Troubleshooting carbs

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Re: Troubleshooting carbs

Post by Larry Zimmer »

As Dave said, a good bench synch will essentially eliminate the need for a bike synch. When you are doing the bench job be certain to open and close the throttles a few times with every tweek. And, be certain there is NO play in the little ball joints between each of the throttle shaft links. Time spent doing a bench synch is well worth it.
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Re: Troubleshooting carbs

Post by AfricaHunterCBX »

Thanks for the tips.

I have 4 sync gauges and the sync tool, so my plan is to fine-tune the sync on the bike.

After this I will need to get a replacement choke, but doubting whether I have the European or US model. Does anyone know of an easy way to check this?
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Re: Troubleshooting carbs

Post by daves79x »

Do you mean a replacement choke cable? There were three different lengths offered - standard high-bar '79-'80, standard bar Pro-Link, sport kitted US/Canada bikes and World market bikes. I think the World market Pro-Links had the same choke cable as the sport kitted early models.

If you mean something else, please clarify.

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Re: Troubleshooting carbs

Post by Jeff Bennetts »

I’m with Dave, are you referring to the cable or the choke perch on the clip ons?
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