- Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:29 am
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Smithy (and anyone else who may be interested) I suggest you visit Youtube and look at the videos made by singh5g They really are very useful and show simply and clearly how to do a whole host of tests etc to an EFI RE bike, including the tps setting. As log as you have a multi meter and a couple of paper clips you are good to go. You will note that actually the cps should be set to 0.6v +/- 0.2v, so ric yours is right on the upper limit. IIRC the higher the voltage the richer - a popular mod in the days when I owned a couple of BMW oilseeds was to set the tps voltage a little higher than the factory setting to get rid of surging. Also, unless one has removed the auto decompressor one won't be able to get a reliable tickover at 350rpm because that is the point at which it kicks in. My carb-equipped C5 ticks over nicely and, importantly, very reliably unlike when it had the original set-up when it would hunt and occasionally stall (something to which the CGT is more prone). As my auto-decompressor works fine I have left it alone. Personally I'd do that anyway on an early C5 because the sprag clutch wasn't too clever and they didn't have kickstarts. I never used the bi-valve starter on mine because I found it really awkward and anyway it wasn't necessary at the ambient temperatures at which I use my bikes. Wideband O2 sensors as used on cars constantly measure exhaust emissions and adjust the mixture accordingly throughout the rev range and can accommodate exhaust changes with no bother. The narrow band ones on these and other bikes with crude EFI systems only operate at the lower end; they do not do anything at WOT. I forgot to mention, Smithy, that there is another option - a Dobeck. This is a much cheaper version of the PCV on which you can actually alter the fuel mapping as you ride (insert favoured H&S warning about own risk etc HERE). Our American and Australian fellow sufferers (sorry, owners) favour these. Try a search on forum.classicmotorworks.com; this is the American equivalent of this forum and has loads of info on it, especially on the EFI models. Worth joining, but it can be a bit awkward to do so. Good luck.
