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This is regarding an argument I'm looking to settle with my friend, over in particular a Triumph TT600 motorcycle. When off the throttle and above 6k RPM, the engine will 'hang' at 4.5k-5k for a few seconds before dropping. He has a power commander installed and can edit the fuel mapping at will.

What I'm after is this: can an engine be 'too lean' at 0%/Closed Throttle? Is some fuel injection required to avoid pre-detonation or 'too lean' conditions? Or could I just use the power commander to remove more fuel from the 4k-6k, 0% throttle range safely?

Note: To settle the argument, references and/or a well reasoned theory will be required.

DucatiKiller
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As Brian Knoblauch stated, fuel injection systems normally shut off the fuel delivery completely when the engine is in an "overrun" state, i.e. when you get off the accelerator completely with the vehicle in gear and the RPMs sufficiently high. In this sense, you can't be too lean in overrun--it's perfectly acceptable to have no injection at all.

As for this specific application: it's possible that the fuel injection controls do not turn off fuel delivery on overrun. Sometimes motorcycle control systems are designed so that engine braking is reduced to enhance stability.

That said, the 2000 TT600 was apparently known for bad on/off throttle transitions and funny throttle response. They made changes in 2001 and 2002 to attempt to address these issues.

mac
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Throttle never reads 0% as the throttle plate angle is around 25~30 degree's. RPM should not 'hang' on a fuel injected bike, you may have leaking injectors or fuel pump regulator may not be working properly? Your much more likely to get after-fire in exhaust system on over run. What year is the 600? I know early ones had some issues but all the newer models can download/install new maps either direct from Triumph or various after-market and Triumph forums. I think the Power Commander may be your problem, some bikes have issues with the inputs/outputs. I'm a lot more familiar with Suzuki but I have a friend who has Triumph 600 and was a Triumph tech before he started teaching Honda.

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