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22-01-10, 01:49 PM
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Wet Weather Idle
Hello to you all!
 I have an SV650 SK1 2001 Model full fairing, it is in great nick only 10k on the clock and I always look after it, I have noticed that in the rain the idel runs lumpy it keeps dropping from 1300 to about 800 then bouncing back up again when I am at a stan still? only seems to do it in the rain??? Does anyone have any ideas on what it could be? Cheers Yan the Bubble |
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22-01-10, 01:51 PM
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Re: Wet Weather Idle
Wet front spark plug .... loads of threads/posts on here about it .... do a search ...
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22-01-10, 01:57 PM
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Re: Wet Weather Idle
Thank you for the quick response, I will take a look at the front plug this weekend
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22-01-10, 02:00 PM
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Re: Wet Weather Idle
If anyone has any other great solutions appart from adding a front mudguard extender please fire away..
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22-01-10, 02:05 PM
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22-01-10, 02:05 PM
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Re: Wet Weather Idle
On one of my SVs I have a very thin plate (can't remember if its plastic or metal) its hung off the back of the radiator and covers the front cylinder lovely. Defo no problem in three years of having front plug drowning in the rain
 The other one has a fender extender. Never had a problem with the front plug on that one drowning in rain either
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22-01-10, 02:54 PM
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Re: Wet Weather Idle
I sprayed a bit of ignition drier in the plug cap last service i did on it and havent had any touble since
another solution is grease, not sure which tho 
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22-01-10, 03:42 PM
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Re: Wet Weather Idle
A tube of silicone grease.
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22-01-10, 03:42 PM
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Re: Wet Weather Idle
Thank you
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22-01-10, 04:26 PM
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