL RIDE ABOUT 20 MILES AND THEN THE BIKE STARTS TO BACKFIRE AND THEN STALLS AND WON'T ...

... where, with little (NO) compression pressure the plug will spark and ignite the unburned fuel in a backfire. Wasted spark systems fire twice on each cycle, ie on the power stroke AND on the exhaust ...

hard to start then backfires through carb seems to idle fine once running full choke then when you rev engine backfires through carb Backfire through carb often means timing too advanced.

sportster timing The bike acts like it is severrly out of time. It coughs out the carb and backfires? Time to check the firing timing and tuning of the fuel. you need to flowchart the method of timing

backfire and power loss This is normally due to wrong setting or shifting of the igntion timing., You need to check out the firing angle and retune the engine.Also make sure that the preignition ...

harley davidson xlh sportster 883 backfires Hi Anonymous, here is a short list of could be's: bad spark plug, plug wires, ignition coil, ignition module, low battery voltage, loose cable and wire ...

Which way should I go.already checked timing. Cranks,runs great,shut off,it cranks right back up. Wait 20min.backfires and will not start, even smells like it could be flooding. I would check the ...