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I'm new to this bike and have a couple questions about trouble shooting a fuel problem. The bike wont start, will fire if carb cleaner is sprayed into the carb. Seems like I remember it making a noise when the key was put to on, then started, but with a carb I thought the fuel was gravity fed...

I just bought a 2002 VTX 1800 about 3 weeks ago so I’m not too familiar with it yet. So what’s going on is I was doing a sort of “deep clean” so I partially removed the rear fender to clean underneath and disconnected all the rear wires from the quick connects in the process, afterward I go to...

So my bike used to start without any issue like it should and here recently for the past several months it’ll either start and idle very low and then die and not start again, or it’ll crank but won’t turn over. Sometimes it starts just fine without trouble. I’ve changed the fuel filter, cleaned...

I was on a very extensive ride. About 2 hours then an hour stop for lunch then I rode for another 2 hours then I stopped, upon stopping i lowered the kickstand to shut off the bike while in gear and got off to take off my jacket. About 3 minutes later I hopped back on, put the kickstand up...

Background: After a few years away from riding I decided to come back and get away from street bikes and get a cruiser. Always liked the VTX so I found a 2009 VTX 1300c that's been taken good care of (two owners, both cops). Anyway, love the bike... but have only gotten to ride it twice...