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Posted:  27 May 2008 21:15	[?]
Registered User Currently Offline Join Date: May 2008	Posts:  31 Reputation:  1 [?] User Rank: Second Lieutenant
Hey out there! First off just want to say thanks for the space.. it's always good to find a specific forum for things you're interested in! Now, I just bought and 02 Blast Saturday, it only has 6600 miles on it... I'm brand new to riding.. so I've only driven up and down the rd in my subdivision a couple times!! lol.. BUT I was told when I purchased that it had a weird idle, and that the carburettor needed to be cleaned out... or that it could be injectors... What i'm noticing with this bike is that it kinda sputters when you first start it.. and  if you're not constantly giving it some throttle it just flat dies... any suggestions?? i'm a DIY'er and i've got the full manual that the "buell techs" would use (for lack of better terminology there)...  Now like i said i'm completely new to bikes... so i don't know if there is something i can mix in with the gas to maybe clean everything up (kinda like in a car) or not. anyways i'd really appreciate a little bit of insight on the matter!!!! thanks again so much for the opportunity to post here!!!

Posted:  27 May 2008 22:47	[?]
Registered User Currently Offline Join Date: Apr 2008	Posts:  258 Reputation:  7 [?] User Rank: Major
Sounds like you got some tarnish in the fuel system from old gas. Open the cap and smell the gas a see if it has a weird smell to it. I use some stuff called SeaFoam on my Yamaha Rhino but I dont know how well of if you should use it on your Blast. I would say drain your gas out and put some 93 octane in it and ride it around for a while if you have not already.

Posted:  27 May 2008 22:50	[?]
Registered User Currently Offline Join Date: Apr 2008	Posts:  258 Reputation:  7 [?] User Rank: Major
Oh ya congratulations on the Bike. My I suggest a beginners riders course, You will learn a lot and make you a better beginner.

Posted:  28 May 2008 16:01   Last Edited By: His_and_Her_Buells	[?]
Registered User Currently Offline Join Date: Jun 2007	Posts:  581 Reputation:  6 [?] User Rank: Brigadier General
Check the rubber boot between the carb and intake. Very common to get cracks in them and the symptoms are exactly as you described. You should really take it off and check thouroghly as it can crack under the clamp and not be noticable. And congrats and have fun with it. +1 on the MSF riders safety course. Indispensable knowledge to be found there.

Posted:  28 May 2008 16:34	[?]
Registered User Currently Offline Join Date: Mar 2008	Posts:  97 Reputation: Unranked [?] User Rank: First Lieutenant
wow i can hear the excitement in your voice and that makes me proud for you and well come to the family. when you start it up do you have to use the throttle or not. if you have to do that then it might just be you need a new plug. be easy

Posted:  28 May 2008 22:47	[?]
Registered User Currently Offline Join Date: May 2008	Posts:  31 Reputation:  1 [?] User Rank: Second Lieutenant
Thanks everyone for the input!!! I don't think it's old gas.. .but it is possible.. I will check that for sure... Great, i'll check the "rubber boot" as well... and last but not least... yes i do have to give it some throttle normally... BUT not every time... sometime she starts right up!!! Another thing... Do any of you guys know how well a stock exhaust sounds on these bikes??? mine has an after market exhaust... It's pretty loud.. and in all honesty just doesn't have the tone or look i'm looking for.. so i'm thinking about going stock... Anyways! thanks again for all the input.. i prolly won't have time to check this stuff tonight as i'm in the middle of moving.. but hopefully by the weekend i'll have her running great!!! oh almost forgot... YES i am going to be taking a course.. i'm just trying to find the best one in my area.... good all around price/schedule and what not... i'm in ATL GA if ya'll know of any!!!

Posted:  05 Jun 2008 18:36	[?]
Registered User Currently Offline Join Date: May 2008	Posts:  31 Reputation:  1 [?] User Rank: Second Lieutenant
i meant to post up days ago.. i fixed the problem.. and it in fact was the boot!!! luckily i lived 5 min from a harley dealership... i went up the rd grabbed the boot.. and fixed it in about 2 minutes... the previous owner had turned the throttle WAY up though... so i got that turned down... and now she runs beautifully!!! thanks again guys!!!!!

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