And in MY experience, they fail, 3 of them to be precise.Not because I was tampering with them either, but most likely due to a combination of suffering extreme temperatures of heat and cold over the years, old age, and the simple fact that electronics can fail at any time anyway.
Thanks Gnasher & BBBrown... Great advice.... I'll work through your suggestions.... The bike rebuild was started about 8 years ago... supposedly to ... one.. give it a refresh @ 38k miles.. new bearings etc... and secondly to protect it through winter commutes... powdercoating of aluminium parts etc.... I moved 7 times in those 8 years.. sometimes without a suitable work space... hence the delay.. LOL... Finished it last year, but the carbs had been laying around off the bike for that amount of time.. so I took the precaution to have them rebuilt... along with the calipers ... Retired now.. so the bike is only used for pleasure... A couple of pics attached to show the results...
Went out for a ... 'brisk'... ride yesterday. Weather was really hot. Stopped for fuel and the bike took a while and a little throttle to start again... Rode ok afterwards.... bike seems a little 'flat' anyway because (I'm guessing) of the race can. (Baffle in). When I cleaned the bike afterwards the engine seemed hotter than normal around the cylinder head/cam cover at the spark plugs. (And this was around 15 mins after I had got home).I'm thinking that the problem maybe one or another.. perm any combination..... Heat of the day... Plugs... Can.... Fuel mixture (Carbs have been rebuilt)... coils.... shit happens/deal with it..... Lol..... Any thoughts anyone???? (New battery BTW).
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