I am sure it cause you are far far taller old chap, rather than you just have hit the eggnog to hard.
Carbs are amazingly sophisticated pieces of simple crude technology, in that its set up for a engine twice the size, one that also fires half as often, yet it still starts and likely will run also on the original settings.
it will be interesting to see if the FCR or PWK Needles fit.
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