Surging and fast idle, don't worry, I fixed it.

[Idaho]

The Nomad ran awesome all the way from Idaho to Ohio. Tuesday was a hot day here and I was headed home from a short ride to visit relatives. Turned off of the main highway onto a street that heads through a seedy section of town and the bike started running strange. The idle speed picked way up and would not retreat with a blip of the throttle so I pulled off onto a driveway apron to check things out. Besides the fast idle the engine was surging and not maintaining a steady rpm. ???

Throttle cables were still tight. Only thing I could do at the time was grab the idle control knob below the right side dog bowl and turn down the idle. That cured the fast idle and made surging less noticable but it still was not right. On the way home it stalled at stops a couple of times and I could tell it was not not running right.

I'm thinking that maybe a hose plug came off from my mod with Chucksters dual plate system and maybe I need to get a toothbrush and Seafoam after the butterflies and throttle bodies. I picked up the Seafoam on the way home and after the bike cooled down I started into it.

Took off the right side dog bowl and disassembled the dual plate adapter. As soon as I pulled the top plate and air filter away one of the little rubber tube caps that was glued with silicone onto the idle control solenoid air tubes fell out on the ground. ;) My brother in law had some silicone sealer so I cleaned up the tube and inside of the cap and stuck it back on then went to work on the throttle bodies with a toothbrush. It was dark grey when I finished scrubbing. Put it all back together and let it set overnight to make sure the silicone gets a good cure before I fire it back up.

I was sure happy to see that cap fall out.