Bike was sputturing at 120+ km this morning..

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So you guys think it not Carb icing? These symptoms did start in the last 2 days of cold weather not on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday when the weather was a bit milder.
 
A lean condition will be more prevalent in colder conditions. Also, if the underlying problem is a clogged fuel filter or fuel pick-up screen, it may have been coincidence.
 
Brian P said:
A lean condition will be more prevalent in colder conditions. Also, if the underlying problem is a clogged fuel filter or fuel pick-up screen, it may have been coincidence.
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That's what I'm thinking, so for now I'm gonna just stick to status quo and come spring if this still the case I'll look into the other suggestions.

I thought of maybe changing the mixture screw a bit to allow more fuel but, gonna pass will just ride at 135 max on colder days for now....
 
So guys I guess your right on the Carb icing thing, today I hit 160 and kept going with out any of the symptoms I had last week, and today was -3 rather than 0 like last week. So that concludes it was the Carb icing that my bike was going through. What a relief to know I got no issues with the bike..!

Thanks everyone for your valuable input on this! This forum rocks as usual with helpful souls....
 
Veej said:
So guys I guess your right on the Carb icing thing, today I hit 160 and kept going with out any of the symptoms I had last week, and today was -3 rather than 0 like last week. So that concludes it was the Carb icing that my bike was going through. What a relief to know I got no issues with the bike..!

Thanks everyone for your valuable input on this! This forum rocks as usual with helpful souls....
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your welcome
 
Depending on the hose routing for float bowl venting, I have experienced fuel starvation at speed on a few V-twins from extreme crosswinds. I can only assume the float bowls are seeing a negative pressure surge if the vents are located outside of the airbox.
I had this happen a number of times a couple weeks ago, and only at 120kmh or faster, and only in crosswinds coming from the left. Headwind and tailwind were fine at any speed.
 
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