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yogi

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Yesterday while riding had put in about 200 miles. I went to accelerate and my bike started sputtering on acceleration. If you run at a constant speed it runs smooth. And after a few miles it will clear up and accelerate smooth, but then a few more miles it will start sputtering on acceleration. Today i put new plugs in it and cleaned the air jet holes out. I ruled out fuel cause my wife fueled the same place as i did and hers is running fine. Any ideas on what i need to look for. Also it is showing no codes. Also lost my fuel mileage about 135 on a full tank of gas. It is showing no codes. The plugs are getting black really quik.
 
Check your manifold O rings and rubber bands. If they have never been changed, it's probably time.
 
If these was bad woulnt it run bad all the time? It will accelerate fine and then 5 minutes down the road it acts like its starving for fuel and then 5 more minutes runs fine again?
 
What if any mods? if the new plugs are getting black that soon it doesn't sound like it's starving for gas it sounds more like to much fuel. Does it smell gassy? What color are your tail pipe tips? Lose of milage and the new plugs running black indicate to me it's running to rich.
 
no mods, it is running rich plugs are getting black quik exhaust tips are getting black and major loss of milege. the wierd thing is it comes and goes. it will run and excelerate really smooth then all the sudded run really ruff then couple minutes later smooth again. could it be the tps? has me baffled.
 
sorry mm fuel injected

Ive checked all connections everything loks good there. Would a tps cause bad fuel mileage or shouyld i be thinking more on the lines of plug wires?
 
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I don't think the MM FI had a TPS. It was cable operated for the butterflys in the unit. There was an old thread about someone having trouble with their MM that turn out to be a cracked/broken throttle plate shaft if I remember correctly. As others have stated I would check for intake leaks first. It sounds definitely like it's going rich for some reason.
tourbox
 
How many miles on the clock? as suggested check for air leaks at intake. You may also want to do a compression check if you have tons of miles.
 
tourbox said:
I don't think the MM FI had a TPS. It was cable operated for the butterflys in the unit. There was an old thread about someone having trouble with their MM that turn out to be a cracked/broken throttle plate shaft if I remember correctly. As others have stated I would check for intake leaks first. It sounds definitely like it's going rich for some reason.
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The MM does have TPS, I wouldn't have know either except I've just read about it not long ago.

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Maybe the TPS.
Could this be a fuel regulator problem? Can they go bad?
 
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