Well, the mild spitting and reluctant starting returned with a vengeance today. After the tank pinhole repair, the washer around the speedo cable and some general bolt tightening I fueled up and took the bike for a short commute of about 4 miles.
It was certainly reluctant to start, and was also lumpy as hell but it got me there and restarted when it was time to come home.
The journey back got progressively worse, and by the time I turned into town I had only one cylinder.
That cut out as I turned into the yard.
The engine sounded flat and 'hard' on the way out, just like the W/NG when it's retarded. The blue exhaust pipe in the picture screams 'retarded' too - the bike went straight on the ramp when I got home.
With the plugs out, I engaged top gear to use the back wheel to turn the engine with the magneto end cover off - the points had virtually closed up. Setting that back to 0.012" had the engine bursting into life at the merest tickle of the kickstart!
I greased the point cam, but I must check the gap on both cylinders.
Shame about the blue exhaust. That won't polish out but at least the tank isn't leaking!
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