No brake light and one cold pipe

[Donor]

Next thing to do is get a 350 top end...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Must... stay... good...

[geoffm]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Must... stay... good...

Evil is much more fun...
If you do go down that route, have a look on Alec's RD site for the changes you need to make. IIRC, you need to adjust or change the oil pump. Carb bodies are the same, but jets are different.
Tony B here can do a good deal on 350 piston kits...
Go on, you know you want to....

[Donor]

Evil is much more fun...
... Tony B here can do a good deal on 350 piston kits...
Go on, you know you want to....

C'mon - at least let me ride the thing for 5 minutes with 2 cylinders before you lull me over to the dark side!

[Donor]

pull your carbs to bits and blow out all the jets wit compressed air and reset the airscrews to the standard setting
While you are lying on the ground take the cover off the power valve mechinisim LH side of LH cylinder gently rotate it say +-15° either way and observe the coupling between the cylinders, quite often its rooted and wont turn the RH power valve spool

Yup... yup...

Okay, I concede - I have absolutely no idea how to do that. I'd normally take the bike to someone and throw money at them to fix it, but as I have just shelled out almost a grand on a squashed cat, it's going to be hard enough to get cash for a new tyre.

So, would there be anyone in or around Papakura, who would be able and willing to lend a hand? In return, I can offer bottomless (instant) coffee, and quite possibly a WHOLE banana cake, iced with your icing of choice! (Okay, so the missus would be doing the baking, I can burn water...)

I have tools, I have a bike.

If I just had a fucking clue, it'd be a happier place... *sigh*

[Donor]

Just had a play, can confirm that there is a very healthy spark to the left plug, but intermittently the spark through the plug itself is either very weak, or non-existant, so it looks like a shagged plug.

Off to the parts buying place for a few of those, and an orange bulb - which suprisingly the bike store I was at this morning didn't have!

As an aside, bled the brakes, got a shitload of air out, so I suspect that was a good part of the reason behind the binding as well...

All going well, I might get a WOF tomorrow, and be able to take meself out for a nice sunday ride!

**EDIT** Woot! Running like a bloody dream - smoke out BOTH exhausts! Wonder if I go to work tomorrow, or chuck a sickie and sit at the testing stations gates, waiting for the bastards to open??

[Mr. Peanut]

Haha, excellent. You gotta love that 2 stroke burble, the sweetness of the engine in every respect, the howl of the pipes

I think I need to be alone...

[FilthyLuka]

the howl of the pipes

bringa ding ding sputter sputter ding ding ding ding

[imdying]

bringa ding ding sputter sputter ding ding ding ding

He said two stroke, not GN250

[Donor]

He said two stroke, not GN250

Actually, looked at one of those yesterday... quite cheap at the shop... but not a patch on Daisy...

[xxblackbirdxx]

Hey, Is the bike working fine now. If not , get in touch or send me a PM and i will have a look at it. I'm sure i can sort the whole bit in a day for a banana cake with icing of my choice ofcourse. I live around west auckland and enjoy the backroads over here for rides. Good run to HUia beach as well as Piha , the run to bethells beach is pretty narrow but good fun, the scenic drive stretch is not a bad run either. Stop by if you around this way.