Quick Carb Balancing Question

[Ingah]

Quick question, to check i've remembered what the mechanic has done previously, correctly:

To balance the carburettors, you basically plug the carb balancing tool into the side of the bike (near the engine manifolds and carburettors) whilst it's running and read off the gauges (or maybe before you start the engine, that bit is a little fuzzy). Am i right?

[Stu]

it depends on the bike where they actually plug in but yes they go on the intakes side one on each inlet the idea is to get the gauges reading the same there is a specific way to adjust them up though

ie you balance carbs 1&2 together then 3-4 then 2-3 some are different its bike dependent

you have to warm the bike up fully before balancing too

[Guest]

This might help, a Morgan Carbtune is being used on a 4 cylinder engine in the video, but the theory is the same for other types of vacuum gauges/engine

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Here is a handy link for specific bike models

http://www.carbtune.co.uk/yourbike.htm

[Ingah]

Thank you both.

I ride a parallel twin (CB500), so it's thankfully even easier