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I'll suggest you get the carb balance checked out

Greetings Olly

Ahh 'Atlanta Fettler'....the inlet rubber reed block interface does not have a gasket, there is an in-built moulded in 'o' ring that takes care of that, but they go hard and flattened with age of course, might be coming from there rather than the side with the gasket?

That Virago looks in great nick Fergus greetings

did you check the coil and HT lead for intermittent connection?

how do you know its the cdi, if it isn't it would be costly!

Nice intro Steve

greetings Pejo37

Fantastic news I.m kinda glad it happened to me once and was able to pass it on all I can think is that the coils we both fitted were perhaps wound in the opposite direction to the originals and somehow that mattered?

I worked on a DTMX once, I replaced the source coil Timing was set spot on just like yours, nice spark at the right time and all that just like yours...it wouldn't spark and just spluttered and backfired just like yours...what cured it? I reversed the ground and feed connections to the source coil...bingo spot on after that

its very old...perhaps the bore or rings are worn, perhaps a compression check might be a way forward too?

Hang on, I thought this was a runner, well for 5 mins anyway! Now it wont even start?

Hey Stew always 5 minutes, seems a little too long for the time to empty a carb float bowl but here's what i'd do...take off the fuel pipe and see if there's a good strong flow of fuel through it? There may be filter gauzes in the fuel tap and maybe even inside the fuel tank, or even blockages in the float needle valve or carb fuel spigot This problem stinks of fuel to me!

after market silencers can be re-packed,, the photo you posted is only a thumbnail so cant make anything out!

great stuff...enjoy

This light is next to useless !!!

bet its fun to ride Paul

Great stuff, bet its a great bike to tour on,

Nice one Pete...another one for the dog to pee on

Its a twinshock John...are they the same shafts as the MX's?

Greetings TSS, nice to see another DTMX in here, hey that's a mighty small picture ! Whats wrong with your silencer then?

yeah and Alfred Giovanni Roncalli "Alfie" Boe

Looks good, ahh Fleetwood is unique in the UK in that it has 3 lighthouses

so Tommy eats the proverbial humble pie and he ate so much of it you feel sorry for him eh?

That's a cracker, well done