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Hi all

just wondering what revs you set your idle to?

I just increased mine to 1.5k and I think its made a big improvement to how the throttle responds, with much less bogging down if the revs get too low (because they don't)

is that a reasonable figure, bit high or what?

~1.4k for me, if it goes lower, bike tends to cut out when I pull the clutch in for longer.

Did yours change with altitude as well? Had to adjust mine on the trip a few times.

Yeah loads

in fact it was after talking to you at the top of the hill that I decided I would play with it and it made it much better.

Take it you got home in one piece then?

Think the manual says 1200 rpm - that's about where mine is.

Mine is around 1300 - I did have it lower to help with the larger throttle bodies as they seemed to like or prefer the lower tick over . Since an afternoons fettling and adjusting however it seems better at 1300

what idle revs

...... so this isn't a thread about lazy vicars then?

Mine is around 1300 IIRC

Mine has been set at 1200 for the last 6 years, no problems.

herbacious wrote:Yeah loads

in fact it was after talking to you at the top of the hill that I decided I would play with it and it made it much better.

Take it you got home in one piece then?

col de l'iseran

yeah, got home safe, only thing unplanned was mate got done for speeding later

You managed to get some oil?

ah shit...ake mushrooms

my dad reckoned we got flashed a fair bit by static cameras but they all face the wrong way :)

yeah got some oil - had to use 15 40 mineral oil but this lot have assured me that it will be fine until the next oil change as it was only half a litre

I put mine up to 1500, seems to respond better to closing/opening the throttle when negotiating slow tight corners.

Nooj wrote:I put mine up to 1500, seems to respond better to closing/opening the throttle when negotiating slow tight corners.

I'm with butch here, much smooother taking of from rest and in the twisties