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'Jerky' engine braking

Oldman -- your point about 98 octane fuel is excellent. Ethanol is used to raise octane rating. A 95 octane fuel may very well be more V7-friendly than 98 octane.

Do you have yearly vehicle emission inspections?
 
Oldman said:
Hello good people. Despite virus lockdown I have finally managed to accumulate enough kms for the first service which was done yesterday in Huelva. I have noticed though that engine braking has become rather sudden, jerky, sort of on-off on throttle closing. It has been like this for the last few hundred km and is still like it after the first service and valve adjustment. I particularly am aware of this because I live 5km down a rough track, very steep in places, and I remarked to myself when I got the MG how strong and smooth the engine braking was compared to my other bike which is a Ducati Desert Sled. I plan a remap and Mistral shorty pipes but I don't want to change anything until the bike is running stock as well as it can. Sorry if I have been a bit clumsy in describing the issue but anybody any ideas as to what I am seeing?
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I have the same issue with my V7 II, If there is too much slack in the "return" throttle cable, the throttle does not fully close "sometimes".
On long throttle off descents, the throttle will intermittently return to full close and engine brake as it should.
Cable adjusted and the issue disappears- the engine braking is significant with these motors.
 
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