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well probably the most reliable enfield in the world blew up last night in nottinghamshire after a great weekend in surrey and leicestershire it over did it when it began to run on its own engine oil smoking like the car on james bond and revving until it popped happy days must strip and ascess i see the 1000cc twin cylinder engine is back on ebay i may go and view it tomorrow but at 1000 barnsley pounds a overhaul might be in order ,remember this though if you don,t use them they never wear out so get out there while the sun is shining!!is that allan's (hitchcock) hands rubbing i need some spares so get ready for an order soon hope i,ve not made you cringe!!happy days paul

sorry to here about the blow up Paul am shore you'll not be long sorting the broken bits out
see you at the first meeting tomorrow
night atb john

Hello PAUL------------- do you have an oil-filled air filter system at all ??----They were a bugger for running-on uncontrolled... I had that happen to me on a Royal Mail van ( British Leyland LD )in the workshops and the only way to stop it was to put a 1" plywood board over the intake trumpet, --NOT YOUR HAND !!!-------- Nottingham's a nice enough place to have a rest anyway...NIL DESPERADUM old son..I've just got back from an evening run where the ignition felt like it was over advanced all of a sudden..(Almost like a Diesel Knock in fact !!)...One of the distributor plate screws has stripped somehow and the other one was loose !! ---- Slack maintenance from an HNC, "specialist" technician I employed last week ---------- OH DEAR, that would be me then ??-------------Yoo-Hoo Mr. H, yet more orders (for that helicoil repair kit this time I think)

Hi guys I once stopped a lister petter running on its own oil by letting it suck a rag into the inlet that was a good 1 I,m just going to roll my sleeves up get filthy and have the engine on the bench it only takes 10 minutes if anybody's got a large Japanese rolling chassis with a log book I would be interested large diesel bike is in the offing just hope my knackered legs will cope ,see you tonight John on probably the least reliable Enfield ever built although my hell extra is sorted at the mo atb paul

well guys the whoa is not too bad the motors rebuilt total cost £10 barnsley pounds head gasket,crankcase gasket,injector copper washer ,new injector pump shims checked engine out and it still had a few litres of oil in even running at a million revs per minute drinking the engine oil no damage! great now for the bad news new handle bars another style ,headlamp rim footpeg bar and nuts £62.59 not bad i don,t suppose just hope the chrome doesnt crack off on the motorcross bars i,m fitting if it launches itself off the stand when having a bad day anyway hopefully i,ll have my bits friday and the big knock can recomence not found a chassis for the very big knocker project ebay here i come atb paul.

nice one paul didn't think you'd be long before you would be back on 150 mpg see you wed night atb john

Hi PAUL--------- Hey !! I'm intrigued by this "Big knocker" project.... sounds, er, promising ??

hi alan i just need to find a large rolling chassis although if i struggle i,m contemplating streatching the electra ?atb paul.

nearly forgot then engines up and running just waiting for mr h to send me my goodies

further whoa no only kidding mr h did his impecable best my parts were ordered thursday on the works doormatt at 9am friday fitted all goodies went for a spin today and i can report that after a bit of injector pump tuning the bike go,s very well so probably the most reliable ,economical bullet rides again remember DIESEL BULLET YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENSE !!off topic got my bike insurance renewal that was a laugh the quote they gave me they had to revoke as the insurer didn,t do modified bikes!!it was £143 so then it was back to equity red star £206 with my sp30 not bad i don,t suppose for a 37 year old with 2 2006 bullets happy dats paul.