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« on: April 22, 2019, 09:38:35 PM »
He’s 84, no didn’t ride it today, he quickly scuttled it away into his garage I think he was worried I’d change my mind 🙂, I’m going round tomorrow there’s a small paved track near his house that’s unadopted so he’ll have a quick spin on it there, the main thing is he enjoys tinkering with old vehicles and since selling his Daimler V8 250 has been a bit bored, so more than ride it he’ll work on it, I’m not sure how he’d go on for insurance at his age!, anyway he’s a happy chap today!.
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« on: April 22, 2019, 06:57:24 PM »
Well the handover to Father happened today, as you can see from his expression he was rather pleased! [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
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« on: April 20, 2019, 10:01:12 AM »
Great thanks all.
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« on: April 19, 2019, 09:29:27 PM »
My James Captain is 6v positive earth, (I think!), the fuse is on a lead that connects to the negative terminal on the battery, is that correct?, everything works but I guess it would in this configuration regardless but is the wiring protected with the fuse on the negative lead? Secondly I just fitted an electrex electronic ignition kit with lighting coil, the wiring diagram they supply with the kit shows the red wire from the reg/rec going to the positive terminal of the battery and black the the negative terminal, I put a multimeter over the terminals with the engine on tickover and it reads over 6v but fluctuates rapidly, like 6.23,6.33, 6.28, 6.34, is that normal?, I have no idea re electrics as you can probably tell! 
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« on: April 05, 2019, 10:06:20 PM »
I read it about the time my Suzuki GT500 took me from Toronto across Canada and the Northern US States to the Rockies and back in the Summer of 1976.
I think I got to page 10........then I used it to help light my campfires thereafter !
What I did 'learn' from it though....is that we are all different..........LOL.
And that paper makes good kindling.
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« on: April 05, 2019, 09:24:48 PM »
Love those Eurosport’s, amazing power from a small capacity V twin of that vintage.
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« on: April 05, 2019, 08:59:07 PM »
I seem to remember that the condensers used to fail for a passtime and that could be your weak spark.
The condenser is being consigned to history tomorrow Bryan, and the points, and the brass flywheel, I went to Villiers spares in Brierley Hill today and bought an electrex electronic ignition kit, (had a “while you wait” rebore done as well), should achieve CB750 level reliability tomorrow, well almost 🙂
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« on: April 02, 2019, 04:32:29 PM »
Yes, in fact I think mine was a Hustler, I fitted the high pipes which I got for a bargain £70, it had chrome road pipes when I bought it, pretty much the only difference though.
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« on: April 01, 2019, 10:10:18 PM »
I had this T250 up until a couple of years ago, no problem keeping up with traffic on that as you know with your super six they go like stink!, no wonder so many 17 year olds came to grief on them back in the day, as you say the older 2 strokes are a different story, 60 mph flat out for the James and about a week to get there, worse than that though are the brakes, bloody terrifying by modern standards!
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« on: April 01, 2019, 04:26:14 PM »
Thanks Masonmart, yes it’s a nice thing considering it was made as a workman’s commuter back in the 50’s, well the handover to Father didn’t happen!, it ran beautifully on Saturday evening but on Sunday morning it resolutely refused to start, no idea why but the spark was weak, the night before it was very good, so I’m picking up an electrex electronic ignition kit for it on Friday, I had planned to fit one eventually but will do it straight away, also having it rebored, I’ve picked up a NOS oversize piston so I’ll get that done as well, I’ll be good for a few thousand miles then.
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« on: March 30, 2019, 08:50:01 PM »
I know modern bikes are very efficient etc but when it comes to maintenance this thing is ridiculously easy, remove primary drive cover, 1 nut, remove flywheel cover 3 spring clips, I changed the crank seals in less than an hour earlier today, what a simple bike it is to work on, anyway handover to Father tomorrow so he can continue to improve it, I guess the caveat is that you had to maintain these machines more often than modern bikes but wow it’s easy!.
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« on: March 17, 2019, 08:18:23 PM »
Yes thanks for the advice Moorey, I was about to buy one until you suggested using my 12v charger.
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« on: March 16, 2019, 07:16:25 PM »
Did your battery come back up.?
Ah yes forgot to say, I’ve put it on the 12v charger several times, checking it with the multimeter so as not to overcharge, and finally today it’s holding 6+ volts so a success, thanks.
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« on: March 16, 2019, 07:13:01 PM »
Thanks Phil, it’s great apart from things like poor brakes (think no brakes!), there is no tickover facility, evidently the idea was you stopped the engine by closing the throttle!, I’ve set the throttle cable to hold a tickover but have to stop the engine by stalling it on the clutch now, also trying to remember that the gears and rear brake are swapped over is a nightmare, it’s ok until you’re in a panic situation and then you’re pressing the gear lever instead of the brake, the only thing to do is ride like an 80 year old granny , that gives you time to put right what you’ve just done wrong:), charming little bike really though.
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« on: March 16, 2019, 07:02:22 PM »
Thanks for the link Seamus, it’s bloody hard to find info on these online!
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