January 14, 2015

Hmm… that'll be why…

Hmm… that'll be why…

Shite Old XS650, been standing ten years, went to start it the other day, just to see if the bugger would run. There had been some old petrol in it, but I’d drained that out years ago.
It fired up, but it was obvious it wasn’t happy on the right cylinder…
This would be why…
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Amazing crap, considering it was running fine before the lay-up. The other carb’s nearly as bad, so a total clean-out is in order. Still, at least the fucker’s running, and that’s something.

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