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Offline bmikkalson

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Any good sites for carb tunning? or How bike carbs work?
« on: July 29, 2009, 11:52:39 PM »
Or general performance bike carb sites??

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Re: Any good sites for carb tunning? or How bike carbs work?
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2009, 12:00:11 AM »
A giant headache you will be having young Skywalker! ;D
I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

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Re: Any good sites for carb tunning? or How bike carbs work?
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2009, 05:32:30 AM »
The Honda Motorcycle Carburetion Manual is a good read.

http://www.sohc4.net/?q=node/65

It's available on the Technical Pages section of the website. 

http://www.sohc4.net/index.php?q=content/fuel-system-carburetion

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Re: Any good sites for carb tunning? or How bike carbs work?
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2009, 05:34:56 AM »
FYI those books will tell you to set it to this and that...but honestly...you wont know one hundred percent certain until that carb is on the bike  and tuned on the bike
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Re: Any good sites for carb tunning? or How bike carbs work?
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2009, 03:27:27 PM »
Thanks for the sites, the Honda one is pretty good