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D.I.Y: Sort your fuel injection
By Tim Dickson on 22/10/2007 19:40:13
Like it or not, carburettors are dead. These days there's no finer way of getting fuel into your engine than by injecting it. Here's how it works. And why
, fuel injection has other advantages over carbs. From a tuning point of view, it's a lot easier to adjust fuel injection than it is to repeatedly strip, adjust and rebuild a set of carburettors. Simply plug in a laptop and do it with a few keystrokes
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D.I.Y: How to balance carbs
By Visordown on 25/09/2010 11:38:35
Fuel injection rules today, but back in the day all bikes had carbs. Some still do, and if yours has, here's how to balance 'em
Balancing or synchronising the carburettors on a multi-cylinder motorcycle is an important part of machine set-up. Out-of-synch carbs will cause an engine to cough, splutter and tick-over erratically at the best of times. But no fear, the balancing
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16 steps to carb cleanliness
By Daryll Young on 29/10/2007 15:02:25
Follow this guide to get your bike breathing easily
1 Get all the necessary bodywork/tank/side panels out of the way and put them somewhere safe. Now loosen the jubilee clips that hold the carb to the inlet manifold and airbox.2 Undo and disconnect all the fuel lines and electrical connectors that lead to the carb. Some of the ov...
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D.I.Y: Help your carbs breath more easily
By Daryll Young on 29/10/2007 20:12:03
Is your carbed bike wheezing like a 60-a-day smoker after a 100m dash? Here's how to make your bike breathe more easily
Jump to our descriptive step by step guide for clean carbsWith more and more bikes now coming with fuel-injection the art of fettling carburretors is gradually being forgotten, so here's a reminder. It's only in the last five years that fuel-injection has really become common on ...
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Understanding Fueling
By Harriet Ridley on 22/09/2003 10:21:17
Does your life revolve around squeezing every last bit of power from your bike? Fancy a rush of ponies delivered smoothly from the moment you crack the throttle to the point where all around you is just a blur? Then sort your intake
's well the fuel system flows and mixes accurate proportions of air and fuel before delivering it in the correct volume via the intake valve into the combustion chamber. Until recently, carburettors ruled on production bikes.The main feature of a
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