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speedy fired up & got up the road a mile or so & it dies like i cut the key off. tried & tried for 15 mins & nothing. friends come to give me a ride & what do you know it fired right up & got me home. thought cdi might be the cause so I tried a loaner & wouldnt even fire. put the old 1 back on & tinkered with it for a few mins & she fired right up. i let her run a few mins & shut off & tried to restart she blurbbed & popped a few times & finally fired up ran her around for 5 mins or so & she died & wouldnt restart. any ideas? ive tried everything i can think of.
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Howdy JR, Long time buddy. Check your battery connections, the ground wire at the voltage regulator on the bottom of the bike and all of the wires on the fuse box. Had the same problem before and it was a loose negative connection at the battery. Have a happy! 
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ignition coil wire loose??
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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If it runs fine parked but dies while traveling I would check the kickstand switch first? Just a thought...
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ive jiggled & disconnected & reconnected every wire i could. there was a bunch of corrosion on the coil wires. i cleaned it up.raining now so i'll find out when it stops
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same thing happened to me JR, It happened shortly after I bought my Goldwing. I think my BA was jealous. I finally gave up and took it to the dealer. 
if life gives you lemons keep them because hey,free lemons.
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same thing happened to me JR, It happened shortly after I bought my Goldwing. I think my BA was jealous. I finally gave up and took it to the dealer.
And?
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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When it happened to me it was a corroded connector on the kickstand killswitch causing an intermittent short. I never would've found it. The Spokane dealer figured it out.
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that didnt cure it. turns over but wont fire but if i pull the plug wire and check to make sure its firing & it will then fire up on 1 cylinder & run. i can put the plug wire back on & it will fire right up & run on both cylinders.
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Is it possible the plug wires are bad?
Im not sure what year machine your riding so this may have been done or upgraded etc etc. I learned this year changing spark plugs every year is recommended. So if you didn't go that route it could be an option. But sounds electrical to me too. IMHO.
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JR, maybe if you took the "FOR SALE" sign off her she would run just fine.... I'm not sayin'.... I'm just sayin'
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Yota, There was a thread on Triumph Rat very similar to your problems. Punters there had even money bets on spark v/s fuel over a 4 page race. Fuel eventually came across the line first and here is the thread. Might be worth a read? web page 
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same thing happened to me JR, It happened shortly after I bought my Goldwing. I think my BA was jealous. I finally gave up and took it to the dealer.
And?
the mech. said it was bad gas i let it sit too long and got the same symtoms as did JR
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I'd drain the tank and float bowls and put in a fresh tank of fuel+Seafoam. You might also check the tank vent line, a sticky tip-over valve or a clog at the end might give you the symptoms you are describing.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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we should do this every weekend!
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I think i fixed it!
OK??????? Spill the beans..... 
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kickstand switch. i must not have had good contact when i tried to bypass it the 1st time. i went ahead & removed it & it seems to have cured it. i'll know for sure when i get more time to fool with it.
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kickstand switch. i must not have had good contact when i tried to bypass it the 1st time. i went ahead & removed it & it seems to have cured it. i'll know for sure when i get more time to fool with it.
'bout time spaz boy. I thought I might have to send Matt over to assist the tarded hillbilly.
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we should do this every weekend!
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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kickstand switch. i must not have had good contact when i tried to bypass it the 1st time. i went ahead & removed it & it seems to have cured it. i'll know for sure when i get more time to fool with it.
I frickin TOLD YOU THAT'S WHAT IT WAS!
Hear me now, believe me later. 
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I lif zings up ahnd put zem douwn.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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Yer making Brett look bad... couldn't you have waited telling us until his bike was sorted out?! Seriously though... couldn't you?
No really man, glad is was something relatively simple!
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Yota, There was a thread on Triumph Rat very similar to your problems. Punters there had even money bets on spark v/s fuel over a 4 page race. Fuel eventually came across the line first and here is the thread. Might be worth a read?
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I read this whole thread about this poor guy's nightmare with his Speedmaster. Amazingly, after a zillion trips to the dealer and the better part of 2 seasons without his bike, someone figured out that his vent line was plugged. We would have come up with that immediatly, it's one of the first things we have people check. This site rocks!
Also, well into the thread someone mentions the tiny fuel screen in the rail at the carbs, stuff we all take for granted. Again, This site rocks! 
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Yota, There was a thread on Triumph Rat very similar to your problems. Punters there had even money bets on spark v/s fuel over a 4 page race. Fuel eventually came across the line first and here is the thread. Might be worth a read?
web page
I read this whole thread about this poor guy's nightmare with his Speedmaster. Amazingly, after a zillion trips to the dealer and the better part of 2 seasons without his bike, someone figured out that his vent line was plugged. We would have come up with that immediatly, it's one of the first things we have people check. This site rocks!
Also, well into the thread someone mentions the tiny fuel screen in the rail at the carbs, stuff we all take for granted. Again, This site rocks!
Bwahahahahhh
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