Rotary Owners' Club

Hi guys, A question, do air cooled rotaries run hotter as the miles build up? When my Classic was new, and for a good few thousand miles after, it ran at about 105'c, then as the miles clocked it slowly crept up and now seems to have stabalised at about 140'c (this for the last 20 odd thousand miles...

Thanks Richard,you confirmed what I had (hopefully)suspected.Regards J.B.

Hi guys,I've been out for a night time run to see how good the new bulbs performed, not 90% better, that's for sure! about 50% I would think, just about worth the £20-00 they cost me. Talking to fellow bikers on Saturday about the oil problem and a couple of them seemed to think that I had most like...

Hi guys, I'm a tad worried,putting the fairing back on the Classic today I noticed quite a bit of oil on the air filter and coil cover, I had a good look around the engine and can't see where i'ts coming from,could the oil be from the air filters?i'ts not that long ago that I fitted new filters,and ...

Hi Del Boy, I do not want to specificly fit HID bulbs, just bog standard halogen but more powerful than the presant 55/60w set up,(I know the old "mince pies"are not what they were,hence the need for more light)J.B.

Hi guys, I was returning from the monthly N.O.C. meeting last Monday night and decided that I realy must fit more powerful bulbs,can anyone advise me as to what the max is that I can fit ? bearing in mind that my Classic wears the twin h/lamp Sprint fairing. Regards J.B.

Hi, the post seems ok, (except for the spelling of glitch,) J.B.

Hi guys,I too was in Spain with Dell Boy when he had the Battleaxe tyre fitted, and I also had to have one fitted on the rear of the Classic on the same day at the same garage,the tyre has now done almost 8,000 miles and is still good for about 1,500 more so no complaints on that front,but D/B is ri...

Hi guys,Re; the choke cable that wo,nt stay out,I found that a common old clothes peg worked just fine on the Classic, and clipped handily to the the clutch cable when not in use. J.B.

I agree with Richard re: fixing your fairing,I used Avedales and put countersunk washers under the heads that made for a nice finnish.J.B.

Hi guys, Ignore the previous question,Richard has answered it,apart from "is it worth the extra cost"? J.B.

Hi guys,Appart from the fact that Silkolene smells nicer than Rotella and smokes less? are there any other reasons to justify paying fortunes more for the Silk:? J.B.

Hi guys, After reading of all sorts of horror stories in the forum about too much oil is allmost as bad as not enough, I decided to have a look at the leaver position on the Classic's pump,cos I,ve often wondered why the old girl seemed to use quite a bit more oil than the Comanders in the Essex bra...

Hi guys, have done quite a few miles now on the new ig;n system and all seems fine,so guys if your rotary begines to "four stroke" it may well be the ig;n system. Safe rotoring, J.B.

Hi guys, the clutch on my Classic has never sliped,(coming up to 40,000 miles now)it used to drag something shocking until about 20,000 miles ago when I took a tip from Del Boy and changed the oil to automatic transmision oil,a marked improvment therafter, and seeing as I had developed the knack of ...

Hi guys,the ign:trigger arrived on Tuesday and was duly fitted,but I could only run the bike stationary because the damaged o/side footrest hanger was off and the bike ready to have the new one fitted when it arrived from NML.which it did on Wednesday,after fitting I took the bike for a test run of ...

Hi guys,thanks for all your replies,I also had a problem with a blocked vent hole on the fill cap, mine was on a Honda 400/4, so I've tried that. The problem has occured twice more since my last posting(is that what this is called?) and the incidents were getting closer to gether,(twice within 50 mi...

Hi again Malc,further to last nights e-mail, I can be reached by phone after 16-00hrs today(and all evening)on 01268 753362.Regards J.B.

Hi again Malc,on the off chance that you did manage to find a footrest plate and that you don,t live a million miles from me in Essex, what are the chances of me blasting over to you and collecting it?cos I would like to fit it before going to the Beezumph.Regards J.B.

Hi guys,Thanks for your replies,one of the first things I looked at was the vac pipe,it seemed fine,after my face to face with Dell Boy I checked the tap fuel filter,very little residue,and I dont think the the diafram is the problem because I turned the tap to "prime" when the engine was ...

Hi Malc, yes I will be at the Beezumph next week, hence the urgentcy,(are you the Malc who races a couple of aircooled rotaries?) Regards J.B.

Thank you Mr Interpole,I have contacted Graham and he can weld me one, but the one I have can be welded,so I would prefere a none-welded one,thank you for trying,Regards J.B.

Hi gang, On the way to the N.O.C. rally in Austria a couple of weeks back, charging through France I had a bit of a problem with the Classic, begane running very erraticly,popping and banging, and refusing to rev over 2,500,(but fine on tickover) changing the plugs made no differance,pulling off a p...

Hi gang, I am in urgent need of an o/side footrest mounting plate for my Classic,(same sameIP2) if you have one to spare I can promise it a good home,Peter at N.M.L has one(new) but it is raaather exspencive.Time is of the essence people.Regards J.B.

Hi, I know its a bit late with the info but my Classic has been run on 40 from new(speedo reading36165 today) and averages about 275 miles to the pint. regards J.B.

Hi People,are there anymore of you rotoring to the N.O.C. rally in Austria? I am looking to leave on Saturday from Dover, it would be nice to look out for fellow Rotarians on the on the journey.Safe riding J.B.

Hi all, I am known usualy as J.B. and have been riding my Classic since 1999, and have been a club member since about 2001, I attend most club gatherings in the U.K., my bike is easy to spot,it wears a Triumph Sprint fairing!! I have only just joined the computor set,hence the reason that I hav'nt l...