R1200S throttle balancing-home service or garage?

StreetFlatTwin · Post by **StreetFlatTwin** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:23 am

I have done a search on here in relation to throttle balancing but they all appear to be for the R1100S NOT the 1200.

So is it the same for the 1200 in all I need is patience and a Carbtune or twinmax (or Harmoniser) or with the "advances" I need a laptop and diagnostic equipment??

My bike seems to be, at idle anyways quite ruff with vibrations making the mirrors wag up and down and I'm thinking balancing the throttle might help. When you rev the bike it's pretty vibration free (for a boxer!!)

Anything else I could look at?

Boxered · Post by **Boxered** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 1:54 pm

They all do that sir!
the 1200s have a stepper motor so require special equipment (gs911?) to balance the tb's so its a dealer or indy job for most of us.

Steve

StreetFlatTwin · Post by **StreetFlatTwin** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:43 pm

Drat I thought as much!!

Thanks for the reply!!!

DaveH · Post by **DaveH** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:43 pm

Throttle synch on the 1200 is no more difficult than the 1100, providing you have the means to lock off the steppers which means a GS911 or main dealer.

Stepper sync is reset with the GS911 and then the steppers locked off to prevent them trying to pull idle back to the 'norm' while the main butterflies are synched together.

Its no biggie but it can't be done properly without the diagnostic tool.

I have known the steppers to be disconnected while sync is carried out but I wouldn't recommend doing it that way......a lot of early EFI bikes were synced that way (eg Triumph, Benelli with Sagem fuel injection)