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Anonymous Posted on Apr 12, 2010

Cutting out at idle

Hi,my sv650s sk3 has started cutting out when idling hot or cold.bike drives fine any other time.regularly serviced.have owned bike for 5 years and this problem has only begun this past few months.suspect battery cell damage as ive had to jump start the bike.when engine is running the voltmeter is reading around 14v to 14.6volts.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

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The batery is ok if the engine start avery time. Also the volts are ok.
Have you made any modifications on it? Sport exhaust, sport air filter?
Check also the air filter. Make sure is clean...
Idle speed should be around 1000-1200 rpm. You should have a screw to fix the idle speed. Check it on the carburetors area, or download the manual from internet.

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