On 2/17/2025 at 6:46 PM, Snakebite68 said:

If you're only just figuring that out, this must be your first bike

First bike .............. tsk, tsk, tsk 🤣  you were still in diapers when I  .......  nevermind. 😂    

 

23 hours ago, DutchFJ1200 said:

First bike .............. tsk, tsk, tsk 🤣  you were still in diapers when I  .......  nevermind. 😂    

 

Don't be so sure, I'm older than I sound! 😛 lol

Where as.....I'm older than I look!!😂

2 hours ago, NE0 said:

Where as.....I'm older than I look!!😂

I used to be older than I looked, but then I got fat and bald! rofl

Right then, I now know why a bike shop doesn't want to put a 4-barra carb back on a bike.

I literally had to stop a few times and walk away to prevent things flying through the garage or breaking something on the carb or bike. I wish I could light a fag or something but gave that up 5 years ago. Enough frustration to start again tho.

Putting the throttle cables back on for a start, keeping various vacuum hoses connected and where they are supposed to go, and then the 'piece de resistence' lifting the rear subframe back in place while trying to fit the air box boots on the back of the carbs.

My paws are way to big to fit in all those nooks and crannies to make everything go back to where it is supposed to be.

BUT, I got there in the end, didn't break anything and haven't got any bolts or nuts left.

BUT you wanna know the punch line from this saga ........ took it for a test drive. I does run like a sewing machine and smoother than it did before ...... came back and parked it in the garage and left It running on idle ....... SPLUTTER, PFFFT, SPLUTTER PPPPPFT, SPLUTTER, BANG, PFFFT ... 🤮

Still got the bloody missfire on 2

Valve clearances next I guess. 😪