Colin the Bear

A smear of copper grease on the bolts will make them easier to remove next time. Steel into alluminium alloy can be a nightmare. Be very careful when applying any lubricants near brakes. Less is more.

Coca cola works because of the phosphoric acid. Cillit bang contains a lot more than cola. The iron oxide is converted to iron phosphate which is black and forms a seal to prevent further reaction in that spot. I'm not sure if it will work on a Chinese bike because they are built from used chewing gum and bogeys.

Sitting for a year will have done for the battery if it wasn't hooked up to something. Six years is about right for a battery.

Use small throttle openings in built up areas and shut the throttle completely if you see the law. Pull the clutch in and coast a little.

A little contamination of your fuel with WD40 or similar won't do any harm. I'm not sure that a drop of cillit bang in the tank would be a good idea.

Leather. It has to be leather.

Just a smear mind, we don't want any lumps of rubber in the sump

Which socks were you wearing? Plates sticking?

And the moral of the story is....If you've been tinkering and it stops running, check previous tinkering. I always dohttp://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z28/Colin_the_bear/flyew.gif

Get a good staple gun and you won't have any problems.

I'd be carrying two spares though

If the engine is spinning it's obviously nothing to do with the part that spins it ie the starter. Starter fluid is fueling the engine when it runs so not an ignition problem Easiest way I can think of to check for fuel is to remove a plug lead and turn the engine over and remove a plug. You should have a wet plug. Definately sounds like a fueling problem.

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Second only to shaft drive. On a long run the chain may have thrown off all the lube and be running dry with the conventional oiling "now and again" regime.

The first bit of the choke just opens the throttle and raises the revs doesn't it?