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Message started by MeLikeBike on 05/11/13 at 19:38:42

Title: example of good idle speed
Post by MeLikeBike on 05/11/13 at 19:38:42

For those of us who don't have tachometers, and who have tried with no success to use the smartphone apps and such that don't work...

Is there a YouTube clip of a Savage that has a nice example of the *right* idle speed? Can one of the moderators/experts make a permanent link to a video so we noobs can get it right?

There are a few "metronome" videos, like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QImRxzVz3hg

For a bike that has two revs per explosion, does a 500bpm click track give a tempo for 1000rpm?

Title: Re: example of good idle speed
Post by Digger on 05/11/13 at 20:35:06

Yep, that should be the slow end of the range of a normal idle speed for our bikes....good find!

Title: Re: example of good idle speed
Post by ToesNose on 05/12/13 at 04:44:27

That's got a nice beat, sounds like my bike :D

Title: Re: example of good idle speed
Post by Routy on 05/12/13 at 05:36:52

Perfect, but a touch faster doesn't matter/mite be better, as long as you can still engage the clutch, and drop it in gear w/o abnormal gear clash.

Title: Re: example of good idle speed
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/12/13 at 09:56:50

Thats GOT to be The most monotonous songs Ive ever heard!

Title: Re: example of good idle speed
Post by paulmarshall on 05/12/13 at 11:14:56

Catchy tune. :)

Title: Re: example of good idle speed
Post by TheSavagePJ on 05/13/13 at 07:16:04

Great link, sounds good! One of the hardest things as a newbie to DIY bike wrenching is knowing the sounds... what sounds good for an idle, what a bad cam chain sounds like, etc.

Confession: I haven't taken the brass stopper off my idle mixture screw because I'm afraid of boogering up screw if I go too deep... :(

Title: Re: example of good idle speed
Post by apache snow on 05/13/13 at 07:38:55

Just rig up some kind of stop on the drill bit. Some people use tape, some use a small piece of round wood. Just drill through the wood where there is just enough drill sticking out to drill through the screw cover.

On the correct idle RPM. I believe the book says 1100 + - 100. I am thinking about buying an inductive tach to make the job easier. they are not that expensive.

http://www.mechanicstoolsupply.com/Electronic-Specialties-328-EZ-Tach-Plus_p_24613.html

Title: Re: example of good idle speed
Post by Serowbot on 05/13/13 at 09:57:19

Bio-tach... :-?...
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcDsqSC5Z-c[/media]

Title: Re: example of good idle speed
Post by cheapnewb24 on 09/05/16 at 19:19:47

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq_W5xhtjBw
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq_W5xhtjBw[/media]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvSq2XcuDfw
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvSq2XcuDfw[/media]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WLURU50G-o
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WLURU50G-o[/media]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9R87ccH8-g
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9R87ccH8-g[/media]

Title: Re: example of good idle speed
Post by Kris01 on 09/06/16 at 18:20:19

I adjusted mine by ear and the 500 bpm clip is dead on.

Title: Re: example of good idle speed
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/06/16 at 19:59:35

My idle speed changes for the first fifteen minutes. I'm fiddling with it for a while. I can't set it and forget it.

Title: Re: example of good idle speed
Post by stewmills on 09/07/16 at 09:50:45

JOG, have you fiddled with the air/mix screw yet? That's what impacts the idle response and if it's not right it can cause the idle to dance around. You may not get it perfect, but maybe that'll help keep it in a smaller variation. Of course I adjusted mine on the Savage, and recently went through the exact same issue on the Ninja and the air/mix screws were the solution to jumpy idle issues.

Title: Re: example of good idle speed
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/08/16 at 21:10:30

It doesn't Dance around.
It's very predictable.
Maybe it's something that would be somewhat controlled, I should try the idle air,, it's Free!