- Sun Nov 13, 2016 3:46 pm
#63968
Just a quick update.
I decided to give it another go today, the bike has stood for a week and she fired up really easily this afternoon. I kept some choke and throttle for a couple of minutes and backed off the choke and then the throttle and she idled pretty much on her own for a good 3 minutes or so. I had to give the throttle the odd twist but on the whole she held her own.
So I then took her out and she started to stutter and stall almost immediately, undeterred I carried on but after about 10 minutes of stopping and starting I came back home.
Back on the drive, she idled ok gain before misfiring and stopping.
So, my observations are that once I get up into 2nd any slight suggestion of a hill causes the power to drop and she cuts out, unless of course I drop to 1st. On the flat once it 2nd it starts to misfire and stutter, and any attempt to move up to 3rd is pointless unless going down a hill.
I have emailed the mechanic who refurbished it today and will see what he comes back with, but in the meantime I am going to start ringing around the local bike shops to see if can find someone to have a look at it for me as although I am tempted to load it in a van and send it back, I'd like someone to look at it first.
I decided to give it another go today, the bike has stood for a week and she fired up really easily this afternoon. I kept some choke and throttle for a couple of minutes and backed off the choke and then the throttle and she idled pretty much on her own for a good 3 minutes or so. I had to give the throttle the odd twist but on the whole she held her own.
So I then took her out and she started to stutter and stall almost immediately, undeterred I carried on but after about 10 minutes of stopping and starting I came back home.
Back on the drive, she idled ok gain before misfiring and stopping.
So, my observations are that once I get up into 2nd any slight suggestion of a hill causes the power to drop and she cuts out, unless of course I drop to 1st. On the flat once it 2nd it starts to misfire and stutter, and any attempt to move up to 3rd is pointless unless going down a hill.
I have emailed the mechanic who refurbished it today and will see what he comes back with, but in the meantime I am going to start ringing around the local bike shops to see if can find someone to have a look at it for me as although I am tempted to load it in a van and send it back, I'd like someone to look at it first.