My 89 stopped running all of a sudden

[vivek]

Hi, I have a 89 454 LTD and it was running fine, until yesterday when it automatically stopped running. The bike shut down in the middle of the road (as if one was trying to take off using the 5th gear) the rear tire skidded and stalled. I walked the bike to the nearest garage and they told me that they have not been able to identify the problem. They tested my spark plugs and both had healthy sparks and also checked compression. Right piston pulled around 210(which was high for the bike) and the left was a healthy 150. They did a bunch of other tests also but none to single out the problem. Does anyone have any insights or faced such a problem in the past? NEED HELP> MY BIKE MIGHT BE A LEMON

Thanks in advance.
V

[Blaine]

Mar 16, 2014 21:47:39 GMT -6 vivek said:

Hi, I have a 89 454 LTD and it was running fine, until yesterday when it automatically stopped running. The bike shut down in the middle of the road (as if one was trying to take off using the 5th gear) the rear tire skidded and stalled. I walked the bike to the nearest garage and they told me that they have not been able to identify the problem. They tested my spark plugs and both had healthy sparks and also checked compression. Right piston pulled around 210(which was high for the bike) and the left was a healthy 150. They did a bunch of other tests also but none to single out the problem. Does anyone have any insights or faced such a problem in the past? NEED HELP> MY BIKE MIGHT BE A LEMON

Thanks in advance.
V

Did they check fuel (vacuum hose came off petcock)?