My 2001 GS suddenly seems to have forgotten its idle rpm. At stop lights on first gear it races to 7000-8000 rpm. How can i cure this problem. It also seems to stall when i come to stop at a light. Then when i start it up again it races to 7000 rpm with no throttle input or choke!
Help...........
Ganesh :(
That's a hell of an idle! Is your cable binding? That seems rather drastic for a carb adjustment, my bet is the cable is binding and not letting the throttle close.
My '96 did this "out of the blue" recently, too. A standard carb cleaning fixed it.
It must have been running lean because there was some gunk in the jets. The difference in the amount of light I could see through the jets "before" versus "after" was significant.
PS - That bike has some rust in the bottom of the fuel tank, and I found some rust particles gathered in the left float bowl. Not sure if the obstruction in the jets was rust, but it was real!