There comes a point in a rebuild when the problems accumulate until they transcend minor details and add up to a massive stumbling block, ultimately delaying completion of a working motorcycle. For some time now this project has been a source of frustration for me and I’ve tried all sorts of things to persuade the blasted thing into life, all to little or no avail.
Neither a pop, bang nor feeble splutter has come from the engine of this very basic 350cc twin. Even going over the settings of the whole engine, checking components and sundries did little more than increase the frustration. It isn’t even as if I’m trying to super-tune the mild mannered little twin, I’m not, I’d be happy with it actually running in the first instance.
At the end of the last instalment I’d finished one last cam and ignition timing check, changed several spark plugs for known working ones and still the engine refused to fire.
Not even swearing at it helped, so I brought out the best accessory a workshop can have – the kettle.
In the past, a lot of my time for this project was snatched moments, an hour at best, this time more time was to be taken. Mug of coffee in hand, the bike was looked over and what I’d done with it was reviewed. I make no pretence about being an engineer or highly trained mechanic, and I’m
