Well. After trying and testing what i could. I had to take tubby to the dealer as it still wouldn't idle. Well. Zak the Beemer tech tried to reset electronically. He had to strip her and mechanically adjust the tps. Didn't hurt to bad. It will be ready tommorow. They were closed today. Oh well. Looks like a GS911 is in the future at some point. I still don't think i did too bad. I've owned her for 4 1/2 years and the first time she has seen a dealer. :serious: I will be happy to go get her and get her home. :grin:
I replaced my TPS a couple years ago. Bought the new red GS911 to do the deed. Adjusting that and the TVA took a couple times running through the procedure to fully get what and when things had to be done so I was confident that i had done it correctly. Good results though. Runs very well and idles fine so I guess I did something right.
I am only a little concerned that you said they are doing a mechanical adjustment and not a replacement of the TPS. If it worked fine for 4 1/2 years, what happened to cause this to be "out of adjustment". Is it possible that they are adjusting the TVA and not the TPS? That would make more sense for an idle issue.
That would make sense. Hopefully you already have it back and it is back to her old self again.
Having a GS911 is really handy even on an LT where you don't have all the newer bells and whistles to track and reset like on the newer bikes. Got the red one as future insurance should I ever decide to part with my LT for something newer.
TVA. It's running great now. We'll see what mileage is. Just got her back yesterday. He kept it for 3 days but stuck to quoted estimate. Took his time to do it right. I will rent a K1600 one weekend at somepoint. But I don't see the LT going anywhere for now.
They quoted me 2 hours labor and stuck to it even though he had 3 days and.spent mote than that.on it. I spoke to him myself. He said he loathes LTs. LOL. I've been working on them for over 10 years he said.. He.said.It's the 3rd one he's had this summer he had to manually adjust. He said. I just had to adjust it little at a time then test ride it. Then a teeny bit more. Pretty sure it was the TVA
1) I have to check the bill. 2) It started after replacing the battery. 3) The idle would.raise very little when reverse was actuated. Hope I answered all correct.
Well riding her on the short ride home. It was.great not having to constantly be mindful of the throttle so I wouldn't stall. It now idles around 1100 rpm. So far I am happy. But haven't had a chance to ride other than that ride home. Yea. 2 hrs labor isn t a big deal. He said.if I have a issue just come back. Hopefully I don't.
I am assuming you had already done this before you brought the bike to him.... Yes Sir. Sure had. Matter of fact went thru 3 tanks of fuel trying to do so. He said he'd tried to also. But it didn't work. And states as such on the bill. I wonder if it was suppposed to be typed TVA? But speaking to him he called it a TPS. And told me personally that he adjusted just a little bit. Then test ran.Which sounds to me like the TVA.
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