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Just want to give a big shout out to gabi81 for coming over to mine and lending a hand .. Bike cured itself the got for some reason!! But maybe he had the magic look whatever it was it was a pleasure to have a beer with him and look forward to a ride out with him
Cheers gabi

Yep fitted airbox just took top and filter off to check on backfire.

I thought it could be timing at first so checked both as I had fitted mcct's and both looked spot on.

Hi guys on to puzzle number 2 on this thing !!! Chasing the gremlin. So to recap. Got it down to a throttle problem. Was not running over 3000rpm and backfiring stripped carbs cleaned them and as lloydie suggested checked vacs. So to cover my back new VAC hose balanced carbs set fuel screw on front ...

hmmm thats next job then to tick that off of list

CHEERS

ahhhh no not checked. just thinking will carbs need bancing because i have had them off and stripped them down?

looking sweet.... can i ask where you got the coolant hoses please after an orange set myself and were they expensive?
thanks

jim

Hi Lloydie yep went down the fuel line root got it in my head its got to be fuel or spark problem she has been stood a few years. new fuel checked filter and tap sucked on tap flowing freely on throttle slides are lifting fitted new plugs. not touched anything in carbs just stripped and cleaned them...

Hi guys back on the storm project after a long break thanks to some div reversing in to my vfr and trashing it!! :? just to refresh i have put another engine in to my storm after the original lost a cam chain tensioner and destroying its self. the engine i got was from a 1999 model mines a 98 so sho...

i had just walked out of our office the other day and saw a group of people gathering around a fella who had been knocked off his bike!! i rushed over to see if there was anything i could do to help. as i got to the group a rather well built woman (fat) pushed past me and through the crowd shouting ...

girlfriend was having a go at me this evening saying im always exaggerating i was fuming!! as i turned to storm out i nearly tripped over my nob!!

use bennettes at your peril!!!! what a bunch of nobs. just dont ever get knocked off if your with them!! a woman pulled out on me knocked me off had witnesses and everything not my fault but bennetts treat me like a nazi war criminal!!! and took my no claims off me on renewal till it got sorted and ...

i accidentally swallowed some scrabble squares this afternoon......going for a dump in morning could spell TROUBLE!!

i entered a blindfolded masturbating competition earlier today.........i dont know where i came.....!..

now i know this might be a bit out there but trust me a total cult classic!!! trust me!!!! :thumbup: HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBOROUGH MAN !!! what a classic mickey rourke and don johnson in their finest form. total quality cheese best bike film ever! (apart from closer to the edge obviously) got ...