idle up and up

[ardo]

Hi all, wondering what makes the idle go up when the bike 1400 is in stop and go traffic ? anything wrong or it is normal ?

[Herb]

These are a lean running engine to start with, when the engine gets hot, like stop and go traffic, it leans out the mixture even more, causing a higher idle speed.

Even with my idle screws out about 2 1/4 turns my 99 will do that in really bad traffic.

I have found that turning the choke/enrichener valve about half way will slow the idle down. Don't forget to turn it off when traffic picks up or it will blubber and be hard to start, experience talking...

[Fred]

Mine too is all over the place and I only ride at sea level.

Answer-- Take out the mixture screws taking care to catch the spring, washer and o ring, (if you dont have a washer or an o ring this will make it worse)

Drill into the screw a little and epoxy in 4 inches of speedometer cable. Then epoxy in the other end an old valve cap on the other end.

I can now adjust mixture at the lights or even when riding for a sweet spot.

Mind you I don't move them much.

I also don't have a synch cable,--- I have 2 seperate idle adjustments the rear already having its own. The front is adjusted by the old sych cable that is now no longer attached to the rear carb.

Makeg an adjuster with a cable adjustment screw. Not only can I adjust idle I can synch at the lights too. Basically all that means is keeping both carbs pulling the same with similar mix,--its not rocket science. Ok 4 screws to juggle but its easy

All done by feel but thats another story.