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Blue04Savage
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Quick question about idle speed.
08/23/12 at 13:18:23
Hello,
So I keep noticing that everyone suggests having your idle speed set at 1000rpm. Makes sense, but how do you know what it's set at when you don't have a tachometer on the bike? I just want to make sure mine is right, but I don't know how to check it. Suggestions?
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08/23/12 at 13:31:20
I turn mine up until I think it is high enough then turn it up a little more.
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08/23/12 at 14:25:03
Right,.. we don't have tach's...
Just don't try to go with that "cool" loping idle sound...
Keep it up to where it sounds nice, smooth, and even...
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08/23/12 at 14:32:22
Your Iphone comes with a tach...
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Vers,.. Wassa' iphone?...
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08/23/12 at 16:10:11
It's that thumb punching thing he posts all his one short sentence responses on .....
(at a nickle a word no less).
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Vers,.. Wassa' iphone?...
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08/23/12 at 18:44:35
Hmmmmmm. Well maybe i'll post a link to a youtube video of it idling, and you guys can tell me what you think. Once it's warmed up, i'd guess it's about right, but like i said, no tach.
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I'll give it a listen, and my expert opinion..
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08/23/12 at 18:54:04
Clymer's (known to have at least some errors) suggests 1000 - 1200 rpm idle speed. I think I prefer to err on the high side. That lets a cold engine idle, albeit a bit slower. It helps reduce the afterfire (backfire), and it helps keep oil flow up into the cam bearings. It probably also reduces the tendency of the engine to stall after a quick deceleration from speed.
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Clymer's (known to have at least some errors) suggests 1000 - 1200 rpm idle speed. I think I prefer to err on the high side. That lets a cold engine idle, albeit a bit slower. It helps reduce the afterfire (backfire), and it helps keep oil flow up into the cam bearings. It probably also reduces the tendency of the engine to stall after a quick deceleration from speed.
That's what I do. 1,200 when warm, about 1,000 when cold. Although when I start it cold I keep the throttle so it does about what it does when warm and I keep it there about a minute before taking off.
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08/23/12 at 20:51:49
Blue04Savage wrote
on 08/23/12 at 13:18:23:
Hello,
So I keep noticing that everyone suggests having your idle speed set at 1000rpm. Makes sense, but how do you know what it's set at when you don't have a tachometer on the bike? I just want to make sure mine is right, but I don't know how to check it. Suggestions?
Thanks
Blue,
For not too many bux, you can buy a small, digital tach. I've got one and use it just for diagnostic purposes. After I get my reading, I just disconnect it and throw it back in the drawer......
Works for me!
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Re: Quick question about idle speed.
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08/24/12 at 23:13:24
Digger wrote
on 08/23/12 at 20:51:49:
Blue04Savage wrote
on 08/23/12 at 13:18:23:
Hello,
So I keep noticing that everyone suggests having your idle speed set at 1000rpm. Makes sense, but how do you know what it's set at when you don't have a tachometer on the bike? I just want to make sure mine is right, but I don't know how to check it. Suggestions?
Thanks
Blue,
For not too many bux, you can buy a small, digital tach. I've got one and use it just for diagnostic purposes. After I get my reading, I just disconnect it and throw it back in the drawer......
Works for me!
Can you use a Digital Photo Laser Tachometer Non Contact on a motorcycle, like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Photo-Laser-Tachometer-Contact/dp/B001N4QY66
If so, what would you point it at?
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Re: Quick question about idle speed.
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08/24/12 at 23:19:26
IDK about you, but when Im idle, my speed is Zero.
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Re: Quick question about idle speed.
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08/25/12 at 15:39:10
For you guys what got no i phone, it should sound about the same as a Thompson sub-machine gun. Just close your eyes & imagine you are shooting it out with the revenuers. Tune to match.
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