I've noticed the same thing.?? If I don't turn the idle knob in to speed up the idle when cold,? it won't even keep running.
Then when it's hot after about 10 minutes and the oil has got up to a good temp,? I have to slow it down by backing out the idle knob.?? I try to keep it around 800 rpm when hot.
I'm pretty sure Kawasaki knew it had such a varied idle speed and that's why we have such an easy to adjust knob to deal with it.
On another note,? when the choke is on,? try to not let it go way up in idle speed.?? I was advised that sitting still without the airflow going over the exhaust pipes is a good way to overheat the chrome and turn it dark near the heads.
On Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 02:17:06 PM PDT, st0n3d l33ch <st0n3d.l33ch@...> wrote:
Mine does. In fact I never touch my Idle knob. When cold and after turning off the choke (I dunno, 30 sec or so..maybe a min if it's colder..I listen for the exhaust to make?'crinkle' noises then choke in) it tends to be 600-800rpm. In fact, after choking in and taking off it will sometimes die early if I fail to blurp throttle a?couple times (only because I prefer to ride it cold with no choke. I don't wait 5 min for it to warm up). Anyway, by the time I hit the 1st stop light 4 miles away, it idles perfectly?@ 950 or so. After that it might be right at 1k or a tiny tiny hair above it.? When adjusting the idle, I always do it on a hot running bike, not cold. Which is why for me it's always low when it's cold.
On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 1:51 PM drewwils via <drewwils=[email protected]> wrote:
Do all W650s idle higher as they get hotter?? After a few minutes of choke it's around 300rpm but after 20 or 30 minutes it's at 900. Guy who changed my chain and sprocket said he hadn't seen a bike change so much at idle. I guess it's normal because both my current and last w650 did it and I just had my carbs rebuilt.
