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Just wondering if anyone lived near Omaha, NE that had a colortune!? I could go buy one, but, i have a baby on the way and the wifey said its not a "reasonable investment right now" lol. oh well. might have to part with some stuff to get a few more bux for this thing. THANKS GUYS
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1980 Yamaha XS 1100 SG
17,xxx miles
Cafe Racer soon
Needs brake pads
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You can only tune the idle with the colortune. I can't imagine any possible way to see the color of the combustion process while you're riding or when the motor is under load without a dyno to run it on. I had one of those thing some time ago.You can't stay young forever, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...
'78E "Pathfinder" Show bike...
Lovingly restored by Dave Delzell
Drilled airbox
Tkat fork brace
Hardly mufflers
late model carbs
Newer style fuses
Oil pressure guage
Custom security system
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Amen to that. I would love my 60 bucks back from buying that snake-oil contraption.Originally posted by planedick View Post
'81 XS1100 SH
Melted to the ground during The Valley Fire
Sep. 12th 2015
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pilot screws
I'm guessing that some have trouble adjusting them because ...
Carbs not properly synced so you can drop the idle low enough to hear the difference when your turning them in and out ... then again some may have coil/plug/valve adjustment problems or a combination etc etc etc 
mroComment
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I dunno about you folks, but the colortune is a GREAT tool! Maybe my ears aren't tuned as well as others, but I can't dial in the mixture screws to 1/16th of a turn by ear, but I can with the Colortune plug.1980 XS850SG - Sold
1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).
Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
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I wish someone lived near me that had one as well!Nathan
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1978 XS1100E
K&N Filter
#45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
OEM Exhaust
ATK Fork Brace
LED Dash lights
Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
Green Monster Coils
SS Brake Lines
Vision 550 Auto Tensioner
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore RooseveltComment
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I agree
Colortune is great tool for adjusting the idle, but I don't run around much on idle. I get a real smooth idle with synch and ear. The transition from idle to midrange and above is more important to me and a colortune is useless for that.You can't stay young forever, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...
'78E "Pathfinder" Show bike...
Lovingly restored by Dave Delzell
Drilled airbox
Tkat fork brace
Hardly mufflers
late model carbs
Newer style fuses
Oil pressure guage
Custom security system
Stainless braid brake linesComment
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