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    engine idle question '83 GS450E

    i have set the engine idle on my '83 GS450E to 1100 RPMs via the idle adjuster between the carbs. sometimes when i am idling at a light the bike will hod idle at around 3K... then pop back down to 1100 after a few seconds.

    even weirder, i SWEAR that i feel slight 'taps' through the bike's frame as the idle falls back down; one 'tap' and the idle moves from 3K to 2500 RPMs, quickly followed by a second 'tap' and the idle drops down to 1100 RPMs and stays put.

    the bike has around 24K on the clock and runs great. i have been riding it about a month since replacing oodles of parts, and i am not sure of the history of the machine before my ownership.

    #2
    Sounds like a classic case of bad o-rings on the intake tubes.


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      #3
      ok! i thoroughly enjoy taking all that airbox stuff off of there so i'll order up some parts and replace those pipes. looks like about $19 ea from bikebandit. thank you sir!

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        #4
        Not the carb boots, the large O-rings between the head and the boots. Of course, replace the boots as well if they are hard and cracked.
        Ed

        To measure is to know.

        Mikuni O-ring Kits For Sale...https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ts#post1703182

        Top Newbie Mistakes thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=171846

        Carb rebuild tutorial...https://gsarchive.bwringer.com/mtsac...d_Tutorial.pdf

        KZ750E Rebuild Thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...0-Resurrection

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          #5
          I have not looked up your particular bike, but the o-rings are typically just under $2 each. As Nessism said, check the boots when you take them off. They should be soft and pliable. If they are hard, it won't be long before they are brittle, too.

          Go ahead and get the new boots (if needed), then enjoy them until they go bad in another 24 years or so. 8-[


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          mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
          hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
          #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
          #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
          Family Portrait
          Siblings and Spouses
          Mom's first ride
          Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
          (Click on my username in the upper-left corner for e-mail info.)

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            #6
            Could also be out of synch.

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              #7
              i replaced the o-rings today. well, i think you *could* call them o-rings; they were more of a hard plastic ring that broke in pieces when i pryed them, unwillingly, out of their recesses. been a while, i believe

              but the new ones are installed and the bike holds idle perfectly. thanks, as always

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                #8
                I love it when someone heeds advice and then lets us know the results.
                Way to go.\\/
                1983 GS 1100E w/ 1230 kit, .340 lift Web Cams, Ape heavy duty valve springs, 83 1100 head with 1.5mm oversized SS intake valves, 1150 crank, Vance and Hines 1150 SuperHub, Star Racing high volume oil pump gears, 36mm carebs Dynojet stage 3 jet kit, Posplayr's SSPB, Progressive rear shocks and fork springs, Dyna 2000, Dynatek green coils and Vance & Hines 4-1 exhaust.
                1985 GS1150ES stock with 85 Red E bodywork.

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