Thread: High idle issue
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Old July 11th, 2015, 06:58 PM   #15
Milsparro
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Name: Matthew
Location: Manitoba
Join Date: May 2014

Motorcycle(s): '87 KLR650, '97 Virago

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Carbs are thoroughly cleaned for the second time, bench synced, if you set the idle high enough to idle at 1200 it'll hang at 5000.

The STUPID store is out of the product I need to check for boot leaks.

Edit: Never mind. It's missing below 2500 on one side.

Solved. First time in 14 months (and 9800 miles) it's idled. Carb cleaned again, freed a sticky piston in the idle enricher, checked for boot leaks with propane (none), did the valves (2 exhaust were way too tight) and wuddya know. It idles. Like a normal motorcycle. 3 turns out on the A/F screws, haven't tweaked, may not, it comes off throttle fine.

I did all of the above after I got the bike, but I remember not taking the idle enricher apart last year, as at that point I didn't recognize it as a thing. So, uh, yah, make sure that piston isn't all varnished with gas too.
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