Sir Fallsalot

11°C over in Avonmouth today like a summers day

I worked near there a few years ago and when googling the site which is on the river taf i found this comment in the reviews i think i posted it before somewhere thought it worth another read

I've been using theses for years and with the heated grips i can get through the winter with them as well but sadly cant get hold of them anymore and the nearest things to it a double the price https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tech-7-Cyber-Summer-Motorcycle-Motorbike-Leather-Gloves-Black-Red-XS/132288563487?hash=item1ecd03491f:g:8CgAAOSwWhRZiY2h&var=431753948881

As I've posted before i had the carbs off the Big one a month or so ago to sort out the shit that got into the carbs and after putting it back together it was running sweet again, but after leaving it stand when i fired it up next it started pissing petrol all over my garage floor so yesterday i started the arduous job of stripping the carbs out again and found this red shit in the fuel lines You can see it in the hole where the fuel enters the carb in this photo This however had nothing to do with my leak it just happened to be in the holes where i needed to fit the new O rings on the T piece that the fuel pipe attached to so in one way it was a good job it leaked. After putting everything back together i had developed a new problem, when i revved the bike the revs wouldn't drop back down unless i held the throttle shut. This baffled me for a while and then i noticed that two of the carbs were not shutting all the way when i released the throttle. The carbs are in pairs with a link to join the two pairs together. When i split them down to replace the O rings i accidently trapped a spring in the linkage when putting them back together and that was holding the two carbs slightly open. I hooked the spring out and then spent the best past of an hour trying to find it, bloody thing had landed between the swing arm and the engine anyhow here it is And this is where it should to be So dreading taking the cards back off i thought i would have a go at getting it back in with them in place and i got it in after a few minutes faffing about what a bloody relief i really didn't want to remove the carbs again Because i had to back off a screw to get the spring back in it meant i had to try and balance the carbs and with only a two cylinder carb tune it wasn't going to be straight forward. The idea is the carbs are in pairs so i balance the pairs on cylinders 1 and 2 and then 3 and 4 first. Then i have to balance cylinders 1and 4 which will then balance all 4 carbs if that makes any sense 1 and two were a bit out but 3 and 4 were almost spot on 1 and 4 were way out which was what i was expecting as that was the adjustment screw i had to back right off to get the spring back in and when i dialed them in i had to drop the revs over a 1000rpm to get the tick over back so i think they were out before i started messing about. seems to be pretty good now but going to borrow a 4 cylinder carb tune to check it before i put it all back together to finish the job off properly

Yesterday it was -3°C and we had a sprinkling of snow on the ground and plenty of Ice Today snow all gone because of the rain and it's 6.5°C, It's supposed to be getting up to 15°C for next weekend ?

I like the roads through the wooded area my type of road.? Would also like to hear the rattle of your bike as well on some of those roads instead of the music

I'm going to put something more aggressive on my Africa Twin when the tyres on it wear out but will probably never see dirt with them, i don't know why i just feel more comfortable with some knobs under me and of course the bike will look so much better

Considering he doesn't own a camera he has a lot to say about them https://www.eoshd.com/comments/profile/33752-buckster/

Whats going on here two BMW's two royal Enfield's a triumph a KTM and even a Kawasaki but not one Honda

Good evening ma'am

Trouble is your just starting and I've just finished ?

Nice camera position

Not if you have nowhere to go

I've said before unlike me you are sophisticated and have taste, my palate cannot take wine or spirits they just make me puke so stick to what i know i like

I can drink SA all night and be ok yet some seem to get smashed on it, now when Caffrey's came out that was a different story for me

Their bloody expensive to buy locally as they sell them in 3's at over a fiver the supermarket was shut so couldn't buy in bulk so next weekend i will as its my birthday weekend ?

Trouble is i only bought 6 and the wife has pinched one so 1 more and i'm done ?

If i was sat in the pub next door when it was open i would be drinking brains SA but that closed many years ago and my taste for beer stopped when it closed used to be a great pint in there

I'm well on my way with these a dash of lime transforms them

@XTreme what bob said

Don't forget a greebo as well

25 years ago i would have been signing for that bike based on that photo

Says it was taken today in about 2 hours time the camera never lies

I was one of them as well then Yen