Following about a 4 week period when my EFI GT250 remained idle in my garage, yesterday I decided to take it for a ride when I encountered the following issue.
My bike is always sluggish to start but once it gets going it idles properly at about 1700RPM. After riding without a hitch for more than 30 mins I needed to stop at a stop sign when the engine settled at an idle speed of about 2200RPM. I continued riding for a further 15 mins but when I stopped again idle speed ranged between 2000 and 2500. I am sure that the throttle bar is not sticking.
I switched off the engine and restarted immediately. The high idling speed remained. After a further 10 mins riding I switched off the engine for a minute or two. When I restarted engine speed returned to 1700. This issue repeated a couple of times but when I eventually returned home the engine idled properly with no further issues.
The issue of fast idling has happened to me at least twice in the past 2 years but previously high idling happened briefly and only once during the ride.
Any ideas please?