What have you done with your bike/s today?

[Billybream]

Ride out, engine note changed and excessive popping on overrun, stopped and engine was well hot, s/steel exhausts changed to straw colour
Left to cool, restarted but very rough running and unable to pull off. Changed the plugs and boy were they hot, still no improvement, so for the first time admitted defeat and arranged recovery to home. Recovery was via flat back truck with tipping platform, certainly an experience, but the driver was excellent.
Commenced strip down and suspect carb leak at manifold joint, introducing air resulting in weak mixture, awaiting some new bits, and hoping no engine damage.

[Greybeard]

Fingers crossed for you🤞

[Roger (Doomtrainbarx)]

Pretty much the same happened to me last year - turned out to be HT pick up brushes too soft - new (old) HARD brushes fitted and cleaned slipring - no problem since.

[Joolstacho]

Just a detail, but that S/S straw colour - it's just an oxidation effect. You can easily remove it using alloy / stainless cleaner products.
I know it as 'Chemtech Blitz'.

[Joolstacho]

I've always loved the Goldstar plastic tank badges. But I have a genuine Lyta Alloy 5 gall tank. It never had badges as you know, but...
I have badges from India which are pretty cool, (although the gold is just a bit too gold and the red is just a bit too red). But they do look very nice.
The trick is to mount the badges on the tank.

The easy way is just to use loads of 'gloop' to stick 'em on but I've made little mounting brackets that I can screw the badges to, and the brackets will be epoxied to the tank. Yes lots of work, various stages of curing and fitting etc, but it'll be worth it hopefully in the end. The good thing is that it'll all be 'reversible' with no irreversible impact on the beautiful Lyta.

[Greybeard]

Smelt petrol at 1.30am.

Ethanol degradation?

[Greybeard]

I took my Plungie to visit a friend today. The weather was hot. On open roads the bike runs beautifully but in town, stopping frequently at traffic lights, the engine started to race, fuel evaporation I guess. When the engine is racing it's difficult to get her in neutral, I try to do that before she comes to a standstill, then because of the raised tick over, it's difficult to get into first gear. I really should stay away from urban areas when the weather is hot! Modern fuel is partly to blame I believe. I use E5 from Esso.

[muskrat]

G'day GB.
Send some warmth down here. Minus 4 C in shed.
I painted the front engine mounts in front of the heater https://tinyurl.com/2p9735m5
Cheers

[Greybeard]

G'day GB.
Send some warmth down here. Minus 4 C in shed.
I painted the front engine mounts in front of the heater https://tinyurl.com/2p9735m5
Cheers

Crazy! 😜
We've had warnings of 40°C Monday and Tuesday🔥

[Greybeard]

Ethanol degradation?

Yes I cannot deny it but, what about the bike? 

😂

[Colsbeeza]

Hi SHM,
I have just replaced my original Ewarts cork taps with two I purchased from Andrew Guttman at Priory magnetos which have viton seals and a 90 degree lever. (and they arrived from UK to Oz in 7 days - thanks Andrew). If I hadn't ridden the bike for a month, one of the old taps would leak when pulled on as the cork shrinks. I am sure that cork originally depended on daily use. There is also the small screw which prevents the cork slider from coming out altogether, and twice it did, with a 1cm  stream of fuel shooting out about 1 metre. I got sick of them eventually. You can purchase the Ewarts slider with viton seals instead of cork, but some owners complain that they get stiff after a time.
Col

[RDfella]

I must be made of viton, then. I get stiff with old age - only not in the right places.

[Joolstacho]

"the smell of petrol it makes me gag"

Methinks you need a different hobby... maybe watercolour landscapes... 

[RDfella]

What have I done today? Posted back a lifting handle that might fit something, but definitely not my S/A A10. Looks vaguely similar, but bends are wrong, twist is wrong as are the angles of the mounting feet. Nice black finish, though! Supposed to be 'made in UK to a genuine pattern'. Given I see so many sellers on ebay advertising the same item, I doubt that. Why didn't someone check their prototype on an actual bike before going into production? 

Addendum - just discovered the product comes from Wassel. Now, had I known beforehand ...

[Colsbeeza]

SHM, No the corks around my hat are just fine. Many Australians use them in summer - the flies love viton, so corks it is. Here is a photo of a typical Australian wearing one.
And if you cannot stand the smell of petrol, you will have to ditch your Amal carb.
RDFella, an old bloke I knew just before he died I asked him how was he?. He replied - "I'm stiff all over, except where I want to be".
Which reminded me of my brother in Law after he had a vasectomy he was swollen and black and blue. He asked the doctor "Doctor can you take away the pain but leave the swelling?"
Col