That's better!

I fixed The Jackal's camchain settings last night, and as expected it
WAS one tooth out. It made me think a bit, since my CBR1000 used to
have the same symptom (revs not dying away cleanly when the throttle
was rolled off) so it might have had dodgy valve timing too? Not too
important anyway.

Looking forward to commuting tomorrow! (Not riding today, had to buy
some cement).


BTH

 

X-No-archive: yes

We'll have to see concrete evidence of that!
Clemsman Pat

 

I found that until you torqued the cam down, it was not always possible to
be 100% sure, the timing was set proper.

Hammo

I'd offer to help, but I don¹t nothing about such things anymore.

 

I had that problem a while ago. Gee it was a bugger to figure out what was
wrong. Symptoms were very much like poorly sealing carb rubbers.

 

Looking forward to commuting tomorrow! (Not riding today, had to buy

That's a reason for not riding that I don't think I've heard before.

 

If I was only buying one bag I'd probably consider carrying it on the
bike, but six is just a tad too many. ;-)


BTH

 

That's true enough, but it's funny how much better things work when
you follow the instructions in the manual! ;-)

Bloody cold this morning (as in -3C/27F/270K inside the van), so I
took the prudent step of wearing a rainsuit over my leathers. I
arrived at work covered in ice(!)

The Jackal was running a little hot, so I probably didn't get all of
the air bubbles out of the cooling system. He's still a touch down on
power, so I'll get some new spark plugs today (they're probably
20,000km old).

Sounds a lot better without the rattles though! ;-)


BTH

 

Running hot a -3!!!

I can't even get the temperature gauge on the ZX10 to get above "C for Cold"
unless I sit it somewhere not moving at the moment!!!

 

In aus.motorcycles on 14 Jul 2004 15:05:33 -0700

One of the Bantams[1] in Phil's collection has a tank that's just about
been squashed flat on top.

Seems the original owner built himself a house on a city fringe block
in the 50s, taking all the materials he could on the bike cos delivery
cost a lot.

Big timber he got delivered, but bags of cement and apparently boxes of
bricks were carried on the bike. Windows, even doors!

Zebee

[1] for you young'uns, the BSA Bantam was the postie bike of its day.
two stroke, basic, cheap. about 20 year model run I think, starting
with a 125 with direct ignition, ending with a battery/coil 175.

 

But would he have lugged such stuff on his motorbike if he also owned a truck? ;-)


BTH

 

BT Humble is of the opinion:

No, you're just misreading the temperature gauge. The 'H' at the top stands
for "Holy Crap That's COLD!".

- Matt

 

I had to add 200cc of water to the radiator. That doesn't sound like
much, but when the whole system (icluding overflow tank) only holds a
litre...


BTH