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Since it came on suddenly, I would first check the advancer to make sure it moves freely.
I would check the spark plug gaps, not that that alone would cause it, but weak coils or bad plug wires will get exacerbated by large plug gaps.
Also, if you added a see-through fuel filter for cars, that can cause a fuel starvation under certain conditions.
Would do a petcock fuel flow test as well.
If there is a way to check voltage at the coils while passing, I'd check that somehow if the other things don't pan out. You may have a flakey connection somewhere in the ignition circuit that only happens during high-vibration times like when passing.
There are probably quite a few other things to check.
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Could do a test ride without the air filter.
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Grease on a carb slide could cause it to stick and not be able to easily move up and down as it's supposed to.
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ahot1968 wrote: It is the oil filed air filer I have almost a quart of oil in my air box how is that even possible?
What type air filter is it (paper pleated, oiled foam, K&N)?
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Perhaps it's stopped up?
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Another idea --- does the crankcase oil smell like gasoline, or otherwise appear to have become diluted with gasoline?
Level of oil plus gasoline in the crankcase could rise high enough to expel into the airbox, where the gasoline evaporates away leaving a mostly oil residue remaining in the airbox.
There are several conditions under which gasoline may intrude into the crankcase.
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