Paging TOG on Zephyrs

IIRC, the asking price was pretty close to your assessment. Hog's
looking for the value after it has been sorted.

 

Higgins says...

Ah, thanks. That makes it ok then

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE
Suzuki SV650 K3
Hoinda CBR600 F-W
Suzuki GSX-R750L
Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka

 

Exactly. That's the value when it's sorted.

 

you have mail Loz, if I got the addy right

 

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I wasn't joking when I said about carbs being out-of-balance.

Many engines, the small Zephyrs included, can make *very expensive* sounding
noises at tick-over that go away as you raise the revs, just due to carbs
needing balancing.

Whether the noises come from the primary drive or the clutch has been the
subject of some dispute but we had many a "basket case" into The Workshop,
only to ride out happy after a carb tweaking.

*Sometime* the carbs being that far out is due to a fault such as a tight
valve or an intake/exhaust leak.

Anyway, I'd start by checking the carbs before planning any major surgery.

 

Paging Lozzo, Mr Lozzo to the courtesy phone with the 4 mercury filled
gauges

--
Dan L

http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

More like a bag of large spanners being hit with a reciprocating dead
cat.

--
Dan L

http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

Oh, I don't know, 26k without an oil change and rev the **** from cold
would probably do it.

 

I think the family have had it some time, it was his mothers bike
originally.