Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: Re: Idle Speed

Author: Patrick Hayes

Date: May 31, 2005, 9:20 AM

Post ID: 1718950451





AJ Huff wrote:

 I am struggling to maintain idle speed at a stop after the engine warms
up. If I am at a stop light with the throttle off, it dies. Sometimes if
I clutch in and brake to a stop, the engine dies and I coast in.

How long has it been since you re-torqued your heads and adjusted your
valves. Your symptom sounds a lot like tight valves. Do that service
before you mess with the carbs.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

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