philpassingham

I cleaned out the gauze filter in the bottom of the petcock, and it was quite blocked, but with a fairly clear gum, which I did not see when it was in place.

A few hours in kerosine and it was like new.

Took the bike for a spin, and problem seems to have gone away. There was a strange knock/clicking noise from the rear end though.

I cut the…[Read more]

Hi all, Steve from Australia.

I finally had the chance to do some longer K’s on my bike today, but whenever I rode at 100 km/hr for any longer than about 5-7 minutes, the power dropped right off and engine kinda spluttered (felt like I had choke all the way on). After stopping (or backing off to 80km/hr) it was OK again, but then had the same…[Read more]

I have been trying to find an electronic ignition setup, but no luck.

Does anyone have , or can get, the pickup etc from an ’80 or ’81 LTD 750? This seems to be the only way to go.

Not enough sold here in Oz to pick one up at a wrecker/breaker!

Thanks a million, Steve