Stuttering at tickover

horse27 · Post by **horse27** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:15 am

Morning

On these chilly mornings the bike has developed a rather rough tickover and it feels it may stall (And has done a couple of times).

Is this just a case of running through the usual idle and throttle balance maintenance (something I keep meaning to do!)

I gave it a "service" recently so the plugs, filters, oils, valve clearance are all OK ... just the balance to do.

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers, Lee.

gus · Post by **gus** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:47 pm

Hi
Is it fine once the bike is warm?Could be thats its taking a bit longer to get up to temp where it all smooths out.
A throttle/idle balance is always a good thing and should be carried as often as poss to avoid vibes and shitty running.
gus

horse27 · Post by **horse27** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:33 pm

Hi Gus. Seems to happen all the time at the moment - going to give it an adjust at the weekend. Seemed to get worse since the oil change and filter clean (also changed the plugs to NGK Iridium things which may have an effect?) Anyway - let's increase the idle a little and balance it up.

Cheers, Lee.

iandunn1100ss · Post by **iandunn1100ss** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:47 pm

hi check the throttle cables are seated right at the throttle bodies you may have moved these slight when tinkering.
ian

oyster · Post by **oyster** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:58 pm

And check that both the inlet stub caps are in place ( where the balancer hoses connect )

horse27 · Post by **horse27** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:05 pm

First prize goes to Ian ... the left hand throttle cable was out of it's seat. Got rid of the stutter - needed a bit of a balance too ... thanks again chaps.

iandunn1100ss · Post by **iandunn1100ss** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:02 am

horse27 Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject:

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First prize goes to Ian ... the left hand throttle cable was out of it's seat. Got rid of the stutter - needed a bit of a balance too ... thanks again chaps.

i am here to collect my prize !!!

ian