Weak Cyl

[CradleRobber]

My bike has sort of gotten weak on one of the cyls. It pulls good on one cyl and not to good on te other. This is only while I am puting around 30/35 I have called my dealer and I will take it as soon as it quits raining here. ( Jackson Ms ) But if any of you have had this problem let me know what you found.
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[Jack G]

Spark plugs?

[Bareass172]

Ground problems:
http://www.texasxriders.com/ground/ground_fix_vtx.htm
I'd bet $$ that'll fix it.

[Phat Daddy]

I had the same problems a couple of weeks ago while I was down in New Orleans. The bike started giving me problems while riding in the French Quarter. It was raining and I thought it might be a grounding problem. The next day I headed back home and the bike got worse (still raining). I had 300 miles to go and got the bright idea to fill my tank with a higher octane gas. The bike missed a couple more times in the first 6 miles, then smoothed out and ran like a champ the rest of the way home. I drove through heavy rain from Alexanderia to my house in Zwolle with no problems, except from the wet and cold wife on the back.

The next day I checked my plugs and the front cylinder plugs had fouled. One plug was not firing at all and the other needed cleaning. I cleaned all four and have had no more problems. This is the only time I have had any problems and my bike has over 8,000 miles. Best bike I have ever owned! :lol:

[Phat Daddy]

By the way, I went right back to regular unleaded gas after that one tank full of plus (89 octane). I don't know if the plus managed to somehow clean the plug or if I got a bad tank of regular before that. Anyway, it runs like a top now. :roll:

[hangman]

Phat /Craddlerobber - Hope the premium fixes the problem, but you may want to check out Bareass's suggestion. Fouled plugs (per Tappers' article) is one of the symptoms of the grounding problem. My 1800 Retro started running rough and occasionally would try to die on me when starting off from lights or stopsigns (not very often but occasionally). Doesn't take long to perform and the bike does run better now.

If nothing else makes interesting reading.

[Big-X]

I had that problem two times and a guy on a gold wing told me the same thing, to try 93 Oct. Gas. Been using it ever since never had the problem again got 12000mi now and have not missed a beat. Cheap insurance I think about.40 cents a tank full plus the big X just runs better on it.

[Bareass172]

I had that problem two times and a guy on a gold wing told me the same thing, to try 93 Oct. Gas. Been using it ever since never had the problem again got 12000mi now and have not missed a beat. Cheap insurance I think about.40 cents a tank full plus the big X just runs better on it.
I used to think my VTX ran better on 93 also, until I switched over to 87... Cheaper, better gas mileage, better performance. Most people (and no offense meant here Glen) think that they get better performance out of 93 the same way they think their bike is faster with louder exhaust pipes. It's usually in their head.
If you really understand what octane is and how it relates to our engines (low compression) then you will better understand why higher octane isn't necessary.
Just my $.02