Ding Dong Diesel.

[Athame57]

Hopefully I'll get my bike back tonight or tomorrow. She certainly needed the rebore and new pistons that's been done ( Thanks Bryan) but I now know why I had run into sudden and smokey trouble in the first place.... I'd just finished topping up with diesel, by mistake of course. A senior moment to see the bluddy least. 
The mechanic noticed a fuel spill hadn't evaporated and looked closer, discovering why things weren't going well after all should have been fixed by now.
Is there a special  prize or title on this site for these things? 

[Bryanj]

Tee shirt and video required for prizes, but yes the bores were not good, glad its running again

[exvalvesetdabbler]

On the plus side, it's reassuring to know what the root cause was and the bike hadn't broken itself.

Guess the plugs were a bit gunked up as well.


Mine smokes and smells like a tractor on first start up with white spirit residues in the carbs. I fill the carbs up with white spirit with a few drops of oil  for winter storage. Drain it out before turning on the fuel tap.

Regards
Dave

[taysidedragon]

That explains why it happened rather suddenly!
We need an award for Plonker of the Month! 😟

I'll probably win it more than anyone else.

[Athame57]

I'll probably win it more than anyone else.

Right now I'm not sure about that. 

[exvalvesetdabbler]

Best I could find,


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[Athame57]

Best I could find,

[TrickyMicky]

You  are NOT the only one to have done that, trust me. That's all I'm saying at the moment!!!

[Johnny4428]

What! Diesel in a petrol tank? Think it’s been done before!😳🤣🤣