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It should have carbs and a choke, the change over was late 2007 early 2008 to the injected 600 engine. As said previously the choke shouldn't be needed that much this time of year, from what you've said I'd say it was fine just might need a little tinkering towards winter but I doubt it. C

I'm Chris, and 589 is a nice cryptic number that's been a favourite of mine for a long time.

Alright to turn up just for the day on the Saturday? Am on nights but would like to come say hi.

In urmston, need to get miles under my belt, give me a shout if your going for a play!

Weekend off with the GF, no bike riding allowed, day I get the chance and the weather turns sh*#e!! F*#k it!!

I use Nav free with a waterproof phone holder that i got from amazon for my Iphone, run the lead from my head phones to an extension lead that goes in at the bottom of my jacket. Works great for a simple sat nav, i've not played with it to see if i can put way points in and stuff but it always gets me to where i want to go, it works well on my mates HTC Which runs android. just need to get a charger for my phone as the battery wont last all day plus having to take my gloves off everytime to check somthing can get a bit frustrating if you have to do it alot. Cheers Chris

I've got a box flip front, think its great and it's got a flip down sun visor, not sure if its quiet compared to anything else but it does me and means I can fiddle with my ears when I needy head phones in.

No number in pics = no points, right? Just checking if I need to go back to Jodrell Bank!

If I was getting one now I'd go with a Chester lathe, much improved from the early ones they did plus lots of toys and a decent price, plus the after care is excellent!

Throwing money at the situation, found a guy in Manchester that will clean, prep and prime it for me, when I build my own workshop once we've purchased a house I'll get a large dishwasher off gumtree, but it'll be useful for degreasing loads of things! Cheers for your help guys will put before and after pics up once its done. Now who knows how to spray paint. . . . Chris

Sorry for lack of pictures, skiing holiday has got in the way, will do it when back from Austria in 10 days

Looks fun, so I need a pump, a metal nozzle, some thick gloves and how much dry ice? Can't be that hard can it?!

I'll sort more pics tomorrow aswell

Yep, everything is out. It's and Enfield marine engine, doing it for the father in law. I know it's not a bike but as I said earlier hopefully the topic will be helpful when others come to do there engines.

If I take the head bolts out I reckon it would fit . . . Just need to buy the dishwasher!

If TC and I wimp out of tomorrow's ride I'll get some up here. This is before I pressure washed it.

Cheers guys, at my old work we had a large parts dishwasher but that's 200 miles from where I currently am and the suggestion of buying a dishwasher for doing engine bits was followed by the request for one in the house. Will search around a big more and see if I can find someone that'll do it, especially if it needs bead blasting. Thanks again! C

Hi All, looking for advice here, its not for a bike engine but the methods could be used during a bike restoration. I've got an old aluminium engine block which is completley stripped and I've pressure washed it, this has done a good job so far but its no where near a point ready for painting. so my request for help is, any hints and tips on the cleaning and the priming of an ali block or anyone know of someone around manchester that i could throw money at the situation and get it done? cheers for any advice and i hope you don't mind me posting this question in here. Chris

Snowed under at work?? Rest days are voluntary you know!! It's not a competition with mr Evans!

Somebody to de-ice and scrape the car for me . . .

Was mr mycock's first name Paul?

Hi leeming, I'm in urmston, got a load of tools and your welcome to come round and have a go with my tools and I'll try to help where I can, PM me and we can chat if you want to. Chris

Cool, cheers for the reply guys, will look into it. Saw the bikesafe program but merseyside don't have anymore spaces this year. Cheers C

Hi all, so passed my DAS in july, got my nice new shiny hornet and a week later came off on a bend. Bikes fixed and im back out on it when the weather allows, but im nervous when i go out on the fun twisty roads thinking im going to stack it again. solution to this i reckon is some further training, got a dvd on police riding techhniques which helps but i think some more tution will help more. Any one able to recommend a course in the manchester area? cheers Chris

Packing boxes ready for the house move and then to a beer festival in Liverpool tomorrow