Balancing the carbs?

[Pixie]

OIC. Is it worth it? I thought a single differential gauge (water tube manometer?) was much easier to "balance" something with, than a single switched gauge.

Bugger it, I'm gunna go make a tube manometer.

Steve

I had the gauge and valve in my junk box -taken off dead robots

[racefactory]

Radiator?

He is doing the synchronising with the airbox off, right?

You can't get to the screws from the airbox side, you can only put the vacuum meter tubes on from there.

[kwaka_crasher]

You can't get to the screws from the airbox side, you can only put the vacuum meter tubes on from there.

I don't believe that. There's nothing special about the carbs or the angle they're installed on. From the pictures I've found, a long screwdriver will reach the adjusters from the space above the frame crossbrace and a short one would probably even be fine from the normal position.

[magicmonkey]

I don't believe that. There's nothing special about the carbs or the angle they're installed on. From the pictures I've found, a long screwdriver will reach the adjusters from the space above the frame crossbrace and a short one would probably even be fine from the normal position.

yup, that's exactly what I thought when I looked at them on the bike, you can get straight to the screws once you move the radiator forwards

[kwaka_crasher]

Why can't you get to them under the frame brace without moving the radiator?

[magicmonkey]

Why can't you get to them under the frame brace without moving the radiator?

it's probably be possible but it's be a tight fit and make it much more fiddly. The radiator just needs the top 2 bolts un-done and the top of it tilting forwards, takes about 1 munite to do ...

[kwaka_crasher]

it's probably be possible but it's be a tight fit and make it much more fiddly. The radiator just needs the top 2 bolts un-done and the top of it tilting forwards, takes about 1 munite to do ...

What isn't a tight fit on a bike!

Just seems bizzare... even more bizzare is why they didn't simply change the adjusters to be facing rearward so you can get at them no problem down between the carbs! And why the fuckers never make the drains accessible until you've actually got the carbs off and then don't need the drains anyway! (I know, I know - it's a production thing. But that doesn't make it any less annoying.)

[magicmonkey]

What isn't a tight fit on a bike!

Just seems bizzare... even more bizzare is why they didn't simply change the adjusters to be facing rearward so you can get at them no problem down between the carbs! And why the fuckers never make the drains accessible until you've actually got the carbs off and then don't need the drains anyway! (I know, I know - it's a production thing. But that doesn't make it any less annoying.)

well, the manual recons you should fit the vacum gauge and then put the airbox back on before balancing so it does kinda make sense to have them at the front. I think that's probably something that no-one actually does outside of a production line though...