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Hi, the header clamps on cylinder one (rear) were not tight and unfortunately almost impossible to get at. I did the best I could with available...
Thank you , this morning I had a new tyre fitted and when I picked up the bike the mechanic told me that there exhaust was leaking. Obviously not...
Hi, the exhaust is off the bike. The hole in the bottom of the pipe looks like it was meant to be there as it is round. Does anyone have a Spada...
Hi, my Spada got knocked over and now there is crack in the exhaust where the muffler joins the pipe. I'm thinking of getting it welded up ,...
Risky, I actually stopped at Peak Hill and asked at the Antique store what brought folks there. Of course I got the story of the gold mine. The...
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I decided to take my Spada for ride over the long weekend and ended up doing just short of 900k over the three days. I started from Sydney on...
Rode from Hornsby to Toronto (near Newcastle) to attend a training course. It bucketed down and my feet were freezing. On the way home the wind...
Hi, fitted a stator today and the bike is back together and charging the battery! I made sure the bolts had locktite and were torqued...
hi, I pulled the alternator flywheel off and this is what I found. The stator bolts have sheered of and are stuck to the flywheel magnets....
Hi, update on this: The Honda common service manual suggests that there is supposed to be oil in the housing so there goes another theory. I...
Hi, damage report! The bike died again and came home on trailer ( 3rd time in three weeks). The battery is not charging, so I've tested the...
Hi, I've done about 30 kms and so far so good. I had to tickle the carbs a little to adjust the idle but it runs OK and no apparent flat spots....
Stu, yes I checked the petcock..seems OK, but I'll make sure I switch to off and not rely on the diaphragm. Wombat.
Hi, The compression test was fine , no problems as far as I can tell. I was discussing this with mechanic friend of mine and he had watched the...
Hi, it blew again when I was up at Mt White today. The good news is that a couple of riders stopped to help and one gave me lift to my front door...
HI, I could not get a compression tester locally that will fit a 10mm plug so I've ordered one. I was talking to a bike mechanic and he reckoned...
Hi, I'm beginning to wonder that myself. I will do a compression test and if that checks out OK put it back together and wait and see. Wombat.
Hi, On Thursday I pulled into the office car park and there was a load 'pop'. It thought I'd run over a bag or blown a tyre and I parked the...
Went up the old Pacific Highway from Hornsby as far as Calga and got home just before the storm.