Originally Posted by Sid Squid

For your future ease of balancing, remove the front take off cap and instead fit a length of tubing to the stub about 4-5" long, plug the end with a suitable screw or bolt, lead the tube up above the airbox on the right hand front frame tube - near where the bunch of electrical connectors are - when balancing connect the guage tube to that instead, this relieves you of the necessity to faff about down at the front carb when balancing.