wolverene13
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Hi everyone,
My bike has never idled. I never really worried about it because it didn't necessarily cause any problems. I also liked being able to simply stop the bike by disengaging the clutch and depressing the brakes, which would immediately stop the engine. However, someone stole my exhaust/muffler (probably some crackhead wanting to use it for scrap metal or something) and I had to ride around for a few days with no exhaust/muffler. During the time I had no muffler on the bike, it idled perfectly. But, I ordered a new muffler and the bike stopped idling like it did without it, as expected. Every post I've looked at has to do with an air leak. This issue seems like the bike isn't getting enough air; being that when the muffler was off (thus creating more airflow) it would idle. I've tried adjusting the idle screw here and there to get it idling again, but with no luck. I've realized now that without the bike being able to idle, I have to get the pedaling speed just right to start the bike without it either violently bucking and then dying (due to pedaling too slow) or starting fine, but with a huge yank to my spokes and sprocket (due to pedaling too fast) Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Allen
My bike has never idled. I never really worried about it because it didn't necessarily cause any problems. I also liked being able to simply stop the bike by disengaging the clutch and depressing the brakes, which would immediately stop the engine. However, someone stole my exhaust/muffler (probably some crackhead wanting to use it for scrap metal or something) and I had to ride around for a few days with no exhaust/muffler. During the time I had no muffler on the bike, it idled perfectly. But, I ordered a new muffler and the bike stopped idling like it did without it, as expected. Every post I've looked at has to do with an air leak. This issue seems like the bike isn't getting enough air; being that when the muffler was off (thus creating more airflow) it would idle. I've tried adjusting the idle screw here and there to get it idling again, but with no luck. I've realized now that without the bike being able to idle, I have to get the pedaling speed just right to start the bike without it either violently bucking and then dying (due to pedaling too slow) or starting fine, but with a huge yank to my spokes and sprocket (due to pedaling too fast) Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Allen