M750 carb balancing help please.

[jerry]

I spent some tome investigating possibility of extending the screw for balancing to 75mm soit would be easy to locate but found it was not really a viable idea

[Islander]

Originally Posted by jerry

I spent some tome investigating possibility of extending the screw for balancing to 75mm soit would be easy to locate but found it was not really a viable idea

I've been toying with the idea of making something similar to the idle adjustment extension to fit the balance screw.

I reckon a bit of bowden cable or similar, some adhesive lined heatshrink, a knob scavenged from somewhere and a home made bracket might work. Having spent the best part of an hour under my partner's M750 trying to access the screw it's motivated me to find a permanent solution.

What do you reckon?

Oh and sorry for the thread revival!

[Brian.]

Originally Posted by Islander

Oh and sorry for the thread revival!

Please feel free to revive it, it's something that certainly could benefit from being made easier! As I've said previously, on mine it's next to impossible to access because when I try to move the oil cooler out of the way it'll hardly move at all because of the rigidity of the pipework going to & from the oil heated float chambers on my bike.

If it was possible to drop the oil cooler it'd be a doddle.

Balancing just two carbs should be the easiest job to do, but because of access it certainly isn't, so any improvement is a plus.

Brian.

[Dukedesmo]

Originally Posted by Islander

I've been toying with the idea of making something similar to the idle adjustment extension to fit the balance screw.

I reckon a bit of bowden cable or similar, some adhesive lined heatshrink, a knob scavenged from somewhere and a home made bracket might work. Having spent the best part of an hour under my partner's M750 trying to access the screw it's motivated me to find a permanent solution.

What do you reckon?

Oh and sorry for the thread revival!

That's how the idle adjustment is on my Keihin FCR carbs, a small plastic knob hangs out (Ooer Mrs!) of each side of the bike and it makes idle adjustment simple even whilst on the bike.

Obviously with split-single carbs it'll upset the balance unless you adjust both by the same amount but the idea is great.

You can see said RH side knob in this pic, resting on the belt guard;

[Islander]

Originally Posted by Dukedesmo

That's how the idle adjustment is on my Keihin FCR carbs, a small plastic knob hangs out (Ooer Mrs!) of each side of the bike and it makes idle adjustment simple even whilst on the bike.

Obviously with split-single carbs it'll upset the balance unless you adjust both by the same amount but the idea is great.

You can see said RH side knob in this pic, resting on the belt guard;

That's where I got the idea of using a flexible extension from. Both the M750 and my M900 have idle adjusters like that. I just need to get the necessary bits and some time. I'm confident that it'll work just fine and I'm lucky enough to have a spare pair of carbs to experiment with.