tps evaluating for ii issues

[dave]

Hello Max. Thank you so very, very much for all your help. I need to clarify though, that I did not ride the bike after unplugging the TPS. Also, after I unplugged the TPS I only ran the engine for about one minute, in the garage, and on the center stand. So, because my idle condition seems to quickly come and go at will, it may be too early to assume the TPS is not the fault. Do you know why the TPS on this bike is not replaceable? I checked my VFR800 FSM, and it states that the TPS is permanently mounted to the throttle body and must not be removed. But, Honda sells a TPS that fits both the ST1300 and the VFR1200, part number 16060-MEB-671 (Ferret - if you're reading this can you please read the numbers on your ST1300 TPS and tell me what they are? My CB11 TPS is a Keihin, model JT6H 40116). Do you think it is possible to replace a TPS on the CB11? I see dozens of automotive TPS for sale on the internet for cars and it looks like they're a common, easy, and inexpensive part to replace. I would gladly replace a TPS, even if it was wasn't 100% sure the TPS was at fault, before I would spend all the labor to replace the IACV. I will disconnect the TPS the next time the idle condition occurs and then ride the bike. Are you saying that if when the idle problem occurs, and I unplug the TPS and the problem goes away, then the root cause is not the TPS? Also, I would like to test the TPS as Sportsterdoc has suggested. During my TPS research I discovered these are fairly fragile items, and a common failure is caused by the tiny, soldered connections inside the TPS breaking. Thank you again Max, and Sportsterdoc, for all the work you're doing to help resolve this most irritating issue.