more starting problems *updated*

well i finally i gavew up and its gone off to the garage.. who've now had it since last thursday

anyway. spoke to them on sat and they said the carbs are full of muck and they'd clean them out it would probably be finished tues (not open sun \ mon)

so how do you think i should expect to pay to have my carbs stripped and cleaned. £100??

k

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[tinpants]

K, as I was reading thru the thread I was thinking it could be dirty carbs, then you go and say as much in the last post. Not that I would presume to teach you how to suck an egg but p'raps its time you invested in a haynes manual and a few half decent tools. Apart from the odd mechanical course in the Army its how I learnt. As long as you do each carb separately and put it back together b4 starting the other you shouldn't have any trouble. They aren't that complex. Also, buy a few tins of carb cleaner that you can spray thru the airbox every now and then. You'll need to rev the engine a bit to stop it bogging down but you'll notice a difference.

Hope it doesn't prove to be too expensive.

i'm normally fairly mechanical and have done a few engine swaps on cars in the past... but stripping the carbs scared me a little, especially as i didnt know that it was defo the carbs at the time.

i'm going to carry out a bit of a service on it in a month or so and that should build my confidence up on it a bit.

just want my bike back now, public transport sucks

thanks for all the advice

k

too late for you this time, but i recommend another time give rob berrington smith a call. he's in hanwell (not too from you give/take a bit!) and is very helpful and reasonably priced. 07734 915536

a few of us on this site have used him and seems to do a good job for a fair price.

hope your bike comes back to you quickly and inexpensively.

i called him a few times but got no answer and he didnt return my call. i'd assumed he was taking an extra week of for xmas (?)

k