The plugs kept fouling (black soot) and the primary case was pissing oil onto the road everywhere I stopped.
So this morning I changed the plugs, leaned out the Linkert, removed and polished the grooves on the check valve ball-ends in the oil pump and adjusted the primary oiler screw which was fully open. Now done 100 miles and the bike is running better: the rebulilt engine feels fresh and strong.
I feel confident enough for the 550-mile round trip to the Tea Party tomorrow... except my wife fell over this morning, twisted an ankle and now can't walk.
She is cursed. I am cursed. And it looks like I might be childminding this weekend instead of riding.
It can only get better?
8 comments:
We all have are cross to bear Guy,nice bike you have there,family too!!! count yerself lucky dude i,ve been out since febuary with a fucked back, bike is ready to go since jan oh well!
I Can send beer if that Will help ........
;-).
Whishes for a speedy recovery, and helpfull grandparents...
Bag of frozen peas, four ibuprofen. G
Yes. Go to Dirt Quake four til nine thirty, then hammer on back to the ol' lady.
Great lookin scoot mate, hope the curse gets lifted, call Catweazle.
Nice bike, Guy
I like exhaust lines ..
Hope you can ride it tomorrow..
Re the fouling plugs. My Pan did this intermittently. I finally realised I wasn't tightening the plugs up enough. I wasn't doing them up really tight because of the short reach...didn't want to strip out the threads. But precisely because of the short reach, they are difficult to seal. So now I tighten them down hard after I check them.
Bike looks SO nice!!! Looks like you made the ride also! Karma baby, karma.
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