Re: Easy Starting but dies when given throttle
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:39 pm
Hello Folks, Some feedback.
Finally found a ;local expert from the Vintage motor cycle club here in Perth. Keith is is his name. I left my bike with him for a few days and collected it after he called to say it was running, albeit with a leak from around the left barrel. I finally got round to taking it for a rider today and WOW what a difference. The old Matchy certainly goes like the clappers.Keith had mentioned that it idled lumpy, and suspected it may have been cambed at some point. I have to agree as it idles like a bike with a cam, that lumpy braap, braap, braap. sound. When you get her on the road she certainly likes to be ridden hard and fast, does not like putting along at all.
So what did he do that I could not do? He changed out my new plugs for yet another new set, cleaned the points and adjusted the float level. Personally I think he must have access to some kind of magic wand as the difference in this bike is chalk to cheese. Yes the engine is noisy and will have to be rebuild at some not too distant future, but other than that he starts 1st kick and is a whole lot of fun to ride. Motor seems oil tight, though the chain case(primary) allows oil out past the so called seal around the clutch as a horrific rate. May as well drain that case and use chain lube to stop her marking her territory. Other than that HAPPY DAYS!
Finally found a ;local expert from the Vintage motor cycle club here in Perth. Keith is is his name. I left my bike with him for a few days and collected it after he called to say it was running, albeit with a leak from around the left barrel. I finally got round to taking it for a rider today and WOW what a difference. The old Matchy certainly goes like the clappers.Keith had mentioned that it idled lumpy, and suspected it may have been cambed at some point. I have to agree as it idles like a bike with a cam, that lumpy braap, braap, braap. sound. When you get her on the road she certainly likes to be ridden hard and fast, does not like putting along at all.
So what did he do that I could not do? He changed out my new plugs for yet another new set, cleaned the points and adjusted the float level. Personally I think he must have access to some kind of magic wand as the difference in this bike is chalk to cheese. Yes the engine is noisy and will have to be rebuild at some not too distant future, but other than that he starts 1st kick and is a whole lot of fun to ride. Motor seems oil tight, though the chain case(primary) allows oil out past the so called seal around the clutch as a horrific rate. May as well drain that case and use chain lube to stop her marking her territory. Other than that HAPPY DAYS!