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Idle or not Idle?

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steeldust:
A friend of mine sets his idle screw so low it wont idle so he always has to start if he lets go of the throttle.  The reason he does this is because its a race bike thats what he says(stock rm 250 with pipe and silencer).  He couldn't give me a good reason why he won't let it idle.  The only reason I can think of is if he wrecks the bike it wont keep running and hurt the bike or himself.  I know I always get my bike to a low idle.  Any ideas or this guy full of BS?

gowen:
I'm sure somebody here can answere the question, but mainly cause of surging, when you rev a two stroke, it risks a small surge when returning to idle, so if you let off the throttle after a wide open run, it will surge lightly and if you are flying into a corner for a slide, it will cause it to surge in the corner and really cause issues. So they say.

kiwikx500:
If you look on the factory spec sheets for the 5 hundie it is set up not to idle from the factory prob for the reasons above

Arigato:
On a two-stoke, eliminating the idle increases throttle response.  If you're a pro, you'll notice it.  The rest of us will stall.

KXcam22:
Arigato,
 I gotta ask how on that one. All idle is is a stop that doesn't let the slide bottom all the way.  Shouldn't change throttle response unless they set the air screw differently. Am I missing something?In my pro days I always wanted an idle so you didn't have to restart if you fell off.  Cam.

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