I'm in Nottingham and will also be looking to borrow somebody's balancer as soon as I get around to replacing my exhaust.£57 sounds like a bargain and all, but not for something you only use once...
Quote from: elbrownos on 15 April 2013, 09:38:58 pmI'm in Nottingham and will also be looking to borrow somebody's balancer as soon as I get around to replacing my exhaust.£57 sounds like a bargain and all, but not for something you only use once...thats what i thought but a bike shop near me quoted me £80 to balance my carbs or £130 to clean and balance them
Definitely, cleaning them is a lot more work and probably nearly 10x the amount of labour work required! Only thing I can think is that they run some fuel cleaner through them without removing them?
Quote from: Dead Eye on 16 April 2013, 11:11:29 pmDefinitely, cleaning them is a lot more work and probably nearly 10x the amount of labour work required! Only thing I can think is that they run some fuel cleaner through them without removing them?Then there's the rebuilding of the garage, finding a new bike, getting it up to scratch................sorry Dead Eye, that was mean of me, i'm only messing mate
Quote from: darrsi on 16 April 2013, 11:21:35 pmQuote from: Dead Eye on 16 April 2013, 11:11:29 pmDefinitely, cleaning them is a lot more work and probably nearly 10x the amount of labour work required! Only thing I can think is that they run some fuel cleaner through them without removing them?Then there's the rebuilding of the garage, finding a new bike, getting it up to scratch................sorry Dead Eye, that was mean of me, i'm only messing mate It's ok :PI didn't really get it so can't really find it offensive Besides, garage is done now and I have my project work ahead of me... really need to get out there and make some progress with that...
Quote from: Dead Eye on 17 April 2013, 12:17:10 amQuote from: darrsi on 16 April 2013, 11:21:35 pmQuote from: Dead Eye on 16 April 2013, 11:11:29 pmDefinitely, cleaning them is a lot more work and probably nearly 10x the amount of labour work required! Only thing I can think is that they run some fuel cleaner through them without removing them?Then there's the rebuilding of the garage, finding a new bike, getting it up to scratch................sorry Dead Eye, that was mean of me, i'm only messing mate It's ok :PI didn't really get it so can't really find it offensive Besides, garage is done now and I have my project work ahead of me... really need to get out there and make some progress with that...Was it not a DIY carb cleaner that caused your woes?