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Posted by John Hopkins
 - January 13, 2014, 18:25:13 PM

When did you last change the air filter?

John.

Posted by Elmo Hayride
 - January 13, 2014, 18:08:00 PM

Gotcha, Troll would be your best bet. He's the master at these things.
Dave

Posted by Bucko
 - January 13, 2014, 17:39:10 PM

Hi Dave:

Thanks for your note.

The part in the manual that you posted refers to the idle adjustment, not the fast idle.  The idle adjustment is used to set the appropriate idle for a 'warm' motor.

I suspect I have a sensor that's not reading accurately - making the ECU think the motor (or possibly air temperature) is warmer than it really is and so leaning out the mixture causing a cold motor to stall.  I was hoping that someone would say: 'yea, that's a common problem and this is how to fix it'.....

Posted by Elmo Hayride
 - January 13, 2014, 16:45:42 PM

Hi Bucko,
There is a fast idle adjust you can try although if the bike doesn't run like it used to it is probably something else. I marked the location in red on the bike detail.
Dave

Posted by Bucko
 - January 13, 2014, 16:14:42 PM

I may have posted this question before but couldn't find it with a search.....

I've noticed the last few riding seasons that I've had to use my fast idle knob to keep the bike running when starting from cold.  Not that weird, I suppose, but I never had to use the fast idle, ever for the first 10 years I owned the bike no matter how cold it was out - it would idle up by it's self without any intervention by me.  Now it idles up immediately when started but will drop down within a few seconds and stall if I don't assist with the fast idle.  Is there an idle adjustment somewhere that I'm missing or is poor cold idling a sign of something else?

Thanks for any advice.

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