@TJ Yeah, I suspected it would be irrelevant indeed. I was just surprised to learn that there were Harleys with metric stuff on them.
This might be irrelevant, but some era of Sportsters came with "metric" tanks (e.g. 22 mm threading for the petcock etc.). So if you ask your local Harley parts shop, they might possibly be able to...
@Lars Himpens Perhaps check the air/fuel mixture screws? Although it's hard to tell whether it's too lean or rich, given your somewhat contradictory symptoms (dies when pushing the choke in (too le...
@TJ Thanks for the reply. I followed your advice – disassembled, cleaned and greased all the moving parts and put it back together. Issue solved. No friction, no "gap", and the motor seems to...
I live in the torrential hellhole Gothenburg, and have been riding with water up to the footpegs (no kidding). There have been no issues so far. I have been a bit worried about the front facing sta...
@TJ Yeah, I certainly learned this the hard way . . . To be honest, I unscrewed the carbs only to make it easier to get them out -- was blissfully unaware that I would F up a critical mechanism by ...
I took apart the carbs, and after reassembly, the throttle linkage now looks like this (that specific part was hell to get together, with the various springs etc.). I don't like that there's a "gap...
