Greetings Hendikaf
I ended up taking a Twinmax away with me on our trip and it worked very well, it's more expensive than the tube balancer but on the road it's much simpler and quicker to use
It's (relatively) small compared to other units I've seen (Carbmate) and it runs off a 9V battery (disconnect the battery after you have finished using it).
I decided to get one as I found out how much much changes in altitude affected my bikes idle speed (ok at sea level, stalls at altitude, ok at altitude over revving (and over heating) at sea level). I have a r100gs.
Coming from Australia idle changes due to altitude are not generally a big issue.
Alibaba, I did try to use a tube balancer but I only had engine oil available and due to it's high viscosity and a relatively narrow piece of tubing it took a loooooong time to settle. I remember reading somewhere about using brake fluid (low viscosity) but I wasn't going to test someone elses theory. What do you use?
Hendikaf, I'm not sure what bike you want to use a balancer on but this link
Synchronizing BMW Airhead Motorcycle Carburetors
Has a very extensive write up on syncing carbs using both balancers and the shorting spark plug method.
Hope that helps
Regards
Ian
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