Follow your throttle cables down to your throttle body and you will see the idle adjust screw. You will need a 1.5 mm Allen wrench, Takes about 10 seconds!spartanheed said:Where is the idle screw?
richard-7 said:spartanheed said:Honestly, I've had a change of heart on the bike and I'm moving it on already. When I spend this much money on a relatively new bike I expect to be able to ride it every day without fear that the gear box is going to blow up, the battery is going to fry etc. even the mechanic at Norton when I spoke to him told me it's not the type of bike you want to make a long journey on!
A local garage is buying it off me so I just want the battery to start the bike up. They can investigate the reg/rec etc if needed
My dad is on his second long journey. The bike has been great.
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worntorn said:It might take awhile for the new company to get all of the bugs out of the new bike, although it has been out for a few years now. I believe Triumph had some issues at the rebirth and now produces excellent products, hopefully Norton can do the same.
Glen
Britfan60 said:worntorn said:It might take awhile for the new company to get all of the bugs out of the new bike, although it has been out for a few years now. I believe Triumph had some issues at the rebirth and now produces excellent products, hopefully Norton can do the same.
Glen
I can honestly agree with this statement, but the fact remains, we are the guinea pigs in the lab and it does get frustrating. I'm going to use my bike this season. If over next winter, I leave it to have the oil leak fixed on the crankcase (minor), but especially develop any serious problems during the season, like the starter horror or getting stuck due to a clogged air filter, I'm done. I'll trade it in and take the proverbial whipping. These quirks, like the whack! cold start, the intermittent increase of RPM while idling (maybe 1800), some weird vibration once in a while when accelerating.....its all nerve wracking stuff. If it is just that, quirky, I'm ok with it. But if it leads to another season in the shop, I'll ride a Ducati Monster 1200S home. Sorry fellas.....but I'm not that hardcore.
I have a 2016 sport tried a few different batteries the last one being a BS BTZ 14S seems to be ok and cost £70 GBP.OK I admit it, it was a dumb question, the battery is obviously done. This thread is a few years old now though, so what are forum members generally doing, just replacing standard battery with standard battery or has anyone found one with better performance?
Any input would be appreciated.
Steve
I went with the Shorai option (LFX19A4-BS12) It lasts for about 10 days without a charge. I have the Shorai charger and leave it on "Store" mode. My garage is not near my home so its necessary. Its a PITA when I forget to plug it in sometimes so I bought a Scosche jumper battery that I'm just waiting to install the quickconnect leads.
https://www.scosche.com/300-amp-portable-car-jumper-with-backup-battery
with this
https://www.scosche.com/powerup-quickconnect.
The quick connect lead will be left on the bike permanently so I'll not need the jumper clamps. Idea is if I forget to plug the Shorai in I can jump the bike easily and if there's any doubt that the battery won't restart on the road I can carry the jumper pack with me. Its the same size as my Iphone 10. Its a powerful unit, it has jump-started my Harley without any bother. The quick connect leads also come with a SAE connector so I can run all my regular items off also, Battery checker, USB port etc
That was definitely considered. I would lose the clock tho, not a big deal but I was buying the Scosche kit anyway for my other bikes so thats where we are.You might want to fit a battery isolation switch to solve this problem.
Its better than what it was before I changed the Tach. 10 days now as opposed to 3/4 days before but its still not ideal.So I guess we are back to the parasitic current draw with the key off ? Might be easier and cheaper for him to just pull the optimate/clocks fuse ? Assuming its the instruments again . Maybe we ought to have him check his parasitic draw with key off ?