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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 906 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Idle Speed 09/01/09 at 10:32:59 I turned up the idle on my bike ,it seems good but I don't have a tach .Does it matter if it's idling a little high ? Thanks
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Re: Idle Speed
Reply #2 - 09/01/09 at 19:00:09

From what I've gathered, this is my understanding.

A fast enough idle speed (at least 1000 to 1100RPM, check your owner's manual) gets that oil pumping with enough pressure. You need that pressure to get the oil distributed around the engine's moving parts, and to keep everything lubricated. This is really important when you first start the bike, as the oil has all drained downward and you're getting metal-on-metal contact.

Too high of an idle speed just uses more gas, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Moofed made some sort of post on here in the last few months, he analyzed people's YouTube videos of the Savage and computed an approximate idle RPM for each. Or you could just watch a few videos and get a general idea of how your bike should be idling.

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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 906 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Re: Idle Speed Reply #3 - 09/02/09 at 09:46:17 Thanks!
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Re: Idle Speed
Reply #4 - 12/07/09 at 21:32:14

I use an inexpensive diagnostic tach to check my idle speed now and again.

I've got an ENM digital tach, Model PT15B2. This one:

I've got the wire wrapped around the spark plug wire, with the free end tucked away.

When I need to set the idle speed, I just hook the tach up to the wire and set the idle speed. When I'm done, I disconnect if from the wire and put the tach back in my drawer.

Simple, cheap, unobtrusive.

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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6065 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: Idle Speed Reply #5 - 12/08/09 at 10:33:18 1130 rpm i get two green lights on the led volt meter higher or lower only one lights up
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Idle Speed Reply #6 - 12/08/09 at 11:15:26 thumperclone wrote on 12/08/09 at 10:33:18: 1130 rpm i get two green lights on the led volt meter higher or lower only one lights up watchutalkingabout willis?
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Re: Idle Speed
Reply #7 - 12/08/09 at 13:01:38

verslagen1 wrote on 12/08/09 at 11:15:26:

thumperclone wrote on 12/08/09 at 10:33:18:

1130 rpm i get two green lights on the led volt meter
higher or lower only one lights up

watchutalkingabout willis? Huh

best rpm/chraging rate
have an led type volt meter hooked up(showes under volts with a red then two yellow leds,then 2 green leds for charging, then 2 yellows and a red for over volt)
also an induction type tach(wire wraps around the plug wire)with the loads i have (stereo amp and some led lighting)1130 rpm is the sweet spot for battery charging

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Re: Idle Speed
Reply #8 - 12/08/09 at 13:44:56

thumperclone wrote on 12/08/09 at 13:01:38:

best rpm/chraging rate
have an led type volt meter hooked up(showes under volts with a red then two yellow leds,then 2 green leds for charging, then 2 yellows and a red for over volt)
also an induction type tach(wire wraps around the plug wire)with the loads i have (stereo amp and some led lighting)1130 rpm is the sweet spot for battery charging

What brand?

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Idle Speed Reply #9 - 12/08/09 at 14:26:10 So you say when your going down the road you are over charging your battery. anything over 1130 rpms
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Idle Speed Reply #10 - 12/08/09 at 21:19:52 bill67 wrote on 12/08/09 at 14:26:10: So you say when your going down the road you are over charging your battery. anything over 1130 rpms Its not regulated?
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Re: Idle Speed
Reply #11 - 12/08/09 at 21:58:56

verslagen1 wrote on 12/08/09 at 13:44:56:

thumperclone wrote on 12/08/09 at 13:01:38:

best rpm/chraging rate
have an led type volt meter hooked up(showes under volts with a red then two yellow leds,then 2 green leds for charging, then 2 yellows and a red for over volt)
also an induction type tach(wire wraps around the plug wire)with the loads i have (stereo amp and some led lighting)1130 rpm is the sweet spot for battery charging

What brand?

kuryakyn led battery gauge
tach is from pit possee kinda like the one in DIGGERs' post

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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6065 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: Idle Speed Reply #12 - 12/08/09 at 22:04:09 bill67 wrote on 12/08/09 at 14:26:10: So you say when your going down the road you are over charging your battery. anything over 1130 rpms not at all,have never seen an over charge light just under, okay, and best
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6065 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: Idle Speed Reply #13 - 12/08/09 at 22:06:11 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 12/08/09 at 21:19:52: bill67 wrote on 12/08/09 at 14:26:10: So you say when your going down the road you are over charging your battery. anything over 1130 rpms Its not regulated? yes ...you can see the regulator cycling in the flicker of the leds on the batttery gauge
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