Note to self, when starting a bike in a garage it's generally a good
idea to have at least one door open and even better through ventilation.
Particularly so when you have stuck some K&N type pod air filters on a
SO Morini that has done a fair few miles and was probably already setup
a tad rich to give good acceleration on the completely open intake
elbows it was running for hill climbs. "Kippered", would be close, but a
not totally combusted petrol smoked one. Having said that, it settled
down to a remarkably steady idle at about 1500. Should be able to get
that even lower using the Morgan mercury U-tube and tweaking the slow
running mixture and throttle stops. By all accounts, once I fit the NLM
ignition pickup it'll tickover like a gas engine.

The filters mute the intake noise just a bit, so you can hear the valve
gear ticking more than before (though opening up one slightly tight
tappet won't have helped that). Possibly a bit of side play on the
rockers and once it is on the road I can fiddle with the adjustable
trunnions and/or shims.

Throttle response is very good once warm. My I love the sound of a 72
degree V twin at highish revs and the 2:1 vestigial system doesn't do
too much to subdue it. It got through the MoT OK last time with it on so
fingers crossed.


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On Jan 18, 11:21*am, Pete Fisher <Pe...@ps-fisher.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Note to self, when starting a bike in a garage

I saw the subject line and thought your bike had become possessed ...

Paul.

In communiqué
<498b5bc6-0609-43f7-aa8f-(E-Mail Removed)>,
zymurgy <(E-Mail Removed)> cast forth these pearls of wisdom
>On Jan 18, 11:21*am, Pete Fisher <Pe...@ps-fisher.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> Note to self, when starting a bike in a garage
>
>I saw the subject line and thought your bike had become possessed ...
>

Sometimes I wonder. It has no electric start though, so even weird
Italian electrical gremlins if inadvertently left with the ignition on
are ruled out.

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On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:04:45 +0000, Paul - xxx wrote:

> I was waiting to read "kick-starting in neutral is also a good idea .. "
> ...

Particularly when the throttle cable is jammed open on a freshly
re-assembled monkey bike with three semi automatic gears and no
clutch.

Not that I've ever been chasing a monkey bike down the road in
Kensington in the middle of the night at all, you understand.
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:21:51 +0000, Pete Fisher
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Note to self, when starting a bike in a garage it's generally a good
>idea to have at least one door open and even better through ventilation.
>Particularly so when you have stuck some K&N type pod air filters on a
>SO Morini that has done a fair few miles and was probably already setup
>a tad rich to give good acceleration on the completely open intake
>elbows it was running for hill climbs. "Kippered", would be close, but a
>not totally combusted petrol smoked one.

Try it with an infrequently used KH500 and report back to me later ...
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Previously ...
CBR1100XX-X; CBR1000FL; GPz750R; Z650C2;
Z750E1; KH500A8; KH250B3; TS250c; TS185c.

In communiqué <(E-Mail Removed)>, Salad Dodger
<(E-Mail Removed)> cast forth these pearls of wisdom
>On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:21:51 +0000, Pete Fisher
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Note to self, when starting a bike in a garage it's generally a good
>>idea to have at least one door open and even better through ventilation.
>>Particularly so when you have stuck some K&N type pod air filters on a
>>SO Morini that has done a fair few miles and was probably already setup
>>a tad rich to give good acceleration on the completely open intake
>>elbows it was running for hill climbs. "Kippered", would be close, but a
>>not totally combusted petrol smoked one.
>
>Try it with an infrequently used KH500 and report back to me later ...

I've more sense than to even start up the GFR 125 in there.

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On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:06:08 +0000, Pete Fisher
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>In communiqué <(E-Mail Removed)>, Salad Dodger
><(E-Mail Removed)> cast forth these pearls of wisdom
>>
>>Try it with an infrequently used KH500 and report back to me later ...
>
>I've more sense than to even start up the GFR 125 in there.

I wish I had. At least I never did it twice.
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GL1800A6; GL1500SEV; CB1300SA8; CBX1000Z
Previously ...
CBR1100XX-X; CBR1000FL; GPz750R; Z650C2;
Z750E1; KH500A8; KH250B3; TS250c; TS185c.

Salad Dodger wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:21:51 +0000, Pete Fisher
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Note to self, when starting a bike in a garage it's generally a good
>> idea to have at least one door open and even better through ventilation.
>> Particularly so when you have stuck some K&N type pod air filters on a
>> SO Morini that has done a fair few miles and was probably already setup
>> a tad rich to give good acceleration on the completely open intake
>> elbows it was running for hill climbs. "Kippered", would be close, but a
>> not totally combusted petrol smoked one.
>
> Try it with an infrequently used KH500 and report back to me later ...

Or ditto used Ariel Arrow/Leader...

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Rusty

On Jan 18, 12:40*pm, davethedave <davedfoster...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:04:45 +0000, Paul - xxx wrote:
> > I was waiting to read "kick-starting in neutral is also a good idea .. "
> > ...
>
> Particularly when the throttle cable is jammed open on a freshly
> re-assembled monkey bike with three semi automatic gears and no
> clutch.
>
> Not that I've ever been chasing a monkey bike down the road in
> Kensington in the middle of the night at all, you understand.

no, of course not.

Hahaha.

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d.

In uk.rec.motorcycles.classic Rusty Hinge <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> Try it with an infrequently used KH500 and report back to me later ...

> Or ditto used Ariel Arrow/Leader...

Thankfully when I had my Ariel Leader I didn't have a garage in which to
start it. It was pretty good at laying down a smokescreen out on the road.
Once this obscured my view of my friend's Norton Jubilee seizing up behind me
as he tried desperately to keep up at a heady 75mph. There's something rather
perversely entertaining about a bike that not only smokes like a pack of
Woodbines but is also pig-ugly into the bargain.

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Andy Clews
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