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London Calling Part 2

For anyone who wasn’t paying attention at the back I’ll quickly explain the story so far; if you were with us for the first instalment feel free to skip past this section. It was way back in 2016 that my PX started fighting back, a series of holed pistons were eventually traced to a faulty fuel tap that would, without warning, reduce the fuel supply to a trickle, leaning out the mixture with catastrophic results. During the rebuild a Polini 210 kit was fitted. This was a simple bolt-on affair. Gearing was altered by changing to a 24-tooth primary, and a larger carb together with a Polini exhaust were fitted.

In contrast Brad was also having problems with his Polini-equipped PX. These were due to a rather sloppy

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