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Road Warrior
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From: P.E.I. Canada
Thanks for the input guys. I am gonna check the idle speed as well and adjust as needed.
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From: North Dakota
Idle speca can very slightly between models and years so always refer to your service manual. Second what baffel do you have in the exhaust with little to no back pressure there would be little feeling of the motor helping in decel with out down shifting just a thought for ya.
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Road Warrior
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Idle speca can very slightly between models and years so always refer to your service manual. Second what baffel do you have in the exhaust with little to no back pressure there would be little feeling of the motor helping in decel with out down shifting just a thought for ya.
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Make sure that your throttle/idle cables fully close the throttle when you let off. When engine braking, I twist that shiz fully closed myself just to be sure. No mater what engine mods you're running, if you don't slow down enough, yup - you down shift.
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Okay this is just on my bike.. but if I'm in 5th gear @ say 2500rpms or so, my bike doesn't slow down that fast just by letting off the throttle.. at the same speed, if i throw her in 3rd and let off the gas so the RPM's are up around 3500-3750 she slows down a ton.. a lot has to do with the transmission gearing too if you're just doing straight engine breaking. my buddy has a 2001 or 2002 Electra Glide with the 5speed tranny in it, he rides about 2800-3200rpms most of the time, and as soon as he lets of the gas his bike comes damn near to a stop. really bugs me because he's not using the damn break so the light doesn't light up and then all of a sudden i'm like "oh snap, he's stopping"
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Road Warrior
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Okay this is just on my bike.. but if I'm in 5th gear @ say 2500rpms or so, my bike doesn't slow down that fast just by letting off the throttle.. at the same speed, if i throw her in 3rd and let off the gas so the RPM's are up around 3500-3750 she slows down a ton.. a lot has to do with the transmission gearing too if you're just doing straight engine breaking. my buddy has a 2001 or 2002 Electra Glide with the 5speed tranny in it, he rides about 2800-3200rpms most of the time, and as soon as he lets of the gas his bike comes damn near to a stop. really bugs me because he's not using the damn break so the light doesn't light up and then all of a sudden i'm like "oh snap, he's stopping"
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Okay this is just on my bike.. but if I'm in 5th gear @ say 2500rpms or so, my bike doesn't slow down that fast just by letting off the throttle.. at the same speed, if i throw her in 3rd and let off the gas so the RPM's are up around 3500-3750 she slows down a ton.. a lot has to do with the transmission gearing too if you're just doing straight engine breaking. my buddy has a 2001 or 2002 Electra Glide with the 5speed tranny in it, he rides about 2800-3200rpms most of the time, and as soon as he lets of the gas his bike comes damn near to a stop. really bugs me because he's not using the damn break so the light doesn't light up and then all of a sudden i'm like "oh snap, he's stopping"
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I don't know what bikes you had before...My brother always had a dyna which has a ton of engine braking but recently bought a 07 softail heritage springer and that bike has very little engine braking in comparision. I wonder if it's the counter balance shaft?
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