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Hey guy's, what is this?? 11 Months, 1 Week ago  
As you can see, it is some kind of adjustment knob, located right under the air intake box, and looks like it travels all the way up to the carb. I think it's the idle adjustment, but not sure....
 
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Idle adjustment.
 
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Re:Hey guy's, what is this?? 11 Months, 1 Week ago  
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Re:Hey guy's, what is this?? 11 Months, 1 Week ago  
Cool, cause when she's all warmed up, she idle's a bit fast..
 
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Re:Hey guy's, what is this?? 11 Months, 1 Week ago  
Same here. Dialed mine down a bit to an acceptable level.
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Re:Hey guy's, what is this?? 11 Months, 1 Week ago  
anyone know where the nitrious button is on the road star? i havent found it on mine yet
 
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Re:Hey guy's, what is this?? 11 Months, 1 Week ago  
smokescreens wrote:
anyone know where the nitrious button is on the road star? i havent found it on mine yet

It's right in front of and to the left of the forward muffler bearing.
They put it there so you don't hit it by accident.



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Re:Hey guy's, what is this?? 11 Months, 1 Week ago  

I eliminated that knob and went to an auto adjusting idle governor off my Harley Davison Lawn mower and made it fit.
 
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Re:Hey guy's, what is this?? 11 Months, 1 Week ago  
smokescreens wrote:
anyone know where the nitrious button is on the road star? i havent found it on mine yet

It's the red switch on the throttle side, sometimes referred to as a 'kill switch'. If nitrous is not used it will shut the engine down.

On a side note, in this vid, do you think should remove the AIS to prevent the flames out the exhaust?

http://www.mpsracing.com/proMod/mobile_files/423.mp4
 
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Re:Hey guy's, what is this?? 11 Months, 1 Week ago  
NWSCREW wrote:
Cool, cause when she's all warmed up, she idle's a bit fast..
are you using an rpm gauge? when the idle is set to OEM spec it does seem a little fast.
 
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