Evening guys The almost three year anniversary of trying to get the Rocket running exceptably continues....... after much advice from you guys and continual fettling I’m at the point of covering her in fuels demand setting her alight ,breaking her as she’s probably worth more in parts or continuing down the love/ hate relationship I have with this bike.
Have replaced all the usual suspects as in primary TPS, map hoses and rubber caps on the throttle bodies, cleaned and balanced the throttle bodies,return springs and stepper to within an inch of their life’s and still have the wandering never stable Rocket tick over ,absolutely love this bike but hate that when I’m heading into a corner the tick over decides it’s going to make life interesting and not shut down making the whole experience a little like a Friday night in the 70’s riding home on a Kawasaki triple!
Having read every bit of this forums advice on the subject I decided to physically remove the stepper motor and stash it in the emp space that was the air box along with the now relocated coolant overflow tank to keep it company.
The good bit is the bike runs the best it ever has in my ownership, ticks over beautifully ,engine brakes whilst blipping down the gearbox and the only ass twitching comes from my own riding limitations not the ever increasing idle speed.
But like most things owning a Rocket ,solving one problem seems create another...........with the stepper stashed under the seat it continually sounds like it’s trying to do something,unfortunately it sounds like I have the wife’s rabbit with me!
Is there anyway to disconnect without getting the warning light/fault code, is it normal for the stepper to sound like it’s working all the time or is that a fault in itself?