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- 17 Nov 2010 09:41
- Forum: The 500
- Topic: Fuel taps??
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17441
Re: Fuel taps??
Yes Mark, it can be stripped down - a useful exercise to understand how it works - but a word of warning. Be careful unscrewing the tap from the tank - the seal on that thread has not been broken for 30 years. Have some fibre washers handy in case of leaks on reassembly. There is a thin locknut betw...
- 11 Aug 2010 23:18
- Forum: Pre V Twin models
- Topic: Is this really a Morini 250 single?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10127
Re: Is this really a Morini 250 single?
hang on, I'll just check my pockets for change......Steve Brown wrote:...Are you tempted?...
wouldn't mind a go on her though, just for the experience
- 11 Aug 2010 20:33
- Forum: Pre V Twin models
- Topic: Is this really a Morini 250 single?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10127
Is this really a Morini 250 single?
Just spotted this on the bay. Not seen anything like it before. Is it a Morini?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MM-250-TIPO-MASER ... 590wt_1139
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MM-250-TIPO-MASER ... 590wt_1139
- 20 Jul 2010 18:26
- Forum: The 500
- Topic: Checking fuel flow
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3643
Checking fuel flow
Am having problems again with starting, though this time I suspect I have a blocked fuel pipe. Cannot remember which way to position the manual tap for reserve, and which for normal. Bike starts and runs ok when the lever on this tap is vertical (pointing down), so I'm guessing this is the reserve p...
- 14 Apr 2010 20:49
- Forum: Tre e mezzo
- Topic: Oil from the exhaut port
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5337
Re: Oil from the exhaut port
Blocked breather pipe?
- 31 Mar 2010 19:06
- Forum: Bikes and bits for sale
- Topic: 1982 500 Sport
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15987
Re: 1982 500 Sport
Paddy, I would be interested in the stator if you end up selling the spares separately. Am in Northampton so it could be quite a nice excuse to get my 500 out for a ride up to Quorn.
- 30 Mar 2010 08:19
- Forum: Tre e mezzo
- Topic: LED idiot-lights and other joys
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3795
Re: LED idiot-lights and other joys
I had the same issue of the idiot light only working on one side. The way I solved it was this: Wire up the indicators to the idiot light so both LH and RH feeds are attached to the same (+ve) leg/terminal of the idiot light. The other leg is connected to earth. Now this will make both indicators fl...
- 13 Nov 2009 20:39
- Forum: The 500
- Topic: Starting problems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6008
My ignition coil measures 236 ohms. Am now planning to rewind it to get it up to 300 ohms. Have purchased the wire from my local Maplins - they had it on the shelf at £8.40 for 250g of 0.125mm solderable enamelled wire. Just need to pluck up the courage to start the job - this bike is my daily runa...
- 26 Oct 2009 22:33
- Forum: The 500
- Topic: Starting problems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6008
Starting problems
Currently experiencing problems getting the bike started - once going, it runs fine. Each time I get on the bike, it seems to be a lottery whether it will start or not. When it won't start, I try bumping it, and eventually it gets going (but this can take up to 30 mins and a lot of effort). When it ...
- 06 Aug 2009 16:46
- Forum: Tre e mezzo
- Topic: weak intermitant spark
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9345
- 04 Aug 2009 21:35
- Forum: Tre e mezzo
- Topic: Speedo accuracy
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12871
Mark, Have you considered that your speedo drive (in the front wheel) may be geared for kph, so where you think you are reading mph on the speedo, the speed indicated is actually kph? If that is the case, I believe that NLM do a converter. Can you give us an idea of the difference in indicated / act...
- 23 Jun 2009 08:40
- Forum: The 500
- Topic: Tubes from air filter to oil recovery box
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7458
Tubes from air filter to oil recovery box
My bike does not have the flexible pipes (part 5) or the pipe fittings (part 4). Instead I have a blanking piece (looks like a big plastic screw from above) where the pipe fitting would go in each side of the airfilter. Will this affect the running of the bike, or the effects of the oil recovery sys...
- 23 Jun 2009 07:52
- Forum: The Darts
- Topic: Sticking Front Brake
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14381
Brake fluid turns to sludge if not changed often enough. If your's has not been changed recently, or you are not sure if it has or not, then change the fluid now. It's a relatively cheap thing to do, and would need doing sometime anyway, so you have nothing to lose. Hopefully the problem will then g...
- 22 Jun 2009 11:45
- Forum: Tre e mezzo
- Topic: Carburettor balancing challenges
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4460
Paul has pretty well described the process, but I think we need to clarify a couple of points. I think that we all understand that by turning the throttle on the handlebar, we raise some cylinders in the carburettors, and that then increases the flow of air/fuel mixture. When the throttle is closed,...
- 18 Jun 2009 15:33
- Forum: Tre e mezzo
- Topic: Doh! Electrics booby prize!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2877
You will have either destroyed the battery or the rectifier, or both. I think that the rectifier would go first, thus saving the rest of the charging circuit. The battery itself is fairly easy to check. For the rectifier, and the rest of the charging circuit, check out the document here: http://www....