Well, I started the day planning on pulling the airbox, putting a breather filter on, rejetting for my cone/dyna, and cleaning up the wiring.
Airbox is a bear, though it came out and I was stoked on that!
Pull the carb (first time ever), disassemble, pull main jet and put a 150 in, pull pilot jet... doesn't come out. It took me a good hour trying everything in the book. It came down to drilling it so the bit seated well enough to screw the jet out. I can't say how glad I was that it did come out!
Then I painted my battery box high temp black. Thoroughly impressed with how even it came out. Bent a piece of sheet metal to hide all the wiring, assembled everything, took a step back and channeled some good vibes.
Push it out of the garage to start it up, and all I get are turnovers on what sounds like a weak battery. Hook up some jumper cables and have at it. The only way I can get it to start is by throttling as soon as it catches for a split second. I can keep it running but as soon as I let off the throttle it dies. It ran really rough and while holding the throttle still the revving was inconsistent.
I just went for a ride yesterday with absolutely zero issues starting it up or riding. I've had the dyna on it for 6 months, and just put the cone on about a month ago. Neither created any issues. 2006 8900 miles, +70 elevation Southern California
Savage gods help! It's already riding season out here