Went out Christmas day for what I thought was going to be a nice long run to get used to three wheels instead of two. Started out a cruise across the lake, and then a 55-65 mph 8-10 mile jaunt up to the highway. Everything was fine until I hit the highway and goosed it up to 70 mph. Bike started acting like it was out of gas which I thought strange since I'd only ridden 30 or so miles since filling the tank, but switched to auxiliary and with no change dropped back to main.
Speed dropped below 65 and about 60 it smoothed back out but immediately started in again trying to get to highway speed...It was then I realized I had left my phone sitting on my desk and even then service can be sketchy in the boonies around here. I twisted to WOT and was barely making 60 mph with every once in a while a "surge" to what I consider normal but only for a few seconds...The best description other than being starved for fuel it's like I was running on one cylinder with the second cylinder kicking in every 20 seconds or so.
Info:
2003 Motor Trike Conversion of a Honda Shadow 1100 Sabre
Mileage:
14,100 +/-
Previous owner said a full service was done about 12,500 miles.
I'm thinking (hoping) it's a restriction in the Main Jet on one of the carbs, and a healthy dose of SeaFoam or Startron with some fresh gas will clear things up. I will pull the plugs later today and see what that tells me as well. Fuel Filter is also suspect but looks like it way too much of a PITA to get to (bad back and limited patience). I have a MT dealer about 25 miles from hear and the closest Honda / MT dealer is about 50 miles away. We also have a couple of MC shops here in Gun Barrel City as well and I can see if one of them will work on it...seems like they should as it's the MC part not the Trike part...
I'm open to any and all suggestions...I'm already wondering if I should have gone with a used TriGlide or Gold Wing, but I'd really like to give the Shadow a decent try. The Shadow is a solid axle, and a really stiff ride that jolts my already sore back on many of the road "imperfections"...I checked the air and it was set up to 80#'s (PO rode two up a lot and just took a 1000 mile road trip loaded with luggage before I bought it)...My plan is to lower it to 20#'s and see if it improves or bottoms out (I'm not a "small" man...LOL)...Again open to any suggestions and all are greatly appreciated!
Larry (Diablo)