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From: Steve H on 24 Jun 2010 18:18 "Hog" <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Well, they do get very very hot in those conditions. As it is so > easy, if > you have a strobe check your ignition timing is spot on. > > Clean the float bowls, balance the carbs and do the valve clearances. > > But first of all throw the plugs away for some new NGK's. Update. Flattened the battery trying to start it this morning.... It fired up and died immediately. Got the AA out.... He started it, it died. Pulled the plugs. Looking iffy and very sooty. He cleaned the plugs and upped the idle speed so it'll hopefully make it home. Starting to get tempted to chuck it at the BMW bloke Wessie uses for a full service, the replace the rattly cans. Almost tempted to shift it on, as I'm starting to hate it.... Should have bought a K, I think. -- Steve H
From: Hog on 24 Jun 2010 21:14 Steve H <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > "Hog" <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> Well, they do get very very hot in those conditions. As it is so >> easy, if >> you have a strobe check your ignition timing is spot on. >> >> Clean the float bowls, balance the carbs and do the valve clearances. >> >> But first of all throw the plugs away for some new NGK's. > > Update. > > Flattened the battery trying to start it this morning.... It fired up > and died immediately. > > Got the AA out.... He started it, it died. Pulled the plugs. Looking > iffy and very sooty. > > He cleaned the plugs and upped the idle speed so it'll hopefully make > it home. > > Starting to get tempted to chuck it at the BMW bloke Wessie uses for a > full service, the replace the rattly cans. > > Almost tempted to shift it on, as I'm starting to hate it.... Should > have bought a K, I think. Its a Mono yes? good god man it is about as simple and reliable as a bike can be. Buy a K? oh just wait until a fuel pressure regulator goes. Or a coil pack. Or an igniter box overheats. Or the MAF gets touchy. Or the fuel pump clogs. Or the starter clutch gets iffy. Or a relay goes dodgy. Nothing on your bike is hard to diagnose or hard to fix. I didn't mention CV carb diaphragms, had a recollection you had the carbs overhauled? maybe that was FJ. Two minute job to check them. I always keep a fresh set of plugs under the seat BTW. Yopu have replaced the original coil pack with the new uprated twin output sealed lead one I trust, hmmm? That's always a likely culprit until you do. Perhaps a nice single speed bicycle would be safer. -- Hog
From: SteveH on 25 Jun 2010 12:28 Hog <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > Almost tempted to shift it on, as I'm starting to hate it.... Should > > have bought a K, I think. > > Its a Mono yes? good god man it is about as simple and reliable as a bike > can be. Yes, it's a Mono. May be simple, but not as reliable as a Honda. > Buy a K? oh just wait until a fuel pressure regulator goes. Or a coil pack. > Or an igniter box overheats. Or the MAF gets touchy. Or the fuel pump clogs. > Or the starter clutch gets iffy. Or a relay goes dodgy. Oh.... Not good. > Nothing on your bike is hard to diagnose or hard to fix. I didn't mention CV > carb diaphragms, had a recollection you had the carbs overhauled? maybe that > was FJ. Two minute job to check them. I always keep a fresh set of plugs > under the seat BTW. It's a CBA thing with me - I want a bike that 'just works' like my VFR did - it never needed anything other than oil and filter changes. > Yopu have replaced the original coil pack with the new uprated twin output > sealed lead one I trust, hmmm? That's always a likely culprit until you do. No. Looks like I really need to get the BoL out and order some bits from Motobins / Motorworks. -- SteveH
From: Pip Luscher on 25 Jun 2010 16:14 On 24 Jun 2010 22:18:34 GMT, Steve H <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Update. > >Flattened the battery trying to start it this morning.... It fired up >and died immediately. > >Got the AA out.... He started it, it died. Pulled the plugs. Looking >iffy and very sooty. > >He cleaned the plugs and upped the idle speed so it'll hopefully make it >home. > >Starting to get tempted to chuck it at the BMW bloke Wessie uses for a >full service, the replace the rattly cans. > >Almost tempted to shift it on, as I'm starting to hate it.... Should >have bought a K, I think. Sooty? well, that's my guesses down the pan, then. Dry sooty or oily sooty? -- -Pip
From: SteveH on 25 Jun 2010 16:15
Pip Luscher <pluscher(a)live.invalid.co.uk> wrote: > Sooty? well, that's my guesses down the pan, then. Dry sooty or oily > sooty? Dry sooty. -- SteveH |