Things don't always go as expected, but I was kind of expecting that! At least I have some ideas as to what sort of action I need to take and it shouldn't be too difficult to deal with the issues on both machines.
G'day Paul, if those two Royal Enfield have not been rode for a while problems with time happen, fiddling with fuel and carburettors go's with the territory, love the sound of a big single cylinder, next ride on both will be interesting, like too know if one's better than the other, still waiting for the new high compression piston and rings for my Cafe racer Royal Enfield 500 to arrive, then I'll get my beast back on the road, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.
The old British motorcycles were built to be long lasting and dependable transportation. It had to start and get you back and forth. It was also designed to be serviced by the owner. It was also rebuidlable forever ♾️. They were also very pretty to look at. Parts are better than they were in the old days. You can get alloy cylinders, belt drive, and electric starter conversions. You can make them so much better than original. Classic motorcycles become part of the family. Loved and not a disposable appliance. They out live their owners, they get handed down from one generation to another.They are in your family album. They become something special.
Mixturitis must be catching! I'm having an idling issue with my AJS but I'm suspecting an air leak at the carburettor flange rather than needle or fuel tap problems, it pulls like Suffolk Punch once the throttle is opened a bit.
See what I mean Paul? Running issues through being left standing. Being stood does NO GOOD at all. Why do people have bikes and leave them idle for long periods? No wet sumping either??
Hi Paul are these indian Bullets still running with the original carburettors? I'm no Bullet expert but weren't they a strange little Villiers unit instead of the Amal you'd expect to find on a British one?
Before I retired, I used to use our shop's ultrasonic parts cleaner for removing fuel deposits from jets and carburettor passages. Sometimes even the ultrasonic could not bring some parts back from the dead, because the ethanol and water corrosion was too severe. My son's buddy had to buy a new petcock for his son's small Honda dirt bike after a winter's storage spell. Thankfully we saved the carb, as it wasn't as far gone.
It is a fuel tap problem on one and the carb needle needs raising on the other. Watch this space. They can be reliable, as long as the wrong people haven't messed with them.
