boboneleg

1 minute ago, Tango said:

Took Mandy's car in for its service today, and did our weekly shopping.

I think that the weekend will involve trying to sort the carbs out on her bike. I got it started last weekend,  but had fuel pissing out of the carb overflow pipe, so I need to faff about with the float heights. I did check the heights against the settings in the manual before I put them back together, but it looks like more work is needed. Mandy got some clear tubing from work, so I'll put the float bowls back on and check the levels with fuel in the system.

What carbs does it have Bob ?  If they are Mikuni's (BST's) then the o rings perish where the float needle sits.  This causes the float bowl to overflow as the needle can't keep the float at the required level .

1 hour ago, busabeast said:

I think the colour suits it

Nah, not having it .  Maico's should always be red............

No it's nothing to do with ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZacks ramblings.

Where are you Chris, I'm missing my fill of cool French back roads .  Come back and say hello , better still show me a photo of a yummy boulangerie 

and now for some cool dudes ..............   

1 hour ago, YamaHead said:

That's just wrong , it's like painting a Honda green 

1 hour ago, YamaHead said:

Gonna try out a deer trail that I cleared on the north hillside of my property....an alternate route that ends right outside the kitchen door.

& Friday is date night w/ the misses.... so there will be shooting of Tequila involved.

We need photos of this Tequila shooting contest 

Garage day for me , I've got a new silencer to fit .............

23 minutes ago, Clive said:

I would tell you what I am up to this weekend, but it will only bore you.  

I'm going to take a shot in the dark at .............

21 minutes ago, Tango said:

Anyone we know?

@Buckster 's outfit when he's preaching next to his bible trailer 

Just now, XTreme said:

Buck is involved as well?

Do you have any knowledge of this @Buckster?

He didn't notice as he was praying at the time ............

Overpriced and easy to nick as they just sit on ram ball mounts. 

If you want adjustable folding mirrors then buy Vicma folding mirrors.  They are the originals and don't vibrate like the cheap chinese copies.

https://www.wemoto.com/bike/ktm/exc/400/2004/7793/mirror-left-hand

Only five toes Fred ? that's pretty unusual in Ponty isn't it ?

I bought a Nitron for my previous DR650, they are very well made

I thought you were poor, have you started charging the DBM’s for your ‘services’ 

1 hour ago, busabeast said:

Well im now back home with said new goggles, luckily I dodged the rain for the most part but its started raining here now.

@boboneleg just want to pick your brains abit so it rides fine though abit snatchy at low rpm and the idle when warm is rather high 1800-2200rpm and the it isnt sharp when i rev it takes a couple of seconds for it to return to idle and seems to sometimes run on 3 cyl. 

I'm starting to wonder if the injectors are abit bunged up or something, I know it needs a service (plugs and oil+filter) but I wouldn't expect that to fiddle with the fueling with exception of the spark plugs but they were replaced in the service it had just before I bought it. 

Would you recommend some fuel additive or something or dive right in with a full service?

You could try a fuel additive and the go and thrash it , see if it’s any better.

Sounds like it could be injectors or tps ?

23 minutes ago, Marcel le Moose Fondler said:

That's Beemer bummer beer...

No , @Beemer Bummer would be drinking that shite in the can 

30 minutes ago, Six30 said:

whats the tyres you got on sled like on the road bob ?

 

Those are Bridgestone Battlecross AX41 , they're fine on the road but as with any knobbly tyre you have to watch out for overbanding and stuff like that.

Hey Fred, it looks like we've got us a gay trail rider ............

The cider place next door also gave me a Cornish Cock 

Twas a lovely spring morning so I dug the Sled out of hibernation and rode it to work , pretty nippy though  

16 minutes ago, Six30 said:

I might get some less harsh tyres fitted , they don’t feel good on the road .

Gay 

17 minutes ago, YamaHead said:

Looking 4ward to a Ride or Workshop report on that beast....

He might ride it about a mile if you're lucky but you definitely ain't going to see him twirling spanners

I'm pretty sure none of them looked like that though Marcel

10 hours ago, YamaHead said:

From behind the garage....

Blimey , are you growing something suspicious there Scott

4 minutes ago, Buckster said:

done my final research and taken a lot of advice and have come to a surprise decision.

So your junking the barge and buying a Honda then