Sig change & It Lives!

What a great little bike. It wasn't quite what I thought it'd be, I was
expecting the one with the flatter tanks and the knee cut-outs but what
a laugh.

Everything's straight on it, the test ride went well, then I took it on
the motorway and discovered it had the worst fuelling problem.

With Muck's help we investigated the carbs and found what must've been
quarter of an ounce of shite in there. Off we went to Halfords[1] for
some carb cleaner and a fuel filter[2], cleaned it all up and now it
works like a dream.

It's rather sedate and thrashing the tits off it seems wrong somehow but
it still has to be done.

It needs a bit of a tidy up but pictures here:

www.whingingcourier.dsl.pipex.com/GS1.jpg
www.whingingcourier.dsl.pipex.com/GS2.jpg
www.whingingcourier.dsl.pipex.com/GS3.jpg

Say what you like about it. It's growing on me (and had a lot of stuff
growing in it when I picked it up)

[1] On his CG <msohpr>
[2] Still got to fit this.

 

That's quite tidy, that is.

Horrible, mind, but tidy.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Salad Dodger amazed us all with this pearl of
wisdom:

Aww, ta

Heh, fair comment, fair comment <G>

 

It likes to go in straight lines, turning it takes some effort after
riding my FZR / Bandit / CG.

 

It rides well, and starts well... but still wants another fettle of the
carbs and a valve check.

Those carbs were very yucky, and yes, it did look like someone had shit
in them.

Tidy up? I thought it was good for a SOB.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Rope amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

The girls seem to like it

I'm not sure what that means but it's semi-rural.

It'll be fine when I remove the bin bag from the windows.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Muck amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

It goes, dunnit?

Heh

Aye, there were three shades of shite in there.

Well, a quick once over with a damp cloth, then.

So did I.

The clutch cable still needs sorting though. It felt smoother on the
cable after today but it hasn't stopped that on/off grabby thing. I've
almost got it sussed though, loadsa revs and a bit of paddling.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Whinging Courier

If we cut it off about... there...

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"

 

Indeed, it looks like the unholy union of a Yamaha SR125 and a chopped
Harley.

Well done.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R (Going)
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Oi! Gerrorf moi loine!

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip

Sorry.

Ib be cud id ob aboud... dere...

Better?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"

 

God, you're useless with a camera ;-))

 

I'm quite supprised it ran, with that much stuff in the carbs.

Why not just leave it out in the rain and give it a rub with an oily rag
from time to time.

Yeh, we didn't have the time to get my cable oiler on the case, but the
new routing did seem to free things up a little.

You could do the old plastic bag / bit of rubber hose / fuel hose clamp
/ engine oil trick with it to get some oil down there. Failing that, a
bit of engine oil dripped on the end of the cable and the lever worked
does make things a bit better.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Muck

Bad idea if it's one of those plastic-lined jobbies. You'll just make
the plastic swell and seize the cable completely. Check first.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"

 

Doesn't look like it is.