A walkthrough on syncing and tuning the carbs

Rick walked me through this on the phone a few days ago, and I have misplaced my notes on it. My carbs are out right now, but I am about to mount them again. This is the best I remember of what he told me at that point...

Put all the pilot screws fully in and the back them out 2 3/4 turns as a starting point...

Start up the bike (if I can)...

let it warm up and then begin to sync the carbs...


That is where I get lost. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

My YICS is shut off as of now (oil rags in the chamber)...

 

Here's a short and succinct version I copied from one of Rick's earlier posts. It describes using just a single gauge, but I you have two or four then it could be even easier:

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Use ONE guage to do the whole rack.
Measure the Vacuum of #-3 (Adjust 3 with the Idle Adjust Rod)
Mark the MAXIMUM vacuum reading of 3 ... right on the guage ... with a sliver of masking tape.
Block off 3 and read 4
Adjust 4 to where your tape is marking the exact vacuum of 3.
Block off 4
Do 2.
Mark 2 ... don't match it yet.
Block off 2
Do 1
Match 1 to the mark you got doing 2
Block 1
Now match 2 ... to 3.
1 is attached to 2 ... goes along for the ride when you Match 2 to 3!
Your sync'd.
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Hope this helps ya.

 

Is it possible w/o a gauge? Seems to me Rick described a way w/o it.

 

Yes by using tube and oil:

Here.

Dave's guide

Colortune