28-03-12, 08:37 PM
okey dokey...........now that the steam has stopped blasting out of my lugs, here is episode 2. managed to get a few hours in again to tinker about and tried out a few bods ideas. e;g refitting original air filter. all to no avail unfortunately. however, having studied plugs yet again ( bit of a sore point right now ) they did look very slightly `lean` so i went ahead and partially (approx 2/3 ) blocked off air intake with duct tape and took it out for a plug test :rolleyes . sure enough, as expected, plugs were becoming nicely(?) sooted. so i decided to give it a short test ride. apart from a very small hesitation at 4000 rpm, it managed to get up to the dizzy heights of 6000 !! and 70-80 mph (compared to the original 4000 rpm and 50 top end ) and then bogged once again .......no higher. still unable to give it a good handful if needs be. so apart from finally confirming its running pretty lean, im still at a loss,.........................................soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo let the suggestions flow please. ( ak47 is loaded ready tonight 
) cheers once again Ade
) cheers once again Ade