Originally Posted by ejohn90472

I have a 2002 Sportster 883 with 728 miles on it. The bike starts with the enrichment cable pulled all the way out. However. once the bike starts it will only run above 2500 to 3000 RPM with the back cylinder kicking in occasionally. As I try to drop the idle the bike wantz to die with the rear cylinder not running correctly and staying cold.

I checked the spark on both the front and rear cylinders – the front plug fires straight across the spark plug while the rear cylinder appears to be sparking in all directions. I changed the plugs and that still didn’t change the rear cylinders performance nor correct the problem.

What did work is when I removed the air cleaner assembly and placed my hand over approximately 90% of the carburetor intake. The bike then appeared to run fine. I was able to push in the enrichment cable while maintaining my hand 90% over the Carb intake. I’m not sure what this could mean and was hoping that the Harley Guru’s here could HELP!

Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks


ejohn90472
2002 Sportster