Choke

[andy and the r man]

Firstly a big public thanks to S-R Racing for sending me an owners manual for my new to me Busa. He wouldn't even accept postage money from me. A true gentleman.

My question is about what they refer to as the choke in the manual. Mine only boosts the idle speed by @ 500 rpm. I also have a little play in the throttle and was wondering if I adjusted (tightened) the throttle, would it boost the choke's ability? Are they connected?

 

[racerV]

You probably need to pull off your tank and air box to make that adjustment. Do you really need to? The new Busa's don't even have throttle advance.

 

[twotonevert]

The lever is a fast idle and not a choke, and you can adjust it. I need to adjust mine, but anway, dont set it too tight where the idle raises when you turn the bars.

 

[S-R Racing]

Hey glad to help! Hope this helps too. The cable on the top is your fast idle cable, try just a 1/4 or 1/2 turn to bring it up. I will gladly accept any warm weather you would care to send our way

 

[Liltroy]

buddy, you just opened a can of worms

 

[dadofthree]

Good luck with it :santa:

 

[S-R Racing]

buddy, you just opened a can of worms

You might be right???- a 1/4 or 1/2 turn on the stop screw, not the cable ends

 

[gill_grissom]

This is interesting.. My first Busa is the one I have now,, an '08.. I have never looked close enough to the gen I's to notice a choke lever/fast idle lever.. I just assumed that since it was fuel injected that it would not need that.. But when it is cold outside and I first start my '08,,,,,, it seems like it could use some extra help starting on extra cold mornings...???

 

[Liltroy]

You might be right???- a 1/4 or 1/2 turn on the stop screw, not the cable ends

Not you bro, I was referring to the guy that started this thread. You know how everyone on here loves to argue about suzuki deciding to call this a choke.
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[MikeSomething]

When I first got my bike, me and my friends used the fast idle lever and were extremely confused... I even looked it up, to make sure my bike didn't have carbs, LoL. Some people use this as a cruise control while riding. I'm kinda glad I have it, it def aids in warming up the bike faster. Kudos to Suzuki once again.

 

[andy and the r man]

No worms. I said "what the manual refers to as the choke".

S-R, thanks again. I'll adjust up top and let you know what happens.

 

[andy and the r man]

Adjusted up top and took the play out. Seems I still need to go under the tank to get the idle speed lever adjusted up

 

[ogre]

be careful adjusting play in the throttle lever, it gets really snappy if you're not careful.

 

[jdbrown12]

I opened this can of worms a while back...my '06 LE needed a little adjustment to the fast idel/choke cable. seems to come loose over time...it only have 3800 miles on it ???

 

[Strife]

While you are at it might as well make an adjustment to you Idle. 1150-1250 is where most keep it.

 

[andy and the r man]

While you are at it might as well make an adjustment to you Idle. 1150-1250 is where most keep it.

That I did already with the long screwdriver technique. Took literally 20 seconds

 

[S-R Racing]

sweet

 

[GSXcite]

Way to go John!

 

[majestic12]

The thottle needs a little play so I won't goose the throttle when you turn your bars to the steering stops. Just be careful.

 

[andy and the r man]

I left a little in there and turned the bars fully each direction before venturing out. Feels good. It was 33 degrees this morning when I rode it to work. It started with no problem. It holds @ roughly 1500rpm with the throttle boost on and has no trouble running on cold mornings so while I know it's a little low, it still works so we'll call it good enough. The regular idle speed I was able to boost with the aforementioned long screwdriver technique I learned on here, so that's sitting @ 1100 or so.