[ST] Idle problems

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My neutral light would sometimes flicker in neutral, and was sometimes
dim. This, as well as the idle problem wre both resolved when I replaced
the neutral switch. I thinks it was about $20 from the dealer, and took a
couple of minutes to replace.

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> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:22:33 +0100
> From: "Chris Harwood" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [ST] Idle problems
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> Al
>
> I have been suffering the same symptoms for months now.  Mine is a 2000
> RS and it started it for no reason that I could see.  It has been to the
> dealers for a service and I asked them to check it.  That made no
> difference and had I not ridden a long way to get there, I would have
> taken it back.  It did fix itself for a week then went bad again.  When
> I can afford a Tuneboy I might sort it myself.
>
> The only sensible clue I have is that it has been mentioned on this
> list that the ECU senses voltage and ups the tickover if it feels it is
> low - as in battery on its last legs or seriously discharged.
>
> The other point that has been suggested is that the neutral switch is
> the item sensed for battery voltage in this case and one person has
> claimed the problem went away after replacing said switch (not
> difficult).
>



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