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by RodsOddsAndSods
Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:30 pm
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Topic: hello and help needed already
Replies: 13
Views: 2392

Re: hello and help needed already

Seriously this bike is making me cry... Cleaned the plugs and rode it 3 miles... Seems like it was starving of fuel.. when I tried to re start it it squealed like a pig and didn't start again... Another day working on it..
by RodsOddsAndSods
Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:56 am
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Topic: hello and help needed already
Replies: 13
Views: 2392

Re: hello and help needed already

Thank you all for your advice and have done exactly that.. Back to basics of sorts.. Removed the plugs.. What an issue 18mm spanners the front one looking drenched and the back looking a lot more crispy.. cleaned them up and it started first bang... Think it's too rich, heavy smells.. Carbs tomorrow...
by RodsOddsAndSods
Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:20 am
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Topic: hello and help needed already
Replies: 13
Views: 2392

Re: hello and help needed already

I turned the back cylinder off half a turn..run the bike and adjusted till it sounded sweet.. done the same with the front one... Turned it off... Had a cuppa tea, then done the brake switches... ran it while I was sorting them, no issues.. everything was cool, family came and admired my bike ( vtrs...
by RodsOddsAndSods
Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:48 pm
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Topic: hello and help needed already
Replies: 13
Views: 2392

hello and help needed already

Hello peace to everyone ( except the villages we're blasting through).. vtr owner for the second time... ( must've made an impression.. either that or I'm just into cheap thrills???) owned this one for less than a week and it's already stopped working.. she was a bit rattly but tightened the mcct an...
by RodsOddsAndSods
Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:31 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: what have you done to your "bike" today
Replies: 22426
Views: 1726088

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Rode it.... Parked it.... Then it didn't start... Charged the battery... Checked the starter..
Got a bus... With tears in my eyes.. 3 days of vtr ownership and already making me wonder should I have got a blade?!?!? Remind me of why I love big twins
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by RodsOddsAndSods
Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:16 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Muslim Intergration??
Replies: 130
Views: 11378

Re: Muslim Intergration??

Thing is, you can't blame a religion for people.. if so you'd blame Christianity for Hitler... Don't look at the followers look at the source... Islam isn't a area thing there are muslims born all over the world from China to Africa Europe and Australia.. intelligent muslims just don't seem to have ...
by RodsOddsAndSods
Tue Jan 20, 2015 1:47 am
Forum: Racing
Topic: Well, it is a race.........
Replies: 11
Views: 3978

Re: Well, it is a race.........

Went to halfords... They out of stock
by RodsOddsAndSods
Mon Jan 19, 2015 12:30 pm
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Topic: *** Read Me for New Members ***
Replies: 16
Views: 85340

Re: *** Read Me for New Members ***

Thank you for all of the posts, helpful before I have even asked a question...