Today has been a productive day finishing off my regular servicing of the bike. The big downside of tackling routine servicing yourself is finding the time, and so I was forced to split the work across to free weekends a couple of weeks apart.
First the oil change, air filter and rear brake service (which included a new Hel brake line). Today finishing off, front brake service, carb balancing and other remaining checks etc.
The Morgan Carbtune tool makes easy work of balancing. The most difficult thing on the Fazer is finding the adjustment screws buried deep between the carbs. They’re almost impossible to see and you just have to poke a long screwdriver down into the engine and guess where they are!
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Watching the vacuum gauges finally sync up smoothly is one of the most satisfying feelings in DIY wrenching. A poorly balanced set of carbs completely ruins the idle smoothness and causes annoying vibrations through the handlebars. Personally, using a homemade fluid manometer was too tricky, so I upgraded to a digital carbtune. Did you notice a better throttle response right away?