In this video I demonstrate the process I take to clean my motorcycles throttle bodies. Some key takeaways here are make sure to take your time polishing the walls of the throttle body, especially around the area where the butterflies close. The primary butterflies should never perform a complete seal when in the closed position, there should be a small gap around the radius of the silver and gold butterflies. This small gap when closed allows for a clean idle.

You also want to clean the edges of the butterflies thoroughly taking caution not to add to much pressure as to bend the rod holding it in place. This job can be done without removing the secondary flies just as i did but it takes a bit longer to get your rag and finger down in there.

Make sure to use throttle body cleaner and NOT carb clean, each is made for its own job and you don't want to damage parts because you were to cheap or lazy to get the right stuff.

Throttle Body Cleaning