Has anybody figured out how to adjust the idle jets on a running
Suzuki SV650S? I played around a little with a flexible shaft
screwdriver and a length of hose stuffed over the bosses on the
carb body to serve as a guide. It didn't work very well, but the
bike ran decently anyway so I quit worrying about it.
A few years have elapsed, and I'm now wondering if somebody was
more clever than me......
bob prohaska <bp@www.zefox.net> wrote:
Has anybody figured out how to adjust the idle jets on a running
Suzuki SV650S? I played around a little with a flexible shaft
screwdriver and a length of hose stuffed over the bosses on the
carb body to serve as a guide. It didn't work very well, but the
bike ran decently anyway so I quit worrying about it.
A few years have elapsed, and I'm now wondering if somebody was
more clever than me......
I have acquired a couple of right-angle screwdrivers made for this purpose over the years. One of them has a sort of shroud that partially encircles
the tip, that allows you to center the blade around the idle mixture
screw head. It was helpful in a couple of instances but not used on my SV.
I don't remember having to ever adjust the mixture screws on my '01
SV650S. I had the carbs off once to install slightly larger pilot jets
per the "community wisdom" of the various SV650 forums. The bike always
ran perfectly over 7 years and 40k miles until I sold it.
Nor have I. But, if the cold start enrichment is turned off before the
engine is hot there's a little un-evenness in the firing. I just leave
the lever pulled a little bit. Once hot it runs beautifully. Fewer
Mirrors my experience on carbureted bikes. Come to think of it,
the FJR is the only fuel injected bike I've owned.
Mark Olson <olsonm@tiny.invalid> wrote:
Mirrors my experience on carbureted bikes. Come to think of it,
the FJR is the only fuel injected bike I've owned.
Just out of curiosity, how do you like injection on the FJR?
Fuel injection on my vfr800 is just about perfection when
it's warm. When it's cold, hard engine braking can lead to
a stall if the clutch is abruptly disengaged on closed throttle.
Just a smidgen of cold start enrichment solves the problem.
The vfr is now 23 years old and I've never touched the fuel
system apart from replacing a dented tank in about '01.
bob prohaska
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