I was out riding off road today and experienced a runaway idle a few times. It was warm and it was always when the bike was hot and the fan running like after an extended climb or if I'd been tooling along at low speed. When I had stopped and was milking the throttle and clutch, the idle would spool off to about 4,000 RPM. Sometimes it would cycle a few times. If I turned the bike off it seemed to "reset". It wasn't a problem but it isn't supposed to do it either. Anybody else experienced this? Other than that the bike was phenomenal. Still can't believe how well this bike does everything I ask of it. Now that I think about it... I just put on a new set of handlebars that are a bit wider than stock...
Mine has done it ever since i installed the PCV. Way back when the first PCVs were being installed, quite a few people were running into the "hanging idle".
Ya, I noticed that. I'll check my throttle cable, i didnt raise my bars that much, but you never know
Yeah, it was the bars and the cable routing. When I put the handguards back on I routed the throttle cable over the clamp. By moving the throttle cable back under the clamp and rotating the throttle tube about a 1/4 turn so that the cable connection is in the 7 o'clock position I now have plenty of slack. Funny how a problem like that can bamboozle you on the trail but the solution present itself almost immediately when you're writing up the problem.
Two things when I installed taller bars: •Test the routing with the bars turned all the way to the right. Before some reorganizing there would be enough tension to pull the cable. •Take note where the cable ends up going past the throttle body. I managed to get the cable caught under a tab that kept the butterfly open. Bike sure didn't like that.
I had a the same issue, but with the clutch. With the riser on it would pull the cable enough to let the clutch slip when the steering was at full lock. Gave me the whiskey tango foxtrots for a couple of minutes before I figured out what was going on.
