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[jefrs]

The speedo is not accurate, I've watched the needle dropping after I have stopped on many occasions - wildly inaccurate. I have fitted a tachometer which I have every reason to believe is accurate. Having worked with helicopter satnav data-logging systems, the speedo on a phone won't be accurate unless you are going in a straight line for some good distance, they log every 10 metres but often miss points and iron out bends in the road, so they're not all that accurate.

[Presto]

I think differently from jefrs about oil.

I’d suggest ‘dirty oil’ is not ‘used up’. It is intended to carry ‘debris’ in suspension and ought to get dirty if it’s doing what it is intended to do.

I’d also suggest fully synthetic in an Enfield of any type is ‘over-kill’.

And again, I’d also say you can change oil ‘too often’. To change before a reasonable mileage is simply wasteful, and modern oils will retain their usefulness for very high mileages.

Just a different take on a subject of perennial debate.

[walter]

Hello Walter here .My present ride is a three year old Harley Road king Classic, But I have no plans on getting rid of my 1960 constellation for all its little faults it has been with me for over 39 years .And once I sort out this mysterious flooding carb I shall probably ride it more than the Harley .My other ambition is to put a nice old style single seat sidecar on the connie If I can find one to refurbish .IS THIS A GOOD IDEA???? Ps I really do fancy a bullet with a sidecar on it.

[Rattlebattle]

papsmurf: Yes, I had a K75S and a K100RS too. I never had to touch the fuel injection in all the years I owned them, though I did know about the screw to leave well alone. It was the same with the two oilheads I owned after them. Some owners on the various forums recommended the so-called zero=zero procedure to set up the throttle stops (really the idle position of the throttle butterfly valves) precisely, to eliminate the surging that plagued some bikes. The problem with that procedure was that if you got it wrong you really messed things up. There was paint on the adjustment screw for a reason..FWIW when I took (pushed) my C5 back to the dealer to diagnose one of the problems I had with the EFI the mechanic specifically asked if I had touched the "throttle stop" screw (I hadn't); he actually said that if I had the throttle body would be scrap. I don't believe that for a minute, though I do believe one should leave it alone unless one has the proper testing kit. All water under the bridge now as my C5 has a carb. On more modern EFI like that on my Thruxton the adjustment is made via software anyway.

[abe]

Hi again Murv
re holding fast idle lever on,
i bought a rubber door wedge from wilco for a few pence,
just open the lever and slide the wedge in between the lever and the handlebar mirror stem works a treat,
helmet and gloves on pull out the wedge and off you trundle.

[Murv]

What a great tip! Thanks Abe!