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solorider

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My bike is poorly
« on: 14 July 2014, 08:12:23 pm »
Went to start my bike up last night and it has a misfire, to make it worse it was chucking petrol out of the carb over flows, so till I can have a look I dong have a bike on the road, what is annoying it was running perfectly on Friday, I didn't use the bike over the weekend.

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Re: My bike is poorly
« Reply #1 on: 14 July 2014, 09:27:17 pm »
Sounds like a stuck float.  Tap the carb float bowls with the handle end of a screwdriver. 

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Re: My bike is poorly
« Reply #2 on: 14 July 2014, 10:47:17 pm »
The old tricks are the best.

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Re: My bike is poorly
« Reply #3 on: 15 July 2014, 06:26:45 am »
Since when did men stop using a hammer? :lol

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Re: My bike is poorly
« Reply #4 on: 15 July 2014, 06:46:12 am »
Since when did men stop using a hammer? :lol
Otherwise known as a "Brummie Screwdriver"!

solorider

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Re: My bike is poorly
« Reply #5 on: 16 July 2014, 06:55:04 pm »
Started up the bike yesterday to see where the leak was coming from and there is no leak, so all is good again.

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Re: My bike is poorly
« Reply #6 on: 22 July 2014, 10:21:49 pm »
You could run this stuff through it to clear any residue out the carbs. I used it and it's great stuff.. Redline fuel cleaner (see ebay).

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Re: My bike is poorly
« Reply #7 on: 23 July 2014, 04:43:49 pm »
You could run this stuff through it to clear any residue out the carbs. I used it and it's great stuff.. Redline fuel cleaner (see ebay).
Thanks, but the carbs are clean as I had them off the bike only a few weeks a go when I ivanised the carbs.