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It was the fuel filter, got a funny little square thing instead of the nasty bulbous one. I guess the air filter is okay-enough, or they would have remarked.
Man what a difference. I can actually hit it down into first and sit with my hand on the clutch and it doesn’t drop below 1k. Just ticks over like I’d expect it to while waiting to move forward. Has a real kick too now. Oh and apparently an adjustment screw was seized, so that’s been sorted.
Didn’t actually enjoy the ride back, though, as it got dark and lots of assholes in the pre-rush-hour rush. Barely even got on the main road outside of the mechanics and a guy squeezes past me and an oncoming car, on the crest of a bridge, just to sit in standstill traffic immediately after, for minutes on end. I’d been in 2nd position and luckily no potholes as I was forced toward 1st. Literally couldn’t have held the lane any better, guy just had to do it. Resisted putting the high beam on, but aimed the dipped light at his rear view mirror while sitting behind him. He was too busy texting to notice though.
Shifting, accelerating, everything felt totally different, and took me some minutes to find my place with it all again. Had my first whiskey throttle moment too, got the front a few inches off the ground as I slipped the clutch to get forward waiting at a busy roundabout. Definitely couldn’t do that before the servicing!
Hope to actually enjoy riding this thing now. Oh wait. -1 forecast from now on.
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Sounds good all in at £60. And they reckon battery is good, bonus :)
Air filter failing apart ? that could account for things as carb would be set up against the airbox and filter and X - amount of airflow, punch holes in the filter and airbox would upset fueling......
Not so much on Fuel injection enegines as the ECU adjusts fueling. If you plan on riding over vast mountain ranges then a carb set up at sea level will need rejetting/adjusting to cope with thinner air at altitude...... FI just deals with it.