idle adjustment
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RE: idle adjustment
What is "High" for you?
The bike is programmed to idle, at operating temp (280 deg.) at 1000 rpm......
To have it validated or adjusted, the best way is to have the dealer do it, as it is done through the ECM.....
Is the bike still stock, or have mods been done to it?
The bike is programmed to idle, at operating temp (280 deg.) at 1000 rpm......
To have it validated or adjusted, the best way is to have the dealer do it, as it is done through the ECM.....
Is the bike still stock, or have mods been done to it?
Road Master
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RE: idle adjustment
Ive always found that mine idled to high, i now have the sert and was able to play with my idle and am happy where it is now. Not sure if there is another way to do it other than with a sertor some other program device.
Road Warrior
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From: Mountain View, California
RE: idle adjustment
I don't know about Twin Cam engines, but I know that it's bad ju ju to set the idle on Evos lower than 1,000 RPMs because the lubrication system performs poorly under that speed.
Cruiser
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From: Bossier City, LA
RE: idle adjustment
Good point CZ, I have an oil pressure guage and tachometer on my 04 lowrider and noticed it runs only about 10lbs or less of oil pressure at 1,000 RPM's after warm up. Going down the road it runs about 40lbs.
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Cruiser
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RE: idle adjustment
Thanks for all the replys i dont want to hurt the engine at all but i guess i was wanting more of the harley sound and i figured that if it was idled alittle lower that it would help on the sound of it .
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Road Master
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RE: idle adjustment
If your bike is like mine was then it is probably idling at arround 1150 0r 1200 rpm, i am not sure why it was set so high but it was, it is now at 1000 and it sounds as you put it more like a harley, a nice bap bap sound.
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Road Warrior
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From: S.E.PA
RE: idle adjustment
<”moonsfmc”>
<”Thanks for all the replys i dont want to hurt the engine at all but i guess i was wanting more of the harley sound and i figured that if it was idled alittle lower that it would help on the sound of it . “>
I always heard that idling a Harley low screws up the cam, and it must be true because Donny Petersen of AI mag said the same thing a few years back in his column, you don’t haft to believe me, buy since Donny knows more about Harleys then anybody I ever read, believe it.
Sometimes to be cool (engine lope) we don’t know the other side, we are actually destroying the cam.
Idle by the book : - )
cj
