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Author Topic: Takes a while to idle down  (Read 2985 times)

thessler

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Re: Takes a while to idle down
« Reply #15 on: April 09, 2013, 09:16:41 AM »
yes and no
I cleand carbs but did not replace parts. The little jets in the float bowl are open I double checked them.
The floats float and turn off the fuel, thats as far as I got with them.
Next is pic up some tubing and make a float stick.
 Thanks, Tom

apaiva

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Re: Takes a while to idle down
« Reply #16 on: April 10, 2013, 09:14:18 AM »
would be interested to know when you find a solution.  My bike seems to do the same thing, especially when coming off being on the highway.  Mine is an 81, oh and I'm closeby in Brooklyn.

Offline Mike V

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Re: Takes a while to idle down
« Reply #17 on: April 10, 2013, 09:22:26 AM »
Has anyone considered the possibility of the advance hanging up?  Maybe a bean can inspection?

Just a guess ...

Mike V. / San Diego
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'81 R65 (fully restored)

Clutch

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Re: Takes a while to idle down
« Reply #18 on: April 10, 2013, 10:42:17 AM »
I have an '81, and it can behave like this as well sometimes. I keep suspecting a catch either in the throttle cable or the lever on the carbs that the cable connects to, but never did confirm this.

Offline Luca

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Re: Takes a while to idle down
« Reply #19 on: April 11, 2013, 07:56:41 AM »
Clutch, I doubt it would be a catch on the carb levers because unless they both caught by the same amount, the engine would idle roughly (cylinders out of sync).  Perhaps the barrel splitter could get caught on something over the engine/under the tank, but any internal hang ups would probably make the throttle lever stiff and quickly lead to a broken throttle cable

My bike has experienced the same high idle issue since I replaced the Bosch Crack-o-matic with a Dyna brown coil.

And Mike, I think Monte suspected a sticky bean can when he asked if the timing was correct.  I remember a post on this issue a while back where he said something to the effect of "more often than not you will find that turning down the mixture screws fixes your sticky bean can issue."  I've heard that carb problems are usually electrical... sometimes it's fun getting the inverse
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Offline Luca

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Re: Takes a while to idle down
« Reply #20 on: April 11, 2013, 07:58:15 AM »
Also, Clutch, the cable hangup seems unlikely as the idle reduces slowly from 2-1K
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Offline montmil

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Re: Takes a while to idle down
« Reply #21 on: April 11, 2013, 09:15:59 AM »
Luca, the entire old Airhead saying goes:

[size=12]If you suspect you have carburetor problems, it's probably electrical.
If you suspect you have electrical problems, it's probably carburetion.[/size]

Of course, that's not always true but it's danged often the case.
Monte Miller
Denton, TEXAS
1978 BMW R100S
1981 BMW R65
1983 BMW R65
1995 Triumph Trophy
1986 VW Cabriolet

thessler

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Re: Takes a while to idle down
« Reply #22 on: April 11, 2013, 07:37:04 PM »
Just wondering, if its electrical what can I check ?
I just replaced the coil , plugs are new.

Yesterday when I got home it wouldn't come down below 3k, I had to just shut off the key and walk away.
Today it's running around 1k rpm.
When it's reving like that the gears in the tranny aren't happy to shift to often.  :o
 Thanks, Tom

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Re: Takes a while to idle down
« Reply #23 on: April 11, 2013, 07:47:11 PM »
Hello !
When she does that, could you please try something ? (it has proved successful to me) : Try to reduce the idle mixture screw to get the idle RPM down. It may prove useful to increase the throttle screw a bit to prevent stalling when cold. I had to set for a compromise, for too low a cold idle and not too high a warm idle.

raypond

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Re: Takes a while to idle down
« Reply #24 on: April 11, 2013, 09:18:13 PM »
New return springs on the chokes may help. Made a big improvement on mine.

Offline flybot

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Re: Takes a while to idle down
« Reply #25 on: April 12, 2013, 08:47:29 PM »
Have you tried just backing off the idle set screws when its good and warmed up? What have you done since starting this thread? There has been every just about every possible suggestion given and now Im sort of lost on where we are at.
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