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    Quote Originally Posted by DC View Post
    Needs must , you've got to make do with what you've got .
    Hey if it works it’s all good, nothing wrong with using a hammer to put in a screw as long as the screw stays in, (iv actually genuinely done that )
     
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by WR6133 View Post
    Yeah, remove it start bike, it may be harder to start and require you to feather the throttle a bit till warm. Once warm try cracking open throttle, if it works happy days. If not you need to remove it anyway when you pull the carb. When it's idling may as well spray wd40 all around the inlet as well, 2 birds 1 stone.
    Well had a gander at it this afternoon and from what I can see the auto choke has had a “redneck repair” in that the wires have been cut, a hole drilled through it with a bolt fitted to pull the choke out, as iv only just noticed it this means up till now it’s been starting with no choke what so ever, needless to say once I find one il be buying a new auto choke. I then took the top of the carb and removed the spring,diaphragm, needle and slider, straight away I noticed it had been put in in the wrong order, it’s meant to go needle 1st, spring holder feet down, then the spring, but the previous owner had fitted the spring holder feet up, then the needle, then the spring meaning the needle was 1|2in shorter, (how it run I don’t know) so after putting it back together correctly I hopefully started it and it started easily, revved well etc so helmet on and off I ride, it’s going well then 2 miles in it’s start bogging down and dieing again, ticks over lovely but won’t rev.
    So until I get a new choke it’s been confined to the back of the garage.
     
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by Badger-Roy View Post
    revved well etc so helmet on and off I ride, it’s going well then 2 miles in it’s start bogging down and dieing again, ticks over lovely but won’t rev.
    So until I get a new choke it’s been confined to the back of the garage.
    Bad scoot! naughty corner for you - or should that be the previous owner?
    We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.”
     
     

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    Neat, I know who to approach if I need any brackets made
    We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.”
     
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by BB View Post
    Neat, I know who to approach if I need any brackets made
    Nice one Judy , it turned out pretty good
     
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by DC View Post
    That looks quality mate, job well done.
     
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by Badger-Roy View Post
    That looks quality mate, job well done.
    Thanks Roy , it's amazing what you can turn out with a hammer and some sandpaper !
     
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by DC View Post
    Thanks Roy , it's amazing what you can turn out with a hammer and some sandpaper !
    It certainly is lol.
     
     

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    ! That bracket looks smart, very professional.
     
     

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