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Rob.b (Rob Birkett - RIP):
Hi all
Thanks for the responses so far.
I can't figure out how to make individual replies yet so here goes with a catch all reply.

First I am very pleased and surprised by the number and promptness of them.

1) yeah the plugs are not straw brown in colour, they are uniformly sooty.

2) the number plate on the photos is near to the real registration number, but thanks to Photoshop is much cooler than the DVLA ever made it.

3) I have built a set of deflectors and baffles for it now, its much quieter and far more tractable, engine performancenown feels like standard.

4) the black and white photo is from august last year, I took it just before I fabricated the four into four set up on the vid.

Cheers to you  all, keep it coming
Rob

Trigger:
These engines are very strong, may just need the bores cross hatched and a new set of rings. Will not know until the top end is stripped. Out of interest, what sort of miles do you thing the engine has done ?

Rob.b (Rob Birkett - RIP):
Hi Trigger

The bike has done 38,000 since new. Some of those on low oil way back when I never imagined I would care about the bike in 2016.

I had thought that it probably would benefit from a short engine refurb but have no idea who to trust the work to.

Regards Rob

Trigger:
I re-build SOHC's for a living but, am snowed under with work at the moment and nowhere near you  :'(

royhall:
Sounds great, but please don't do that again. :o

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