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[marsred204]

I am a new owner, new to the forum and my first bike is an '08 FXSTSSE2. I have experienced intermittant "sneezes" through the intake. It normally happens after around town riding. Sometimes when it happens the motor stalls. This has happened most often when leaving a light but, the most recent was between the 1-2 shift. The bike has been to two different dealers and because of the intermittant they have told me "no problem found". The bike is all stock. Has this happened to anyone else and is there a cure beside throwing more money at it with tuners and exhaust?

                                                                  Alan

[Herko]

New Harley's come lean. Your symptoms are of one being very lean...at least in this off idle area.
The dealer might possibly go with a "flash" from their library. But that's a one way $149.00 whether it fully cures it or not.

Spend good money up front for a TTS Mastertune. You'll end up here anyway (or similar). It's good for the life of the bike for whatever the mods, none to wild.
Tune yourself or take bike to a competent tuner. Money well spent either way.
http://www.mastertune.net/

[rbaker]

This has happened most often when leaving a light but, the most recent was between the 1-2 shift.

Hello Alan,
It might be the "Parade Mode" is activated. You can get a one time "free" download from the dealer to deactivate it.
Both of my Screamin Eagles have that feature turned off. I feel it is a unsafe feature and as I was making a right turn from
a stop sign, halfway thru the engine coughed and stalled, Just about dropped it!

There are many posts......here is one...

http://www.cvoharley.com/smf/index.php?topic=29885.0

Richard

[grc]

The parade mode (EITMS) can and does cause hiccups when driving away from a stop, but it won't be the cause of a hiccup during a shift.  The system can only be engaged with the bike sitting still and the throttle at idle.

A bike that hiccups and threatens to stall is a safety problem and needs to be reported to H-D and to NHTSA.  If H-D chooses to blow you off, then you can either fight them or do like most of us and just fix the POS yourself.  A good tune would be the best approach, but if you don't want to go that route then perhaps just one of the Nightrider devices that fool the ECM into running a richer mixture.

Jerry