Is it easy to adjust the tickover on a 53 1150gs? If so how do i do it? mine is ticking over at about 900-950 revs. It occasionally stalls which can be embarrassing at traffic lights. Assume I know very little about spannering!
tickover adjustment
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Tickover adjustment is done using the big brass air screws on the throttle bodies (basically these set the bleed air into the TB's when the throttle butterfly's are against their stops - the ECU takes care of the fuelling). However to do this you need a manometer or some other form of carb balancing gauges as you have to get each side the same.
By all accounts, not a hard job (I'm doing mine this weekend with a home made u-tube manometer) but you will need a means of balancing each side. Perhaps someone local to you who's done it before might help you out for the first one?
Whatever you do, don't touch the throttle stop screws - they are factory set on a flow bench and shouldn't need touching - that way lies much an and suffering (or at least a trip to the dealer to get them reset)
That said, before you balance the throttle bodies, you'll need to do the valve clearances and rocker shaft end-float - again not a hard job with the right tools and the how-to on here or ADV and a manual. You may well find that this alone improves your tickover etc.
You say you don't know much about spannering - if you want to learn, valve clearances and a TB balance are pretty straightforward but you might prefer to find an independent mechanic to do the whole job (or a mate who knows what he's doing to show you?)
By all accounts, not a hard job (I'm doing mine this weekend with a home made u-tube manometer) but you will need a means of balancing each side. Perhaps someone local to you who's done it before might help you out for the first one?
Whatever you do, don't touch the throttle stop screws - they are factory set on a flow bench and shouldn't need touching - that way lies much an and suffering (or at least a trip to the dealer to get them reset)
That said, before you balance the throttle bodies, you'll need to do the valve clearances and rocker shaft end-float - again not a hard job with the right tools and the how-to on here or ADV and a manual. You may well find that this alone improves your tickover etc.
You say you don't know much about spannering - if you want to learn, valve clearances and a TB balance are pretty straightforward but you might prefer to find an independent mechanic to do the whole job (or a mate who knows what he's doing to show you?)
motobiker
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Matt is correct. you need some specialist tools to do the job correctly. setting the Idle is part of a procedure. not something that can or should be done 'on its own'. A good place to start is by getting yourself a Haynes Manual or Clymer.
To be honest this is something that I would suggest you watch someone else do. It is a simple task - made simpler once you've seen it done. And have the proper tools to hand.
To be honest this is something that I would suggest you watch someone else do. It is a simple task - made simpler once you've seen it done. And have the proper tools to hand.
Zach,
Post up in the West Midlands section and one of the lads will put you right I`m sure......
Post up in the West Midlands section and one of the lads will put you right I`m sure......
Ok thanks guys - I'll leave well alone until I find someone local who is prepared to demonstrate (do it for me for beer tokens) 
Has it started ticking over to slow lately, because its a symtom of one of the primary coils failing on a twinspark,check them first, do a search to find out how, otherwise just back out each of the brass screws on the throttlebodys a quarter turn at a time, untill the tickover is right, balance will then be the same as it is now 
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