I am new to Buells , new to American bikes and certainly new to EFI. But I recently picked up a babied '04 XB12X which ran rather poorly at first due, I suspected, to sitting for months with gasahol in it. A few tankfuls treated with Sea Foam improved things considerably, but it wasn't until I learned of (and corrected) the oil breather issues that I could say that that sweet old motor runs well - when it's up to temperature.
When cold, until it is fully warmed it still wants to slap the gear train back and forth and misfire a bit at light loads, say idling along with traffic in 3rd gear. My question is, is this just the nature of the beast, given how heavily this engine has been breathed upon, or is there for example, some other sensor that could be easily cleaned that would improve the situation.
If it's just hot cams and timing talking amongst themselves I can be very happy with that, but if it should be running better during the warm-up phase, I'd like to do what it needs.
Thanks.
When cold, until it is fully warmed it still wants to slap the gear train back and forth and misfire a bit at light loads, say idling along with traffic in 3rd gear. My question is, is this just the nature of the beast, given how heavily this engine has been breathed upon, or is there for example, some other sensor that could be easily cleaned that would improve the situation.
If it's just hot cams and timing talking amongst themselves I can be very happy with that, but if it should be running better during the warm-up phase, I'd like to do what it needs.
Thanks.
