Idle Speed

[Banshee 79]

Can You Adjust The Idle Speed Without A Tachometer? Any help Would Be Appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rare Scottish Tree Badger]

If your hearing is working, then there's no need for a tacko.

 

Just listen to the engine speed rise as you turn the adjustment screws in. (Or if you have TORS, then the adjustments are on the top).

 

If you've had the carbs apart, or had the tops off, then you need to synchronise them first. Either by looking through the windows on the side of them (which can be a bit tricky with the inner window if the slides are blackened from use).

 

What I did was to remove the air filter and look down the throat of each carb and screw the adjustment needle in untill the needle just started to raise the slide on each carb. Once you've found that point, give each screw the same amount of turns in (just a couple will do for a start), put your airfilter back on and fire the bike up. Now you have to fine tune the adjustment by turning each screw by the same amount (1/4 turns on each are fine) untill you feel happy with the engine's idle speed. Remember to 'nip up' the locknut on the adjusters. .... Job Done!

 

Rare

[J-Madd]

You could also adjust the idle buy tightening/loosening the cable at the lever (once the carbs are sync'd)