Post by dbamsey on Mar 20, 2015 20:01:06 GMT
Hi,
Had some time tonight to have a quick ride out for the first time and considering the SD has been sat for some years being restored before i had it it rides pretty well.
However I noted a couple of things and wondered if anyone can shed some light, firstly when I come to slow down and stop the revs remain between 2-3000 rpm for a while before settling back to idle and also I've noticed that there is oil dripping from the breather pipe, is this normal?
Every now again the carb leaks, and the guy that MOT'd it said would normally change the float needle and the seat. I bought a carb kit but had trouble setting the carbs up but from another set of carbs there was the pre set plastic floats but the needles are different to my new ones. Are the valves for pre set floats still available? Another thing I found when trying to sort the carbs out was the new float bowl gaskets i'd fitted had swelled and were a right nightmare to refit, anyone experienced this?
Thanks.
Darren
Had some time tonight to have a quick ride out for the first time and considering the SD has been sat for some years being restored before i had it it rides pretty well.
However I noted a couple of things and wondered if anyone can shed some light, firstly when I come to slow down and stop the revs remain between 2-3000 rpm for a while before settling back to idle and also I've noticed that there is oil dripping from the breather pipe, is this normal?
Every now again the carb leaks, and the guy that MOT'd it said would normally change the float needle and the seat. I bought a carb kit but had trouble setting the carbs up but from another set of carbs there was the pre set plastic floats but the needles are different to my new ones. Are the valves for pre set floats still available? Another thing I found when trying to sort the carbs out was the new float bowl gaskets i'd fitted had swelled and were a right nightmare to refit, anyone experienced this?
Thanks.
Darren