Stu
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only by ear
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does it tick over ok ? if not could just be low tick over setting has it only started since the weather got cold ? could be carb icing
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you will see WHEN its back online
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no the garage is offline until further notice i have recently upgraded the forum and awaiting a new version of the garage to be released
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i dont see why not
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if it was nice and cold out it could be a spot of carb icing but it deffo sounds like your battery is flat and in need of a good charge or a new one
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i just use one of my 4 filter wrench's i have in my tool box
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once the bike has started it should run fine off the output from the charging system not the battery but it does sound as if your battery is duff anyway so may aswell replace that with it been stood a year have you put fresh fuel in the tank ?
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why bother getin lube if you have some old engine oil ? thats all i use is old engine oil
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did you check the chain tension with your weight on it ? as it tightens up when you sit on the bike also did you check to see if there was a tight spot in the chain ?
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who said i was a hard hull biker bikes got no tax and i dont intend going out on it in shit weather i did it in my first year of riding and i dont see the point freezing my nuts off when i have a car it would be like jumping off a cliff when you could go down the steps instead
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you did find the tightest spot on your chain and tension it to that didnt you ? sounds like a stiff link or tight spot in chain
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and it can run down the barrel into the sump as found on early the TLs
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if you do start adjusting it make sure you have around 5mm of play at the end of the lever
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ok i will explain more if you remove your air filter and run the bike it will be lean as there is more air going in and not the right amount of fuel to match it
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low fuel to air ratio
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well im not going in my car but i might be borrowing someone else's but will know in a week or two
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good idea tim but a simple copy and paste will be easier copy and paste and enter into a quote box
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hmm another very old topic dragged up
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will sort something out
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has his new bike got stabalizers to stop him falling off like he normally does
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like i said any brake cleaner will do they are all the same they clean brakes dont get bike specific cleaner as its the same as any other just costs more
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spray it all over the brakes you can do it with the caliper still attached but its best to strip it down so you can get right in there its designed to remove any grease and residue off pads and disks and remove brake dust too it evaporates so leaves nothing behind
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muck off is good for cleaning your bike but just go to halfords or somewhere and get a brake cleaner its a very strong solvent and obviously is for cleaning brakes try not to get it on plastic as it can melt it
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moved to pitstop get some brake cleaner remove caliper remove pads give the caliper and pads a good clean check bolts on the brake disk check to see if you have anti squeel shims on back of pads these are very thin bits of metal apply a thin smear of copper slip to back of pads replace pads and take for a test ride also make sure theres enough meat on the pads if no joy buy some new pads
