can anyone help me?
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:10 pm
Can you help me get my bike started?
I've had a G2 for 5 years but my inability to get it started is driving me mad. My local garage (Bob Missen's of Melksham, Wilsthire) have helped me before & MOTd it for years but have stopped doing these "old bikes"(!).
Battery is brand new & fully charged, sparking at plug, timing is about right, new petrol, no obvious carb blockages, contacts & plug correctly set. Don't know what else to do.
Last time it did work (6 months ago) there was blue smoke coming out. Does that sound like a gasket or piston rings? If oil is getting in the cylinder will that stop it starting?
If i can't get it started I'll have to sell it & buy some Jap crap. Such a shame - I love my "old thumper" but I need something that works.
Any advice would be welcome, a travelling mechanic would be even better - happy to pay a reasonable fee.
Glen Watson
mobile 0777 591 2841.
Edited by - 743GUO on 18 Nov 2007 10:14:51 PM
I've had a G2 for 5 years but my inability to get it started is driving me mad. My local garage (Bob Missen's of Melksham, Wilsthire) have helped me before & MOTd it for years but have stopped doing these "old bikes"(!).
Battery is brand new & fully charged, sparking at plug, timing is about right, new petrol, no obvious carb blockages, contacts & plug correctly set. Don't know what else to do.
Last time it did work (6 months ago) there was blue smoke coming out. Does that sound like a gasket or piston rings? If oil is getting in the cylinder will that stop it starting?
If i can't get it started I'll have to sell it & buy some Jap crap. Such a shame - I love my "old thumper" but I need something that works.
Any advice would be welcome, a travelling mechanic would be even better - happy to pay a reasonable fee.
Glen Watson
mobile 0777 591 2841.
Edited by - 743GUO on 18 Nov 2007 10:14:51 PM