drewpy

eh! whats wrong with Yul Brinner? Kojak? nothing, 70's heros and thats where I'm at even the smilies have no hair

at least you know oil is getting to the camshaft that side! the seal does tend to leak a little bit, the smoke will be caused by a faulty valve seal which sits around the valve stem, they tend to go hard and leak. this will prevent a clean start up with the bike left standing, but clears after it runs a bit! points should be dry as they are electrical make sure the advance mechanism is lubed up so the bob weights can move freely

same as builders, i used to pay them to do stuff, realised how easy it was and did it myself. I'd just nip in to a garage and say its just happened "can you have a listen", note what they say and fix it yourself. could be little end gone or something loose. 2 strokes are simple beasts so it not too hard to do.

godge pull up a chair and have a drinky poos! a few dodgy members reside in those far away places. no doubts they'll ach the nooing soon!

a mile stone eh Kev, well done. keep scribing and the 2k will be yours one day this is just the start methinks

can members please pay now?

nets,you need to lag the shed, use that foam stuff you get for attics, its the relativly warm air (with water in it) that meets the cold (shed walls and bikes) and condenses on them!

drain fuel out, keep tyres pumped hard and off ground if poss. I have an oil heater that goes next to the bike. mervin has a little one for his do those little jobs now or you will forget them come spring. battery on optimate or throw it away and get a new one in 4 months time! ACF-50 everything like gas says. cover rbike with blanket/sheet that's all i do

poss 4:1 but not sure

would you eat this? scary bakery

about 2 miles then

keep taking the rat poison Dave

did they actually go anywhere? mostly standing around and posing for pictures

found this for you Dave, great for winter hacking...

this is a real invoice form a fellow poster on the chopper underground. it was a heart attack, luckily he had insurance and only had to pay the smaller amount!

you won't make it back mate!

scary stuff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnyT7PHSvxE&feature=player_embedded

better than being ignored OT

why are you showing video of a car and a different bike? your totally throwing me off just undo the freeking points cover, take off the contacts plate, undo the 10mm bolt on the end of the camshaft. lube up the pivots and check for rubbing. replace and retime/set the points.

found your problem, it was under your tank

looks american Pat as befits the sissy bar on the back of the bike

yea no problem, no idea who you are? but have a bike!!

are you sure you have an xs400 manual? no needle bearings in the top end, the cam runs directly in the head! no govenor rod (whatever that is) don't forget this is a sohc model not the later dohc the advance mech is the second picture! is that the actual picture of your bike?

its on the bike mate, not in a book ignition, its behind that finned cover top of engine, you only need the haynes to do the timming!

he might 'av said "yea, for a fiver" if you did