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Caution with Throttle Spring Unwind Mod
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<blockquote data-quote="MikeS" data-source="post: 393126" data-attributes="member: 11381"><p>Have been visiting the forum almost every day since buying my 2006 fjr in January 2007 and love it (both FJR and this site).</p><p></p><p>I need to share my experience regarding the much talked about throttle spring mod.</p><p></p><p>I have always thought that the throttle return was stronger than it needed to be and have used a cramp buster on long rides (1200km in a day is my longest).</p><p></p><p>Last week I removed the tank and performed the centre throttle spring unwind. Seemed like a good idea after reading the positive feedback on this forum.</p><p></p><p>I Lifted the spring and let it unwind one turn. Then noted as others have that it no longer contacts the tang on the throttle at idle. Fine I thought!</p><p></p><p>I opened the throttle several times and closed it again with the bike shut off to check for correct return to the idle stop and all seemed fine.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately it was not. I took the machine out for it's first run after the mod and noticed immediately that when cruising at 120kph if I removed my hand from the throttle it would not immediately return to idle but would slowly do so over a period of 5 seconds!! This is not good I thought. After experimenting with it for a while I found that every time it was released from a partly open throttle setting it was very slow to go to idle. This was obviously due to removal of spring.</p><p></p><p>This morning I rewound the spring and reset to the original tension and what a PITA that was.</p><p></p><p>Just thought I would put a warning out there as nearly all feedback re the mod on this site is positive and for me it was not so. Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this problem after releasing the throttle spring? Maybe will look to pursuing the G2 mod.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeS, post: 393126, member: 11381"] Have been visiting the forum almost every day since buying my 2006 fjr in January 2007 and love it (both FJR and this site). I need to share my experience regarding the much talked about throttle spring mod. I have always thought that the throttle return was stronger than it needed to be and have used a cramp buster on long rides (1200km in a day is my longest). Last week I removed the tank and performed the centre throttle spring unwind. Seemed like a good idea after reading the positive feedback on this forum. I Lifted the spring and let it unwind one turn. Then noted as others have that it no longer contacts the tang on the throttle at idle. Fine I thought! I opened the throttle several times and closed it again with the bike shut off to check for correct return to the idle stop and all seemed fine. Unfortunately it was not. I took the machine out for it's first run after the mod and noticed immediately that when cruising at 120kph if I removed my hand from the throttle it would not immediately return to idle but would slowly do so over a period of 5 seconds!! This is not good I thought. After experimenting with it for a while I found that every time it was released from a partly open throttle setting it was very slow to go to idle. This was obviously due to removal of spring. This morning I rewound the spring and reset to the original tension and what a PITA that was. Just thought I would put a warning out there as nearly all feedback re the mod on this site is positive and for me it was not so. Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this problem after releasing the throttle spring? Maybe will look to pursuing the G2 mod. [/QUOTE]
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