morgan carbtune say, zl mark

[ARCHIVE_Elimiboss]

Anyone seen the MT-01???

All I can say is dayum (at least that's how it comes out here in GA). Maybe there is a resurgence of popularity in this type of bike... The MT-01 is not coming to the US for 05, but we can all keep our fingers crossed that it will later when the whole world raves about it.

http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=2324552&fSectionId=901&fSetId=381

Come on Yamaha, give me the goods!

 

[ARCHIVE_Tony]

Is that the future V-Max replacement?

 

[ARCHIVE_Michael121]

Yes look at the pipes. Your thighs sit on them.

The article read:

"With heat shielding and cooling fans inside the heat shielding the ride is "comfortable""

The only thing I am wodering is when is it so? When the weather is cold? What about a hot day when you have warming pipes on your legs?

 

[ARCHIVE_Rocket]

Yuk,
sorry, very contemporary styling and I can't see a single flowing line between the wheels, and it's chain drive!

Give me the ZL1000 any day (and the loose change), seventeen years old and still doesn't look dated.

 

[ARCHIVE_mr4spd69]

Nothing BUT UGLY!!! I'll keep my eliminator thank you

 

[ARCHIVE_Tony]

I like it, it's very uniquie looking and with my height (5'7") it looks comfortable. I can't wait for it to hit the states.

 

[ARCHIVE_Elimiboss]

I figured this thing would spark some heated comments. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This bike is king of like a pug. It's so damn ugly it's beautiful. The main thing I like is the uniqueness of the bike. There are so many "me too" bikes out there that I love seing a big manufacturer such as yamaha putty their stuff on the line with something like this that is targeted towards a minority customer instead of the mainstream. Says good things about the way the m/c industry may be heading....


Ethan

 

[bigjeffie]

can we get a link posted so more people can find this gem.
if u havnt seen this page, check it out guys.
looks like a neat gadget

 

[zlMark]

http://www.carbtune.com/

I've seen it in action, really slick tool and very portable compared to the 2' long mercury POS that i have.

 

[rammy1500]

Is there a preference between using the mercury gauges over vacuume gauges. I use vacuume gauges myself to sync the carbs and seems to work pretty well.

 

[Elimax]

I use the Carbtune II product lots on my ZL900. I originally bought it to use (and did use it tons) on my Yamaha VMax. It's fantastic.

 

[acp]

Elimax, how easy is the Carbtune II to use for a semi-novice? Bear in mind, I can and have taken the carbs off, had them apart, etc. Would it be easy enough for me to do? Or should I take it to a professional/my usual mechanic (my girlfriend's dad)?

 

[Elimax]

Carbtune questions

Hi:

No, you can definitely do it yourself, All you need is some sort of remote tank to hold 1/2 a gallon of gas or so to deliver it to the carbs. (This is after you've removed the bike's tank, of course!)

Then, I hang the Carbtune, without its black pipes attached, from my left handle bar.

Now, each one of the silver "pipes" WITHIN the Carbtune represents a cylinder. So, you connect one black rubber pipe (whichever tube in the Carbtune you want to represent cylinder 1) from the Carbtune down to the port where the air ejection tube used to be (that's the other, smaller tube that originally went from the carb to the fuel petcock, and you've removed that little tube from the carb for this procedue.)

So that was cylinder one...the others are attached in the same way...usually, you'll see little black rubber caps sealing those vents on your carbs that you'll need to pry off before you attach the Carbtune pipe.

So, your "hooked up". Run the bike for 10 minutes or so to get it warmed up, then begin the tuning...of course, you want all the silver tubes within the carbtune to rise to the same level when you blib the throttle, and fall to the same level when you release it.

Good luck

 

[Blagadán]

That looks like a good deal, £56 including shipping to anywhere in europe.....?!

Pretty sure a bike shop would charge £50 min to do the job for you.... so in one hit you have justified paying for the carbtune itself and do the job yourself....and then its in your toolbox.

I like it!