Tickover

Once warm my Bonny [2003 Hinckley] ticks over on 1000 or just under, this about right? Seems a tad low but I've been use to 2-strokes which rev a little higher so maybe i'm concerning myself over nothing?

 

Hi Tone, the tickover speed set by the factory and Triumph dealerships requires a diagnostic kit connection - they do not use the bike's tachometer. So to do the set-up correctly you need to download TuneECU, connect it to the bike and then setup up the tickover to 1050 revs + or - 50rpm.

The dealers often say the bike tacho under-reads by approx 50rpm.

 

Download a diagnostic kit? Blimey this getting too technical for my skills.

 

Forgive me I was talking bollox, there's no ECU on your bike

Just turn the tickover speed(knurled black knob low down on LHS) until the tacho shows 1100rpm on a warmed-up engine.

 

should be 900 rpm on bonnie but mine is a little higher cuts out to much at that mines 1000

 

Ah thanks. Pretty similar to the RD adjustment then!

 

My 2004 Bonnie used to idle best between 1050 and 1100 rpm