Has anyone with the new 114 noticed anything funny with the idle? Just took delivery yesterday, and on the way home when pulling up to a stop light idle was around 1300-1400 RPMs. I rev'd it slightly and it dropped down to ~1000.. Within a second or two it went right back up to 1300-1400. Rode it home no problem, pulled in the driveway, left the bike in neutral. As I walked over to the garage door to open it I could hear the bike start to Rev again (around 1300-1400 RPM)

Please tell me this isn't a "feature" to bring up the charging voltage or something like that....

 

They are supposed to idle at 800RPM. Break it in and let the service dept. know at your 1000Mi service, even if it does settle in.

 

As Hasher suggests. If it starts doing anything more wild contact your dealer.

 

Thanks guys, I agree it may just need to "settle in".. although that has never been my experience the multiple times I've reset the trim on other bikes with the powervison. There was slight settling, but not 300-400 RPMs..

My intention was to see if any other owners have seen this. It's pretty likely my local dealer hasn't spent enough time on the new 114 other than getting them out the door. I probably should also say, I love it. The Torque is incredible

 

There's a procedure for re-calibrating the idle it's pretty simple to do yourself. I've had that issue several times on my 14. I copied this from another post on HD Forums. Correct by cycling the main switch from Off to Ignition 4 times with the throttle grip in the idle position and the Run switch in the run position. Pause 10 seconds each time you switch (i.e., Ignition 10 sec, Off 10 sec, Ignition 10 sec.. etc.) This allows the ECM to relearn the zero position of the throttle. The system can learn the wrong zero position if you shut your bike off with the run stop switch and your hand on the throttle. Some dealers are now telling folks to turn off their bikes with the main switch to avoid resetting the zero throttle position.

 

Thanks for the info. With the CVO everything now operators off one switch on the handle bar. There is no "twist" switch. Sounds like there should be a similar procedure for my bike. I will dig into that. Thanks!!

 

I wouldn't adjust anything. Bikes too new (in every way) and I would want the dealer to address at the 1000 as mentioned. Or if it will be a while before the 1000, bring it in.

 

Why don't you try and post this in the new M8 forum.Might by chance have another CVO 114 on there.

 

The procedure is almost the same but you should allow the system to learn the idle in two ways. One is for the Twist Grip to learn and the other is for the ECM to learn idle speed. On your bike you use the power switch but keep your hand off the Twist Grip (throttle). Switch the bike on and allow it to idle for at least 9 minutes. If you have a household fan set it next to the bike and allow it to blow air across the engine while doing this. After 10 minutes reach up and turn it off while not touching the Twist Grip. Allow to sit for 20 seconds. Then follow the procedure described before with cycling the power switch only on your bike.

This learns both the Idle speed and the Twist Grip to the ECM.

 

Thank you very much for the response Steve!