- Sun Sep 22, 2019 7:26 pm
#85542
Yesterday I decided to go for a ride on my 1998 IC 500 She was very hard to start and needed the choke, which is unusual, she backfired alarmingly, both through airbox and exhaust. She was running perfectly the previous night, commuting from work.
I looked at the points, these looked ok, hmm.
I wiggled the carb about a bit and found too much movement, so, I removed the mounting rubber tube, it was split 1/3 of the way round, this must have gone through overnight, luckily I had a bit of silicone car radiator hose the correct i.d. All mended (bodged) for now, until I get the correct part.
Is it worth getting the modified one from our hosts? Or just the standard one? The one I removed could be 20 years old, or just leave the reinforced silicone hose on? she seems to run ok, I know it isn't exactly 'gas flowed', but then, neither is the original.
I looked at the points, these looked ok, hmm.
I wiggled the carb about a bit and found too much movement, so, I removed the mounting rubber tube, it was split 1/3 of the way round, this must have gone through overnight, luckily I had a bit of silicone car radiator hose the correct i.d. All mended (bodged) for now, until I get the correct part.
Is it worth getting the modified one from our hosts? Or just the standard one? The one I removed could be 20 years old, or just leave the reinforced silicone hose on? she seems to run ok, I know it isn't exactly 'gas flowed', but then, neither is the original.