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« Reply #15 on: August 14, 2006, 08:23:48 PM » |
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Yeah, I'm ashamed to say the thought -"Thank God we moved the Honda the day before" did cross my mind!
Glad you managed to clear things up enough not to need my services today Hon, but I'm still on standby with me Marigolds & wellies if you need me, (!).
Maybe an honourable death at sea's the best thing for the Jawas!
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« Reply #16 on: August 14, 2006, 08:29:22 PM » |
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Very funny.
Dave mentioned earlier about popping over sometime this week, drop your parts off that were left here, before they go rusty. Don't forget to ask Nige about Wednesday.
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« Reply #17 on: August 14, 2006, 08:31:37 PM » |
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Just stick the bikes in the airing cupboard for a day or two and im sure they will be fine!  |
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« Reply #18 on: August 14, 2006, 08:47:00 PM » |
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Wednesday? I've forgotten.
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« Reply #19 on: August 14, 2006, 08:49:19 PM » |
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It involves eating cake!
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« Reply #20 on: August 14, 2006, 09:04:46 PM » |
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Most of our outings do!
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« Reply #21 on: August 14, 2006, 10:50:15 PM » |
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Glad that you have got it 3/4 fired up. Shame it's not all four! Hope that you can sort it. |
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« Reply #22 on: August 14, 2006, 10:59:11 PM » |
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Check the carb on the one that's not firing, to make sure the bowl's filling up. If it has diaphragm carbs, check that. If still no joy, another plug. Then a compression test.
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« Reply #23 on: August 15, 2006, 10:29:47 AM » |
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Rear nearside pot's the one not firing.
Spoke to the guy who gave me the bike & he admitted he'd never heard it run. Owned it for 3 months, couldn't get it sorted so gave it away -so we're one up on him already!
Didn't get time to check the plug's firing so will be the first thing we do next time.
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« Reply #25 on: August 15, 2006, 09:21:51 PM » |
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Yeah, I've had inlet rubbers that were perished on my XSs. Sucked in air & caused all sorts of misfires. Getting white smoke from one of the exhausts, which I'm assuming is just unburnt fuel.
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« Reply #26 on: August 16, 2006, 08:09:35 AM » |
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sooooooooooooooo..........is it sparking or not?
We are on tenderhooks here!
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« Reply #27 on: August 16, 2006, 10:49:01 AM » |
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Unhook your tenders Sir. Janie & Dave Posties are due here soon -the joys of being Postal Occifers, we've finished for the day. Dave's more of a tinkerer than me so I'll eat cake & pass him spanners & we'll see if we can get it sorted. Watch this space!  |
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« Reply #28 on: August 16, 2006, 04:16:30 PM » |
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Hmm, well Janie & Dave turned up but could only stay an hour or so , (I'll be meeting up with them again later at a local bike meet).
Really not sure about the bike now. It's sparking on the cylinder I thought was dead & seems to pull pretty well when I take off up the road on it. Never owned a V4 so really not sure what they SHOULD sound like. Maybe they are just a lumpy ol' motor & there's nothing in fact wrong with it. I can build a bike around an engine but I freely admit fault diagnosis ain't my strong point.
Mr Toad, are you there? You've worked on these before. If you're coming up here in a few weeks anyway, any chance you could cast an eye over it for me? I've got odds & ends to do on it -cover the seat, make up side panels, wire in a proper ignition switch, (found a brand new spare one in my garage), fit lights & indicators etc so can keep myself busy on it for a while.
So an inconclusive report for now I'm afraid.
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« Reply #29 on: August 16, 2006, 06:21:54 PM » |
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Did you know I won a Trophy and lost my Cartman hat.
Then I won another Trophy. I miss my hat.
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