Harley idle adjust :)

[Eddie Fulmer]

I rode with my buddy to the Harley shop the other day to get his idle speed adjusted. (08 Ultra Classic) His was running around 500 rpm and the oil light would come on at times. He was worried that it might be starving the top end on oil so it needed to be raised to around 950-1000. We pulled in at about 1100 with an appointment. They took the bike right back into the shop. We looked around for a while and then went to lunch. (2 250 pound guys on my Venture wasn't pretty!!) Making the long story shorter, about 1500(3pm) they come out and say it's ready. The guy said he was sorry for taking so long but that after every setting he had to turn the bike off and let it cool back down. After setting everything back to stock specs his bike went from getting 50mpg to about 40. He's not to happy with that. The idle is at 1000 though. I thought that was a lot of trouble for just getting the idle set. Yes I did show him how hard it was to adjust the idle on my Venture.

[Yammer Dan]

So is he ready to trade that Hardley??:rotfl::rotfl:

[Wanderer]

"After setting everything back to stock specs his bike went from getting 50mpg to about 40"

 

Ah hah! I need to turn my idle down. No wonder I only avg 38mpg. Well, that and the wrist action.