Took the bike out for a ride to our shrimp farm on Sunday to feed the shrimp. I noticed on my return that the battery breather hose had sprayed acid onto the silencer. I polished out the green tarnish-spots with Autosol.
Next Sunday it did it again, so of course I extended the breather hose so it would go past the silencer and not spoil its chrome. Then I polished out the green spots.
Boy, am I thick or what?
Another Sunday. This time, on returning from the farm, the engine died suddenly and needed a few kicks to re-start. It would run for ½ a mile, then die again. It would re-start, only to die as soon as the clutch was let out and put it under load again. If I could get the thing in motion it would carry on for another ½ mile, not feeling happy, then die again.
I decided; rather than baby this motor to keep it alive, how about we just rev the crap out of it?
So I did.
And it kept going.
By staying in low gear and using plenty of revs, and thanks to light traffic through the city (it being Sunday), I was able to make it home.
I then parked the bike up and left it in disgrace, riding instead my Ariel 350 for the next six weeks.
