Fast idle doesn't lock?

[goomicoo]

Mine is stuck on just enough to give me 1200 RPM.
I like that idle level but want the lever back down where it belongs.
At 1200 RPM roll off is smoother. I don't spend much time idling anyway.

[Xdot]

Mine is stuck on just enough to give me 1200 RPM.
I like that idle level but want the lever back down where it belongs.
At 1200 RPM roll off is smoother. I don't spend much time idling anyway.

Your ball bearing has come out and the spring is stuck against the little metal stop. Either that or the ball bearing is stuck in the hole. Either of these problems can be easily fixed. BTW, I've got your ball bearing and spring ready to send. You will have to disconnect the heated grip wires and slide the grip part way off but it isn't that hard. You can fix the choke with it still on the bike, no problem.

[goomicoo]

Mine is stuck on just enough to give me 1200 RPM.
I like that idle level but want the lever back down where it belongs.
At 1200 RPM roll off is smoother. I don't spend much time idling anyway.

Your ball bearing has come out and the spring is stuck against the little metal stop. Either that or the ball bearing is stuck in the hole. Either of these problems can be easily fixed. BTW, I've got your ball bearing and spring ready to send. You will have to disconnect the heated grip wires and slide the grip part way off but it isn't that hard. You can fix the choke with it still on the bike, no problem.

The choke lever is hanging there ready for repair!
I needed new heated grips anyway so it's all just hanging by the wires.
Thanks very much for the tech advice & the parts. I must have stared at that thing for 20 minutes and I still can't tell where it's hanging up.
I released the cable tension and for sure it's in the lever assembly. Is there an exploded view somewhere to look at?

[omg1010]

There is indeed. In the maintenance manual. You can get it here for the R1100R (the outlook is the same) http://www.carlsalter.com/motorcycle-manuals.asp

Or you can pm me your e-mail address and I'll send you the little exploded view (I am not posting this here for copyleft reasons).

Brgds
Oliver

[omg1010]

Allright, my mistake, the fast idle on the 1150 is different from the 1100 models. Maybe this http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/b ... blem-34489 helps a bit ...

And this http://advwisdom.hogranch.com/Wisdom/GS ... 0swap.html

Brgds
Oliver

[goomicoo]

I played with it today and got good results. The metal strip that the ball bearing rides on had some corrosion so I used scotchbright on it. Put it back in, no joy. Then I noticed that the strip is notched where the lever would lock in the fast idle position. I filed that portion to make a ramp for the ball bearing to ride over and voila! I can now return the lever to the home position! Success

[Xdot]

Yup. So you still had the ball bearing... Excellent!

I played with it today and got good results. The metal strip that the ball bearing rides on had some corrosion so I used scotchbright on it. Put it back in, no joy. Then I noticed that the strip is notched where the lever would lock in the fast idle position. I filed that portion to make a ramp for the ball bearing to ride over and voila! I can now return the lever to the home position! Success