Thought that a little (by my standards) update on Whisky Victor was in order.
I've added almost 3,000 miles to the odometer in 13 months. It sailed through it's MOT with one advisory. The idiot owner that checked it prior to testing failed to look at the rear tyre which was just legal. It has a nice new Heidenau fitted now.
It also has a second batch of fresh oil in the engine, Millers non-detergent straight 30 of which I bought 25 litres from Opie when it was on offer.
The fuel tank has had a POR15 treatment and there isn't any more rubbish accumulating in the filters. That hadn't stopped the carb's from frequently going out of balance and the tick-over messing about big time so I started to dig around in the air system.
First I could do with a new filter, should collect that this afternoon. What I discovered below that though beggars belief and I can't imagine what the culprit was thinking of. It's obvious that Keith & Sid didn't remove the air filter (they had no reason to do so) as when I did I discovered that someone had carefully rolled some psychedelic plasticine and carefully formed it into rings which they had placed around the ends of the intake manifolds inside the engine casting. The culprit must have thought that the rubber sealing rings fitted at the factory could be improved upon
After many years the plasticine was going hard and small pieces were breaking off and getting drawn into the carb's. After a through removal and cleaning process it was all re-assembled and the carb's set up from scratch. The tickover was good previously, now it is amazing. Once the engine is hot it ticks over so slowly I'm constantly convinced it's going to stall, but it doesn't. I'll try and post a video.
Other issues in 13 months?
I think that the indicators flash too quickly, I need to look into that.
I've broken half the pad off the side stand when it hit the road on a corner or ten.
The nicely square cut wally flaps are now chamfered at 45 degrees both sides. On the right there is a danger that I'll get the engine bars down although I'm a bit worried about the front tyre which may be 20 years old. It still seems to grip OK though. Is there a way to identify the year of the tyre from the markings on it?
The tank for the centre stand looks as though it's been on a diet, it's getting thinner in the middle due to an ongoing love affair with the road surface.
It doesn't seem to be any faster than the factory claimed.
I feel daft hanging off the side of a 43 years old motorcycle to get it around corners without scraping even more of it away
Just not daft enough to slow down.
to keep her running sweet 
