Anyone know if changing the idle is a big job on my bike? For some reason in the past couple of months my idle has dropped about 2-300 rpms. Let me know....

 

Just take the rider seat off, undo the 2 screws that hold the tank on up front, rotate the tank up, and you will see the throttle body/idle adjustment on the left hand side of the engine. The larger of the 2 screws is the idle screw. Just turn it until you get the idle to where you want it.

Lata, Mellen

 

also there's a wire adjustment right by the throttle grip, where the wire feeds into the handle.... there's a plastic screw about the size of a quarter and another that is little, but about an inch long, that's the one you want to turn. i wish i had a digital camera w/ me so i could show you. but watch out, there's two wires, ones for the throttle the other's for the brake.

 

Thanks for the help! Does it matter which I try?

 

They got rid of that in 02, you should get a 01 gixxer idle cable and put it on your bike.

 

id go with under the tank joe, you still wanna keep a little slack in the throttle cable and if you try to up the idle that way it'll leave you with no free play in the throttle

 

that's funny they got rid of that in 02, beings i have an 02 gsxr and that's how i use it. And you still have full throttle contol just like the other way, as well as slack in the cable. plus it takes 2 seconds to turn it back down to normal, so you're not always on a high idle. But either way, it's the same. Once the bike is in gear when the idle is up, it all engages the same w/ the motor/idle, just there is a bit of throttle tightness my way, but that WILL NOT effect you at all. it's all the same, trust me.

 

Dude post me a pick cuz thats sounds pretty cool, I have an 02 and 03 750 and niether of them have this. I had to install an idle cable to both. Did you get your bike used? Is it oem cuz if thats the case I'll be getting it.

 

lol, cool man i'll get a pic up asap, i dont have a digital camera tho or i'd do it right now. man i bought my bike brand new, stock.... and it's on there, TRUST me. you have to look for it, it's underneath the throttle bar, you'll see the two cables going to it.... it's one or the other. trust me.

 

Is that bike carbureted? If it's fuel injected like the 636 it has a fast idle lever. Most people think it is a choke.

 

all gsxr's from 01 and up are fuel injection motors. and any bike (especially gsxrs) with a choke (01-02 models) is perfect, all you do to idle up is turn the choke on all the way. it idles at exactly 4K, and it's steady. all the choke is, is a wire that pulls the idle up, haha, but it's still fuel injection.

 

on a carbureted bike the choke is a plate that closes the throat of the carburetor to create a stronger vacuum and pull more fuel through the carb. A fast idle is just that, a lever that increases idle speed

 

Hey Pat, does that 01 gixxer idle your talking about have a adjustment ****, for like under the seat?