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anyone in nottingham?
#1
who can do carb balancing as i don't fancy paying £80 for a bike shop to do it........  Big Grin 
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#2
You can get one for £57 and it's piss easy to DIY.  I might then come over and borrow yours.. :b


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#3
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...
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#4
If you come up to York we could have a balancing party! BYOF
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(15-04-13, 09:38 PM)elbrownos link Wrote: 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...


thats what i thought but a bike shop near me quoted me £80 to balance my carbs or £130 to clean and balance them  :eek
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(16-04-13, 10:45 PM)Young rider link Wrote: [quote author=elbrownos link=topic=7162.msg69709#msg69709 date=1366058338]
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...


thats what i thought but a bike shop near me quoted me £80 to balance my carbs or £130 to clean and balance them  :eek
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Strange pricing, 'cos it would take longer to clean them than to balance them i'd have thought?  :rolleyes
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#7
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?
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(16-04-13, 11:11 PM)Dead Eye link Wrote: 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?


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  Wink
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#9
yup very odd this is why i rather do the work myself then i know its been done right!



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(16-04-13, 11:21 PM)darrsi link Wrote: [quote author=Dead Eye link=topic=7162.msg69943#msg69943 date=1366150289]
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?


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  Wink
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It's ok Tongue

I didn't really get it so can't really find it offensive  :lol

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...
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(17-04-13, 12:17 AM)Dead Eye link Wrote: [quote author=darrsi link=topic=7162.msg69947#msg69947 date=1366150895]
[quote author=Dead Eye link=topic=7162.msg69943#msg69943 date=1366150289]
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?


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  Wink
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It's ok Tongue

I didn't really get it so can't really find it offensive  :lol

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...
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Was it not a DIY carb cleaner that caused your woes?
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(17-04-13, 06:44 AM)darrsi link Wrote: [quote author=Dead Eye link=topic=7162.msg69957#msg69957 date=1366154230]
[quote author=darrsi link=topic=7162.msg69947#msg69947 date=1366150895]
[quote author=Dead Eye link=topic=7162.msg69943#msg69943 date=1366150289]
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?


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  Wink
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It's ok Tongue

I didn't really get it so can't really find it offensive  :lol

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...
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Was it not a DIY carb cleaner that caused your woes?
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Ahhh, yeah, now your joke makes sense! Haha... ssh its been a long 6 months Tongue
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#13
check out the for sale section  Wink  i have carbtune for sale  :lol
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