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A battle between mechanical idiot and bastard British two strokes ended in a surprise victory for the idiot today.
Nice sunny day so wheeled the 1968 bantam out the shed it’s been in for probably four or five years. With a lockdown YouTube diet of Americans fixing trucks and abandoned farm implements I managed to sort out some spark from the aftermarket electric ignition kit, diagnose a carb problem and then take apart an Amal carb. Obviously I didn’t learn the lesson from fixing a new chain on the road bike yesterday - don’t work with little fiddly bits on a grass yard (lost half a quick link) and only spent five minutes looking for the float axle. No idea what was wrong with the carb but leaving a fuel filter of and the bastard thing starts!!
Having ridden it round the lanes it is still a heap of crap and no wonder the British bike industry went to the wall, my c90 is safer, quieter and a nicer ride. The bsa feels as though at some stage it will either head for a hedge or just stop dead but still a day of victory for me. Now to remember what the gear pattern is.
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