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my first commute after doing my CBT, the filter completely filled with rust. I was on a CG1215 I'd rescued from a mate who kept it in the carpark of Brighton Marina. I'd had to basically completely strip it, and the fuel in the tank came out as vaseline. Cleaned the carbs, new inline filter, all of it, but still got completely full of particles within 15 miles of use. Bodged it on the side of the A23 to run with no filter just to get to work!
jackbepablo
@853Superfly
Maybe the fuel filter is full of crap too, mine used to, had to flush the tank a few times and drop the carb bowl to empty it.
learnt my DAS ticket on a Suzuki 650DR single, that was a bastard to start and also prone to stalling until it was fully warmed up, then a bastard to start when it was hot, great fun when stalling your way around town trying to kick start it and hope you don't get kickback and end up on the floor or get pitched over the bars.
There was of course a knack to. I didn't master it and got a leccy starter instead :)