Cannot start bike

No tantrum. Just good advice.

 

Is the OP in SC? I rather doubt it.

How does the dirt get past the dirt and dust seal?

Possibly, yes, if the shoes are really, really, badly worn and some dork
has re-positioned the operating arm on the splines to take up the last
bit of adjustment. I've seen this.

No, one mustn't. It just isn't necessary. If it's moving freely, it
doesn't need lubing.

Do you *ever* work on motorcycles yourself? If so, I dion't see how they
function afterwards.

No, there aren't.

 

This is KrustyUS. He's *always* wrong.

 

I'm finding it hard to take someone who uses the user name .
seriously. Care to give me a reason why I should do?

 

Anyone who constantly changes their posting name to try and make
themselves visible *has* to be a ****. He's not alone in using this
technique to avoid killfiles but it's been proven time and time again
that everyone who does it is worthless and should take a long hard
look at why they have to do it. Other obvious ones are Anthony Brandy
and Des so it's case proven as far as I'm concerned.

 

Mega Ding.

 

Seems to be mostly the carbs with a plunger operated choke jet that don't
like choke and throttle at the same time.

The one's with a choke flap or butterfly seem less fussy.

 

Indeed. Though until you have tried to coax a tuned big single in to
life on a cold day, with a sub-optimal battery, you don't really know
the true meaning of fussy. With FOAD Keihin twin smooth bores fitted you
get adept at leaving the starter jet plunger off, and catching it on the
throttle if it ever decides to fire. A softer plug can work wonders
though.

In any case I see the OP has effectively performed the ritual usually
required to start a Nordwest that has been standing for a while. Perhaps
the technique works on smaller fry.


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Its really dodgy when the brake cam tops out between the brake shoes - it
wedges between the shoes and locks the wheel solid.

In times of great desperation I've been known to cut a couple of squares out
of sheet steel and weld them to the heels of the brake shoes.

 

ISTR Hush Puppy brushes being brass - which transfers onto the insulator
nose *MUCH* worse than a steel wire brush.

I've successfully cleaned badly fouled plugs with caustic soda in an
ultrasonic cleaner (about £30 - £40 in Maplin).

Wait for the oil slick to float to the top, then wait a little longer for
the oil to break down into a nasty looking dark grey emulsion - then the
plug should be ready to rinse and dry.

 

WTF does *that* have to do with anything?

Hey! You're not as stupid as you look, yannow?

They run veddy, veddy well, thenkyou.

 

You'll get used to me. TOG is my sponsor here. He's been inviting me
to join ukrm for years and has wrecked two other newsgroups to get all
the Canuckistanis and Septics over here, so get used to us.

 

This *is* Cuntsville, UK, isn't it?

 

Say! Could you tell a few more stories about pikey bodges you've done
so TOG will follow *you* are Usenet, instead of me?

 

Just don't try further than 53 feet.

 

That's curious considering he's the subject of a famous song:

All I want is a proper cup of coffee
Made in a proper copper coffee pot
I may be off my dot <------------------(note reference)
But I want a cup of coffee from a proper coffee pot

SQ

 

I thought a Septic was an ancient Greek philosopher.

SQ

 

So tell us, O wise one - How the **** did you weld alluminium to steel?
I call bullshit.

 

Oh look a lesser troll! I thought those little things flew to
antartica for the winter...shame t'ain't open season yet. And my how
he swings his tiny...<squints> never mind it's built like ken.