ApriliaBill
Yeah...I'm old school.
Just picked up a 72 BSA Thunderbolt for cheap, I know that's relevant, but it's way cleaner than I expected for the $ I spent
Anyway after receiving it last night, couldn't get it started. It has E.I. so I was pretty sure that wasn't it. Moving to the carb. it was a little crusty. I've heard horror stories for years about Amal's (930) should I even try to work with this thing, or is there a plug and play carb. that's dependable?
This carb. will fire with a shot of carb. cleaner and I was able to ride the bike a bit. Right now, it won't idle & won't fire without a shot of carb. cleaner. I know these are fairly easy to clean and rebuild, but I'm worried about dependability being I'm usually 60 miles from the nearest town and there are zero British shops around.
The bike runs great with zero smoke and I haven't seen a drip of oil yet.
If I can get this carb. thing sorted, this will be the easiest winter project I've had in years. I don't know why, I've only owned this bike a few hours but I'm really attached to it and can't wait to get her right. Light, fairly quick, and just quirky as they get with the square tank and steel side covers. It's a crappy blue color, but the wife wants it candy red. And the best part, almost zero rust.
Anyway after receiving it last night, couldn't get it started. It has E.I. so I was pretty sure that wasn't it. Moving to the carb. it was a little crusty. I've heard horror stories for years about Amal's (930) should I even try to work with this thing, or is there a plug and play carb. that's dependable?
This carb. will fire with a shot of carb. cleaner and I was able to ride the bike a bit. Right now, it won't idle & won't fire without a shot of carb. cleaner. I know these are fairly easy to clean and rebuild, but I'm worried about dependability being I'm usually 60 miles from the nearest town and there are zero British shops around.
The bike runs great with zero smoke and I haven't seen a drip of oil yet.
If I can get this carb. thing sorted, this will be the easiest winter project I've had in years. I don't know why, I've only owned this bike a few hours but I'm really attached to it and can't wait to get her right. Light, fairly quick, and just quirky as they get with the square tank and steel side covers. It's a crappy blue color, but the wife wants it candy red. And the best part, almost zero rust.