10-19-2017, 10:23 AM
(10-19-2017, 05:18 AM)curlyjoe_imp Wrote: Good luck pdedse,
I'm hoping your mechanic is a genius and will diagnose the problem.
My "mechanic" may very well end up being... me (and all here on this site)
: )
The thing is, it is "liveable" in that mine doesn't stall out at low idle--only happened the very first time, and the bike started right up again after. I can ride the bike, and, as is, it won't stop me from planning a trip from OR to Illinois again for next summer. Likely, it will do the bike good. Once I'm going on hiway it's a non-issue anyway. But...if it began stalling out, or raced up to 2000 or higher RPM, never went away...then I've got to ask myself some questions; namely, am I going to leave it with the dealer's service to diagnose the problem? Based on SM's response to me, I don't have high hopes that the result would be definitive. So...if the problem worsens over time, I'm likely either to 1) trade it in and be done with it or 2) more interesting: dive into IACV replacement myself and see if that works. My understanding is that the part is around $130 and the rest would be my time. Daunting for a non-mechanic like me, but that's where all you guys would come in and help....right?..............right? I'm semi serious, if I started a "let's try some fixes" I'd be game to post pics and write it all up, but I would be heavily dependent on all ya'all's help. It could be fun. But I won't go that route unless problem worsens to the bike being "unrideable". I'm patient. I'll see if SM provides me with any insight once he's spoken with his "connections".
My boat's running well, though, and the blasted KLR, well, I can't seem to kill it.
(10-19-2017, 07:20 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Well if history is any lesson, his mechanic will fix his, but it won't work for anyone else's lol
Right?!?! That's the mystery here. That's why I'm trying to document everything.