Buying Carbtune pro

[piper]

HI every one Im thinking of buying a Carbtune pro becouse I gust had the price quoted to my from my yam dealer $650 AU do you think I should allso buy pro color tune kit to see the color of the spark as it is running and could some one point me on how to do valve clerance and whot tool I nead

THANKS PIPER

[whanna]

HI every one Im thinking of buying a Carbtune pro becouse I gust had the price quoted to my from my yam dealer $650 AU do you think I should allso buy pro color tune kit to see the color of the spark as it is running and could some one point me on how to do valve clerance and whot tool I nead

THANKS PIPER

 

 

 

You'll love having your own CarbTune, trust me. The ColorTune plug is also very handy; I used mine a lot on th XJ line of bikes that I've worked on over the years. It can be very handy if only to make sure everything's running right at idle.

You don't say what bike you have as to what valve tool you need (I don't have one for my second gen yet, though I'm going to get one before too long).

 

Good luck! www.carbtune.com will sell you both the carbtune and colortune tools.

[jemorrisonjr]

I bought and have used the Carbtune, I think it works good enough for the work us backyard mechanics, but other will say its not good enough... You will have to make up you mind on if its good enough for you. as in any question, you will get lots of different answers to this one

[skydoc_17]

Hey Piper,

I have the Carbtune Pro, and what I did was to build a small manifold to verify the accuracy of the Carbtune before I use it. I got the parts at NAPA Auto Parts, I bought 2 connectors Part #2-616, and 1 foot of 5/32 vacuum line, part #H-459. It costs me about $5.00 for the whole rig. There is a pic below. Now about the Colortune, I have used a Colortune on the inline 4 cylinder Honda's for years but the way the Venture motor is set up with the deep spark plug recess and the fact that the motor is tucked back into the frame, I found it almost impossible to install the colortune and then be able to get a good view into the window to see the color of the spark. I think your money would be better spent on a decent Tachometer. Take a look at this one, it is the one that I use:

http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/esi325.html

 

I have also included a pic of the unit below. When I bought my Carbtune, I skipped buying the pouch and went to Wal-mart and bought a small plastic tool box, It costs $3.87. This allowed me to keep the four vacuum lines connected all the time instead of removing them every time I was finished using the carbtune, which is what you must do if you want to store the Carbtune in the pouch. The reason being the four "nipples" at the top of the Carbtune are plastic, and it would be my luck to break one of the "nipples" off removing the vacuum line.

I really don't have any good tips on the valve adjustment tool or shims, I have a First Gen. and I believe the tool is different for the Second Gen. but I am not positive about that. Keeping a decent supply of valve shims on hand is going to be a bit pricey, or you could check the adjustment, then order the shims you need but that will mean quite a bit of "down time" waiting for the shims, not to mention the costs of the valve cover gaskets. I hate to see anyone spend money on a tool that is not very useful, or is not functioning properly.

Hope this helps,

Earl

[piper]

Thanks William,Jim and Earl your advice was very helpful I am going to buy the Carbtune, Color tune and the Dig Tachometer my bike is a 05 Royal Star XVZ 1300 ct and my Lady has a Yamaha XVS 650 twin AW costume with all these tools I will keep them in tip top condition and save THANKS AGAIN PIPER

[drumfire]

I had an old mercury stick tool I bought when I was running Honda 750s. The Carbtune is 100% better and I highly recommend it. I can sync the carbs on my RSTD in about 5 minutes.

 

 

John