Well, I've decided that since in the last nine miles of circuits around the house the Huntmaster hasn't exploded, I have today filled it up and racked up another 15 miles.
It's going very well. In the first nine miles I had adjusted the brakes 3-4 times, and after changing one of the levers they are starting to feel OK.
Some days ago, I had adjusted the tickover. Today, having put perhaps 11 miles on the engine I stopped at Weybourne to find that it was less easy to start; adjusting it on arrival at home, I leaned it out 1/2 turn or more - the plugs are showing tickover was rich. I may have gone too far, but before I adjusted it the engine was very easy to start cold.
The other thing that is obviously wrong is the gearing - you can feel it is too low. Inspection of the build pictures show there's a 22 tooth engine sprocket fitted - standard fitment for solo bikes is 24, so we will have to see if we can get one of those.
Lastly, we have a timing cover oil leak and a primary case oil leak. I know that the old chain oiler screw hole is open, and there may well be too much oil in the primary case but since that will have to come apart to fit the new sprocket, we won't worry too much. The timing case is another matter.
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