It sounds fucked ... Let your mate know I will give him £500 for it and collect tomorrow
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It sounds fucked ... Let your mate know I will give him £500 for it and collect tomorrow
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It's got a Pingel Fuel Tap so it's a Direct Feed with no Vacuum.
I can't see what Air Cleaner it's running but if you can remove it, place the palm of your hand over the Mouth of the Carb Intake whilst turning the Motor over a few times.
That will help draw Fuel through.
I've had to do it on a few Jap Inline Fours that's I've Revived over the years.
Oh, and check the Oil Tank first to make sure it's not Sumped, they can do that whilst Standing Idle for Months at a time.....
I can't see what Air Cleaner it's running but if you can remove it, place the palm of your hand over the Mouth of the Carb Intake whilst turning the Motor over a few times.
That will help draw Fuel through.
I've had to do it on a few Jap Inline Fours that's I've Revived over the years.
Oh, and check the Oil Tank first to make sure it's not Sumped, they can do that whilst Standing Idle for Months at a time.....
I think you have missed the point. Shit happens with a bike that rarely turns a wheel.
If it fires up with a squirt of quick start, then you have proven that your search needs to be backwards up the fuel system - carb, with blocked jets, passages, float stuck; fuel lines disintegrating, fuel tap blocked; tap filter blocked; wrong fuelled. If it doesn't fire up, then sparks become the next suspect.
A recalcitrant bike = Christmas fun.
There's lovely big spark from both plugs, so I suspect fuel.
shit in the pipe..?
I have come across that assumption many times.
The usual is someone tinkering with the bike, who inadvertently switches the plug leads or coil connections over. Then there is that fat spark that proves a tad slim under compression.
That's why many techs will tell you to use a squirt of quick start - it adds direction, definition to the fault find.
Your bike, your problem, your choice - just trying to help.
I appreciate that, but the bike hasn't been touched since it was last running fine. And the geometry of the plug leads would make that impossible.
what about a bout of swearing....?
Clearly the Butler is just as clueless otherwise he would have had him out there doing it by now.
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Anyone who squirts easy-start anywhere near my bikes is due a kicking……
By now if you haven't changed the plugs and they are wet they are bolloxed. They no longer seal the centre ceramic so under compression the spark will track backwards not up to the gap.
These Guys seem to have a good reputation but they're not on your Doorstep if you're in Kent.....https://www.northantsvtwin.co.uk/
V Twin Customs in Rye Sussex are a good Indy the owner Nick is a good guy and knows his stuff.
They’ve worked on my old Evo a lot recently and have done a good job.
Cheers Rye is not so far from here.V Twin Customs in Rye Sussex are a good Indy the owner Nick is a good guy and knows his stuff.
They’ve worked on my old Evo a lot recently and have done a good job.
Further for you though.
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