jimbotipler

Ah that makes sense. Wondered why I was struggling a little at roundabouts!

Gotcha. Cheers

Thanks for the tips dirtydt. What's the petcock?

Thanks mate. Sorry for breach of etiquette :-) should have introduced myself first of course. Have done so now and will enjoy participating.

Just to say hello. Mid life crisis new biker here:-) Did my CBT back in October abd found a used tw125 a few weeks later. Really pleased with it. Seems a great, solid little 125, although I will change the knobbly tyre before too long!

Hi. My first post here so please be gentle with me ;-) Bought a tw125 a few weeks back and I'm really pleased with it. However it's just started mucking about. If anyone could give me a couple of pointers I'd appreciate it. I'm suspecting a carburettor issue. Once started it runs great. Starter motor turns over fine. Good compression, there's a good spark and I can bump start quite easily. It doesn't idle correctly - either running too fast or too slow and thens stalls. Once it stalls, it turns over but will only fire after a long struggle! I have had the carburettor apart and the starter plunger was a bit stiff to get back in to the housing so I'm wondering if it's not seating correctly? I'm also wondering if the throttle is sticking open slightly? I've cleaned it out with carburettor cleaner but I don't have an airline to really blow it out properly. Is it worth persevering with the carb or possibly look at something else?