he said "sudden acceleration" not stuck throttle. We still don't know if it's carb or FI

 

Just curious as to whether the bike has a factory cruise or aftermarket throttle lock. I have a aftermarket lock on my FXD and I am in the habit of constantly checking it due to vibration or hand position putting it on enough to cause the engine to stay at a higher RPM when trying to decelerate. Does the ECM have a scannable memory like cars have? If so perhaps a service tech can pull the info and get an idea of what happened.

 

The original post indicated:

"'04 FXSTSi"

This means the bike is a fuel injected model, the "i" at the end.

The only thought I have is that something got jammed in the butterfly and held it open.

This happened to a sports car I had.

 

I have been riding 41 years,the only time I have experianced sudden acceleration is because of my own dumb *** and it is usually with a parked cop somewhere!

 

No offense, but your wannabe hard-assed self-centered attitude from your very first post says to me that maybe there is a jerk in or on the throttle that caused your problem.

 

I was going to say the same thing. Sorry about your crash and bike

 

Good idea. Not need to read what you wrote!

 

I have been riding for 40 years (ago, ten year layoff in there due to financial problems-aka divorce) and that has even happened to me.

 

good one groupw.

sounds to me like the bike just wants to be ridden and since you didnt ride her very often she figured shed show you what she thought about that... but deffinately sounds like a throttle cable. i hope your finger is ok by the way....lol just teasin.... dont get your feathers all ruffled up

 

Nahh... This can't have happened. Everyone knows that only the "fly by wire" bikes have throttle related issues.