Throttle and idle question(s)...
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My '95 had a CV on it when I got it. I didn't like the way it ran so I had it rebuilt and tuned by an expert.
Still wasn't happy with the way it ran so I pulled it off and put on an S&S E and it was like night and day.
Ever since that day I've been a believer in the E carb and I've never looked back.
I wish you luck in finding a fix for your carb but the best way I know how to fix a CV is to replace it with an E.
Still wasn't happy with the way it ran so I pulled it off and put on an S&S E and it was like night and day.
Ever since that day I've been a believer in the E carb and I've never looked back.
I wish you luck in finding a fix for your carb but the best way I know how to fix a CV is to replace it with an E.
My '95 had a CV on it when I got it. I didn't like the way it ran so I had it rebuilt and tuned by an expert.
Still wasn't happy with the way it ran so I pulled it off and put on an S&S E and it was like night and day.
Ever since that day I've been a believer in the E carb and I've never looked back.
I wish you luck in finding a fix for your carb but the best way I know how to fix a CV is to replace it with an E.
Still wasn't happy with the way it ran so I pulled it off and put on an S&S E and it was like night and day.
Ever since that day I've been a believer in the E carb and I've never looked back.
I wish you luck in finding a fix for your carb but the best way I know how to fix a CV is to replace it with an E.
There's no reason a CV can't run perfectly well!!!
Finally got tired of adjusting in perpetuality the throttle and idle cables. Every time I would, the adjustment would last maybe 50 miles and then the poor bike would be back to idling strangely. Part of the problem I am absolutely positive about is, the idle cable - no matter how it's adjusted, at the carb it has about a half an inch of loose and sloppy play to it. It isn't doing anything that I can see but is somehow screwing things up even as loose as it is.
So, I ordered some new cables (Thanks Ronnie's H-D for having 20 year old parts for my bike!!).
So, I ordered some new cables (Thanks Ronnie's H-D for having 20 year old parts for my bike!!).
If it helps, you can set your idle RPM's by ear. Here's a vid of mine at idle. This is right around 1000RPM.
Also, here is some good troubleshooting information from CV Performance.
Last edited by 0maha; Sep 16, 2017 at 07:40 PM.
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Remember back when our SBC wouldn't run right and we couldn't figure out why? We just could'nt get that Rottenchester tuned in.... So what did we do?
PUT A HOLLEY ON IT.......
So do the math, Holley/SBC, S&S/EVO........
PUT A HOLLEY ON IT.......
So do the math, Holley/SBC, S&S/EVO........
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WP
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From: W. Texas
Can you get in touch with the who did the carb work?
Possibly get some insight from them?
I have had good luck with CV carbs over the years, once you get them right their fine for most.
WP
Possibly get some insight from them?
I have had good luck with CV carbs over the years, once you get them right their fine for most.
WP
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Now, now.
There's no reason a CV can't run perfectly well!!!
Did the new cables take care of the half inch slop problem?
If it helps, you can set your idle RPM's by ear. Here's a vid of mine at idle. This is right around 1000RPM.
https://youtu.be/DwZxBJKqoNQ
Also, here is some good troubleshooting information from CV Performance.
There's no reason a CV can't run perfectly well!!!
Did the new cables take care of the half inch slop problem?
If it helps, you can set your idle RPM's by ear. Here's a vid of mine at idle. This is right around 1000RPM.
https://youtu.be/DwZxBJKqoNQ
Also, here is some good troubleshooting information from CV Performance.
Yes, that's what I was letting that rizzo turd realize, I can tune it to idle quite well by ear, and if I idle it (by ear or by tach/rpm on my timing light) at what you have in the video, it's where it coughs really badly if I barely tough the throttle, but when I idle it around 700 or 750, it'll be okay.
Yes, been over to that site checking things already, heh.
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Maybe one day if I can get out of this debt, I'll try a s&s.