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Ok wasn't too bad to take out, placing it back in was like a game of tetris but managed.
The wire was to the kick stand and although it didn't seem damaged it was definitely pinched between the sprocket cover.
Also now that you mentioned it, when I tested the idle RPM the other day it was just placing bike in neutral and letting it set for a few mins and it was fine.
Although I am now noticing after actual riding, rather than just placing it in neutral the rpms are <1000 around 900-950.
If this unpinching of the kick stand wire doesn't fix it, should I increase the idle rpms via the screw you suggested earlier?
So the bike is NOW running correctly, just a low idle??? You alluded to that...
Did you actually inspect the wire that was pinched?? Just pulling it out doesn't mean the internal wire itself is fine..
(You can post a pic, which may help.).
I keep my idle on the low side, 1,100 RPM's but yes, turn the idle up to 1250/1300 or so . You should do that NOW, you can turn it down later once the wire issue is sorted.
As you noted, what the mechanic worked on, and then the issues were all the SAME TIME. That tells me the pinched wire IS AFFECTING THE BIKE..
The kick stand switch would normally NOT affect the idle. However, if it was shorting out (from being pinched) the switch IS
designed to kill the engine one going into gear WITH THE KICK STAND EXTENDED... So intermediate shorting / broken wire
could cause all your issues..(And apparently is).
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