Iam new to this group and a new owner of a '84 XLX. Having owned a few EVOS' that did not have the feel or sound of the old Harleys I bought this one. Its' a one owner,stock except for the air breather and has 65,000 miles. It ran good for the test ride and after a few rides it start spitting and backfiring and just got worst. So bad its not rideable. Put in a fresh set of plugs (CHAMPIONS RL82YC .040 gap) and to no avail. Before all this it ran strong, no smoke or strange noises. Any help is appreciated.
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new to old school-old 84
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whatyardwork
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Was the bike sitting for any legnth of time before you purchased it?It could simply be bad gas.Pull the new plugs you just put in an inspect them.Also take a close look at the plug wires.
fisherman124
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if somebody added afuel filter to it change it .some may have changed it over to points also.changed my 80 over when the electroic took a (failure) on me