drewpy

what a day,brilliant. took the Gilera out to Lymm Dam about 40 miles in all. Bike ran a dream and glad I had that front brake too Terry Waite's local church in the background BTW

this is the only Cygnus x-1 I know about

good photo, we have a then and now page somewhere on the site

still got my halfords one too

well the coding was right, but you moved/deleted the photo within photobucket

same here

i had a playing card and a peg on the rear, flapping in the spokes, also Kelloggs gave away little beads which tinkled as you slowed down.

coming to Steam this Tuesday

the issue I have with these, you can't ping them to check tension/breakage

well I rechecked the contacts and they were closed up slightly so re-gapped, then redid the timing as it was too retarded. WOW, It flies now and the ugly duckling is now a very fine swan indeed! no bogging, clutch is slipping again as the new found power comes in and the vibration is a lot better too! happy days. I also helped a work colleagues lad to tune up his sr125 as it was dire. bled the brakes, stripped and cleaned the carb and dialled it in, did the valves, air in tyres, chain lubed and tightened. he took a great interest in doing ita nd was a pleasure seeing him get something out of the day. The bike now runs like a dream and stops like one too

that would be nice on a middleweight twin

after market needles are slightly longer than original, so the floats will need adjusting. (via the tang)

vibration not really too bad, but I didn't have it before. if you have a certain amount of volume which is compressed by the piston,surely introducing more vaporised fuel with the same air will cause more of it to compress thus increase compression? Standard carb is 12mm i have a 19mm in thanks Cal

I've been jetting the engine the past 2 weeks in between the rain drops, and finally got the slow jet dialled in but the mains are driving me crazy. So far I went with a 95 and rode that a few miles and it went fine although a little slow. dropped it to a 92 and it ran like shit, so I upped to a 98 and that was a lot better. Got meself another jet kit and went for a 102 and it was a different beasty. the issue is it now vibrates, having no experience with Gilera's I wonder if I have too much fuel in there and its increasing the compression ratio or its normal and thats the was a 40 year old moped does! I'll recheck the timing (although I've used a dial gauge for tdc) and try a plug chop. but these modern fuels skew the results as the plug looked fine at 98! thoughts? ( about this and not random things)

I didn't have me glasses on, bloody eyes

£350? a good price

I use 40:1 which is 125ml to 5 litres of fuel. as for checking, I would start with the owner, ask him her how long they've had it, any issues, what needs doing to it then check condition and mot's, servicing (who does it) then onto the bike; wheels, ensure spokes all ping etc, then brakes, feel and pad thickness. Frame is it straight , undented ( pressed steel I think, so check for rot near the battery compartment) then start engine, listen for knocking, leaks etc. then a test ride and see how it performs. I'd get breakdown cover along with your insurance (usually in with it for bikes) then if above done, your sorted

3 design is the best, can we just agree on colour. Llaallala can we have a swatch of the switcher colours? found one here http://m.switcher.com/pub/switcher-cat14-CH/HTML/files/assets/basic-html/index.html#page9

here's the biggest laugh, 2700 views and 13 pages

number 3 for me and no full stop too

tommy can take it, he gives as much as he takes

what a load of Bollocks,or should I say Fannies. some people are up their arse, she's up her front bottom

I have time other than work, but I also have a family and other commitments in between.

I agree with Tommy, the Gilera was dragging its arse around and done a few miles on it and its getting better. still crap when cold though