First start up

[Craizeehair]

Who did you buy that from? I would be sending it straight back, the engine will be sucking in unfiltered air and you'll probably have a job to get the bike to idle properly. When you buy new spares that is what you should recieve unless this was sold as a 'second'.

Bought from DSS and delivered yesterday, brand new in sealed packaging. I will get straight in touch with them.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

I would be minded to apply some suitable adhesive to fix it - less waiting & hassle.

[Craizeehair]

I did think about that Ted but what would be a suitable adhesive and how much would it cost?

Would be a shame to have to repair a brand new, genuine part that wasn’t cheap in the first place.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

I did think about that Ted but what would be a suitable adhesive and how much would it cost?

Would be a shame to have to repair a brand new, genuine part that wasn’t cheap in the first place.

I have a can or contact spray adhesive (Aldi Centre Aisle) that seems to last a few years, superglue or silicone would also work.
Might be cheaper than return postage?

[Bryanj]

Evostick

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Some left over Copydex?

[DomP]

Agreed, any contact adhesive

[Craizeehair]

I didn’t hear back from DSS and I want to get cracking, so I invested in a pot of evostick and got busy. I should get them back on the bike this weekend once it’s set.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Evo Stick is a contact adhesive you  pretty much let it  dry then you put the surfaces together and then it's done!

[Johnny4428]

Some left over Copydex?

Also great for patches on the dungarees.🤣

[Craizeehair]

I returned home this afternoon to find DSS had sent a replacement air filter, I had emailed them with pictures but had no response at all, seems unlike them but I’ll take it.

[Craizeehair]

Finally got it running again under its own steam… now I gotta get it roadworthy.

[Bryanj]

What got it running on 2?

[Craizeehair]

Yep, balanced the carbs… probably badly but it ticks over at about 1300rpm ok,  been round the patio a dozen times. Next step is clean the tank again, flash rust from the first clean, ditch the remote tank and then get it round the block.

I amazed it runs after I’ve had it apart!!!!

[Craizeehair]

Well after having the bike running on two cylinders, I had a bit of an erratic tick over and it was slow to return to tick over, slowly coming back down after a few seconds.

I thought I would take the tank off and make sure the throttle cables  were free and not snagging, make sure I had enough slack etc.

I took the points cover off as I was going to check ignition timing, points gap, valve clearances but decided to fire the bike to see if it was any different with the tank removed and any without any potential routing issues.

Lo and behold it wasn’t firing on the left side again. I have checked the ignition components as per the common motor videos and the points and coils have power to and through them using a test light as confirmation but there is no spark on the left plug. I’ve tried a new plug and trimmed back the lead and remade the new cap, so in theory that should be ok.

Does this lead me to a faulty coil? I could test more accurately with a multimeter if anyone could point me in the direction of some decent instruction?