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#151839 DrumDon (User) Real men have twins! Platinum Boarder Posts: 1260 Need advice on idle/rpm 3 Years, 4 Months ago   When my bike is warm and idling, and then I "blip" the throttle, it's taking like 3-4 seconds for the motor to bring itself back down to idle again. Seems a lot longer than normal, or what it used to be, around 1-2 seconds or so. I did recently raise the idle overall a little with the knob, but I don't think that should cause the motor to take longer to bring itself back down to the set idle rpm. Anyone know what might be happening? Isn't there a spring or something that is supposed to quicken this action? (please forgive my lack of motor-tech knowledge). Thanks, :-DD.   Logged     Last Edit: 2009/01/10 18:31 By DrumDon.   2001 HD Road King Classic   The administrator has disabled public write access. #151841 Musky (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 15137 Re:Need advice on idle/rpm 3 Years, 4 Months ago   Could be the cables need to be lubed. The vacuum slide might have carbon build up on the back side and is sticking a little. Couple things to check anywho.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #151842 DrumDon (User) Real men have twins! Platinum Boarder Posts: 1260 Re:Need advice on idle/rpm 3 Years, 4 Months ago   Musky wrote: Could be the cables need to be lubed. The vacuum slide might have carbon build up on the back side and is sticking a little. Couple things to check anywho. OK how do I get to the "vacuum slide"?? Is this gonna require a lot of pulling things apart to get to? My bike's only got a little over 2000 miles, so I don't think there's a lot of build up... at least that's my assumption.   Logged     Last Edit: 2009/01/10 18:40 By DrumDon.   2001 HD Road King Classic   The administrator has disabled public write access. #151844 Musky (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 15137 Re:Need advice on idle/rpm 3 Years, 4 Months ago   You have to take the top of the carb off.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #151881 Liferider1 (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 308 Re:Need advice on idle/rpm 3 Years, 4 Months ago   When I raised my idle I had the same problem. My bike is only 8 months old so I don't think it's the cables. Try lowering your idle and see if it still does it. Hope this helps.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #151883 Questcap (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3209 Re:Need advice on idle/rpm 3 Years, 4 Months ago   Yeah, I suppose it makes the most sense, at least at first, that if you did something related to the issue at about the very same time that issue arose... the first course of action would be to at least undo what you did and see if your prior adjustment may have been responsible for it.   Logged     Sig pic deleted - larger than 450 pixels and 50 kb   The administrator has disabled public write access. #151922 Cougar (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3210 Re:Need advice on idle/rpm 3 Years, 4 Months ago   A slight air leak on the manifold will cause the idle to do that as well...I noticed mine doing that at red lights it would be idling high when I first stopped and after several seconds it would settle to normal....Coug   Logged     Last Edit: 2009/01/11 06:25 By Cougar.     The administrator has disabled public write access. #151929 DocShadow (Admin) Hmmmm .... send beer Admin Posts: 17615 Re:Need advice on idle/rpm 3 Years, 4 Months ago   Assuming everything is working as it should and your idle is at about 900 rpm, the symptoms you describe (hanging on a blip) is a sign that the mixture is too lean. As cougar suggested ... first check for intake leaks ..... check carefully as they are seaky. If no leak then turn the PMS out 1/4 turn until it disappears. Doc   Logged     My Bike Website   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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