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Old 18-01-11, 11:40 AM   #21
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I wish I understood what you lot were talking about. Oh well, another couple of years of spannering and I might

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What you need an apprenticeship for when you can read on here lol

You've seen a set of SV carbs surely?
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Old 18-01-11, 11:49 AM   #22
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Ha haa, yep I've seen carbs and balanced them just not got around to splitting and cleaning any yet.

But will do soon as need to clean the carbs on Cheryl's CBR400 and Ninja soon. Then later in the year get a jet kit for the carbs for the.............

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Old 18-01-11, 02:36 PM   #23
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Carbs?
The very same problem can occur with throttle bodies on an FI system, they have butterflies, spindles and linkages too.

Of course it may well be argued that FI bikes will never in practice suffer this, as they never get ridden enough to make 10,000 miles until their fourteenth year and ninth owner.
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Old 18-01-11, 09:20 PM   #24
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Funny that, my bike is 8 years old, has 7k miles and I'm the 4th owner...
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