I've had a txt from Boots and i have two prescriptions to pick up, i had a call yesterday from my Drs and they are ready to pick up so i will be walking up there in a bit to get them.Don’t phone but go in person , don’t leave without
What have you done on your bike today?
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Phew.I've had a txt from Boots and i have two prescriptions to pick up, i had a call yesterday from my Drs and they are ready to pick up so i will be walking up there in a bit to get them.
I haven't gone up there as its pissing down, i've been ok up to now and i will be having a beer at 7 Oclock and that helps so i'm going up first thing in the morning. I need to head that way anyway so two birds with one stone and dry for tomorrow so i can ride up the hill!!Phew.
Today i paid a visit to Sainsburys on the Enfield for some bits then the Chemist to pick up my antidepressants and my thyroid pills!! When i first started the bike it was all good, i then went up the hill and it started to splutter and miss fire, it did the same to me yesterday but it cleared and it's running great!! I think it's the carb freezing up in this cold weather, a very good friend of mine had a Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans and the same thing would happen to that. It's 2 degrees today and with it sitting in the cold in the garage it all seems to add up!!
Bloody weather, it's meant to be getting milder come Monday.
When i first started the bike it was all good, i then went up the hill and it started to splutter and miss fire, it did the same to me yesterday but it cleared and it's running great!! I think it's the carb freezing up in this cold weather, a very good friend of mine had a Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans and the same thing would happen to that. It's 2 degrees today and with it sitting in the cold in the garage it all seems to add up!! Bloody weather, it's meant to be getting milder come Monday.
It could be a bit of shit in tank! You could try and free it with a sharp knock from a hammer.
Today i paid a visit to Sainsburys on the Enfield for some bits then the Chemist to pick up my antidepressants and my thyroid pills!!
Didn't the early monsters have a de-ice kit fitted to them for some markets?
I don't know but you saying that i will look into it!!
Mine used to freeze up on cool mornings, I just lived with it, but there was a heating kit available which tied into the oil cooler circuit I believe
Are you putting E10 fuel in it?Today i paid a visit to Sainsburys on the Enfield for some bits then the Chemist to pick up my antidepressants and my thyroid pills!!
No, i allways use E5.
Have you checked whether it's an Enfield?No, i allways use E5.
It's always my hands that suffer, when i get the money i'm gonna get some heated gloves!!Dunno, hands will be though
I think so, some SS's had an electrical element in a passageway in the carb body, and some supersports and monsters had a valve that when opened would circulate engine oil, rerouted from the oil cooler flow, through an external skin on the carb float bowls.
Not sure either type was very effective.
Word on the street is some meths in the tank at each fill up will absorb any water but don't know if that works, or how much required per litre.
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The only thing so far that warms the carb is for airplane carbs, i can't seem to find anything for motorcycles.
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The only thing so far that warms the carb is for airoplane carbs, i can't seem to find anything for motorcycles.
Official Enfield promotional photo released today shows Wayne modelling their new stylish urban winter gear collection whilst writing Tesco shopping and also remotely monitoring the Enfield ticking over on rare set of factory racing tuning gauges.It's always my hands that suffer, when i get the money i'm gonna get some heated gloves!!
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You could just ride it in India during the cold months?
Take it home!!
My 900ss suffered from carb icing on chilly days in the uk. It had the oil lines that ran through the carbs but that didn't do squat.
I started using a fuel additive which worked well. Cannot remember what it was called though.
I started using a fuel additive which worked well. Cannot remember what it was called though.
JAT
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My GSXR750WT used to suffer from carb icing, I just got on with it as I’m not a Gaylord…Today i paid a visit to Sainsburys on the Enfield for some bits then the Chemist to pick up my antidepressants and my thyroid pills!!
JAT
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It's always my hands that suffer, when i get the money i'm gonna get some heated gloves!!
The only thing so far that warms the carb is for airoplane carbs, i can't seem to find anything for motorcycles.
Have you thought of fitting injection?
