How Often Do you Sync your Carburetors?
dan7uk:
How often do you sync your carbs if ever?
Valker:
In the 26 years and 248,000+ miles I've had my Valk, I've checked the carbs twice with my DigiSync, but they've never needed to be touched. They are still set as they were from the factory.
TTG53#1717:
My ‘97 Std. was bought new and the dealer said it required a setup that would take 2 days. I drove it home in pouring rain and did a good break in for the 1st 500 miles. Having owned, chopped and built Harley’s for the 26 years prior, the Valk was a whole new and very impressive beast.
I kept reading about 2nd gear breaking the tire loose and 30+ mpg. Not mine. No chirps and a best mpg of 28.
3 years on…
After moving here to TX I hoped a 6 degree wheel might help things and was referred to an Indy with a good rep and lots of certifications.
When I picked up the bike a few days later he commented “ I was surprised at how far out of sync your carbs were.”
A couple blocks warm up to the highway entrance ramp and my first 2nd gear chirp. Not even trying.
34 mpg and lots of smiles. It certainly wasn’t the degree wheel, but having the carbs now in sync .
So my factory/dealer set up was $hit and needed some serious tweaking.
I don’t own a carb sync tool and I just confirmed that the two trusted wrenches here have closed up shop so I’ll see what the future brings when I finally get my clutch fixed.
Chrisj CMA:
I did it once at well over 100,000 miles. Now I m close to 200,000 and am contemplating doing it again
Willow:
Not often. Once synced there's no reason for them to become unsynced.
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