Carb balancing/syncing

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Carb balancing/syncing

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Hi All

I am keen to have a go at this myself and have read about an article in the ICOA Tech Tip chronicles, 'Carburettor Adjustment: The Right Way' but have been unable to find it. Can someone help with a link please?

I have read the Honda manual and it looks like I will need the special tool 07908-4220100 plus perhaps a shorter version 07908-4600200? Not sure why you need both. Has anyone local ish got a set for hire?

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Interesting you should ask. There are some guys in the U.K. CBX Riders Club that get together every now and then for a Saturday or Sunday carb sync party.
Tea, biscuits, and all that. You might check in with the riders club as there are some very talented members there.
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Thanks Phil

I joined the UK riders club and the very next day borrowed the carb syncing tools and 6 vacuum gauges form the very knowledgeable Steve Gosine. I now know how to do it and have all the necessary tools to hand.

Happy days

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Goss kicks ass. Good fortune!
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All done, No6 just needed a little tweak.

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Happy that you have it sorted. You have also now had contact
with Steve "Goss", it was your lucky day. He is a great guy.
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Steve overhauled my Carbs and made a super job of them, top bloke! Need a little bit of tweaking but not far off out of the box!

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Was a pleasure, thank you all!

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Are you kidding me. I find a post that matches exactly what I was looking for. Some way to find Mike Nixons Carb sync articular and for some reason the question never got answered.
And yes I have seen that it is something like volume 9-1 from winter of 1991 I think it said. Unfortunately I cannot find a way to get to that articular other than to go dig through boxes of old xpress mags.

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Bob Buehler wrote:Are you kidding me. I find a post that matches exactly what I was looking for. Some way to find Mike Nixons Carb sync articular and for some reason the question never got answered.
And yes I have seen that it is something like volume 9-1 from winter of 1991 I think it said. Unfortunately I cannot find a way to get to that articular other than to go dig through boxes of old xpress mags.
http://issuu.com/cbxclub/docs/cbxpress_ ... e=magazine
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