Friday, November 17, 2006

It's alive!

My poor bike had an interesting week to say the least. I finally got around to washing her on Sunday, where soon after I realised that she was running on three cylinders. After much contemplating on the possible causes for the next few days, Julz came round yesterday to strip Paris down for the diagnosis. Dodgy spark plug lead - arcing all over the place.

The culprit.

Today I put the rest of her together; tightened the spark plugs, changed the busted plug end and generally checked over things whilst she had the fuel tank off. After only being able to test the bike for about 5 minutes, it all seemed fine and she was back to four cylinders. Good on ya mum for having a go at me for running the bike at like 7pm! I'll have to check and warm her up tomorrow morning, maybe even go for a blat around the blockas well.

Thanks to Julz, Saf and Leroy for your help and tips! Hopefully the bike will remain stable till something else breaks!

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