Spend £34 on a remote fuel tank so I can balance my carbs??!

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Spend £34 on a remote fuel tank so I can balance my carbs??!

Post by veefer400 » Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:44 pm

Nnnnnnot fkn likely! :grin:
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Re: Spend £34 on a remote fuel tank so I can balance my carb

Post by tanuki » Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:44 pm

I use an old scott oiler bottle.
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Re: Spend £34 on a remote fuel tank so I can balance my carb

Post by Davez29 » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:20 pm

I thought a cheap mini moto tank would do when I balanced my carbs but in the end I bought a metre of fuel pipe and balanced (bungeed) my tank to a refuse bin, it worked fine.
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Re: Spend £34 on a remote fuel tank so I can balance my carb

Post by alexwitham » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:23 pm

Q) If I was to fill a plastic bottle with petrol with a fuel line attached to the bottom and attach this to the carbs via the T piece, would that work?
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Re: Spend £34 on a remote fuel tank so I can balance my carb

Post by tanuki » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:44 pm

That's all I do.
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Re: Spend £34 on a remote fuel tank so I can balance my carb

Post by alexwitham » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:21 pm

Cheers Tanuki
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Re: Spend £34 on a remote fuel tank so I can balance my carb

Post by veefer400 » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:14 pm

Make sure you have a venthole in the top of the bottle or the resulting vacuum as the bottle empties will result in fuel starvation... ;)
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Re: Spend £34 on a remote fuel tank so I can balance my carb

Post by alexwitham » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:16 pm

Thanks for that advice.
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Re: Spend £34 on a remote fuel tank so I can balance my carb

Post by tanuki » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:21 pm

If you look in this pic, hanging on the back wall btween the 2 posters you will see a bottle with a long black pipe attatched and sticking oiy of the top in an old funnel so you dont have to piss about when you want to top the fuel up

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Re: Spend £34 on a remote fuel tank so I can balance my carb

Post by alexhumber » Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:42 pm

Nice NSR!

I need to balance the carbs on my bike.

What carb balancing kit can anyone recommend?
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