Rotary Owners' Club

Crumbs Dave the Drax diaries are going to be short

No Problem Richard I will just mark it up in my to do list discount on your services and I do know what you were thinking about .... tide times

Richard Negus wrote:

Interpol2471 wrote:I am sure Richard will be along soon to put me to shame as usual

Hi Ralph,Wouldn't dream of it, m'dear! Classics are Boyer ignition. (where's the smug icon?)R.

Who is Ralph LOL I'm Paul OK NEGUS and I knew you would be putting me right anyways

MrB wrote:Enfield Mk2 you think? But what a beautifully impressive looking machine.

I had a Contraceptor years ago which was an Interceptor with a Constalation engine fitted and that was really nice and I always wanted the big boy engine

Are you running the retard box still connected under the seat? I had a retard box as a tester that caused some rather strange running problems when fitted, I confirmed this by connecting the ignition up as per Grahams instructions on the Startrights website that disconnected the retard box. I also h...

If I had the cash I think its a bargain and would grab it. As richard says how often do these come up for sale??

Give Graham a call he has some repaired ones at about 25 quid (Startrights)

Hi and welcome. I agree with Richard as I have recently changed to Silkolene, all I did was use a normal oil drain pump and suck the majority of the oil out and then just added the Comp 2. After a short while you could see the change in oil colour in the clear feed pipes and job done. Smells much ni...

Oh a Harris Matchless I want one of those as well... cry You have a really nice collection.I had an Ariel Arrow racer some years ago with expansion etc I sold it to Atlantic motorcycles as he believed it was some old famous race bike but I cant remember much about it to be honest maybe Herman Maier ...

Ypu shouldn't tell me things like that

I know all the faults with the IP2, but was the BMW R80 really any better for the job? R. I bought a set of IP2 discs of an ex Police rider some time ago and he said to me that the IP2 was the best bike in his oppinion that the Police ever used. His only complaint was the slow running issue on conv...

Hi Rob,I have posted the picture of the Sport at Donnington on the gallery if you are interested,so anyway what did you race? I used to race for a hobby with the VMCC, CRMC and also the Gloucester club with a BSA and a Honda RS I was going to do the Manx also but I hurt my back at Cadwell Park but w...

Yes they are very beautiful bikes for sure, I think I took a picture of your sport at Donnington I will have to look thru the pictures again. I quite liked the blue hoses I have to say on the Silk as it would give the rivet counters something to moan about and I just love that

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Thanks Richard countersunk alloy it is then.

Hi Rob,Nice pictures by the way especially the beautiful Silk which I fell in love with at NML when I saw it. Some people you hate before you even meet them Your garage toys should all be mine

On my new fairing I am fitting all new rivnuts but wondered which type are best, I have ordered both ally and steel countersunk nuts to look at them but wondered what was originally fitted or is best to fit now?

For all of you out there that I know love the grey / black patches on my IP2 fairing will be glad to know I have a fairing being prepaired at a local spray shop as we speak. Sad to say it's going to be plain old white but I am having flush fitting indicators fitted and the front of the fairing smoot...

Thanks to Pete at NML and Graham at Startrights I now have some lovely new round wheels Next to sort out my new streamlined fairing

Come on Richard even I can remember it was 1991 when that happened and the Great rev'in Kevin won, I saw it on the history channel

Hi all, I am looking for some IP2 wheels suitable for restoration and recoating while I am still using my bike with the wheels I have fitted. Any offers

Sounds to me that you need to just reset the mixtures on each carb, it made a real difference to my idle

Thanks Graham

Oh you appear to be catching up Richard I must keep this a secret evil. No you appeared to be doing it right on the attempt you made but...in using IMG to add a picture the item must first be hosted at a url and on this site it must be below 100 x 100 pixels.Hope this helps if not I can step thru it...

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Just use vasoline as it aids assembly and saves any damage to the o rings and is of course petroleum based. Check the length of the idle pipes and make sure they seat fully in either end and are not too proud of the shoulders. AS Richard says change the needles for the ones he has part numbered for ...

I am not Richard and never will be but my age is catching up lol red face but the carbs are SU HIF4 1 1/2" diameter SU numbers FZX 133L and FZX133R. The parts required can be bought from Burlens Fuels in Salisbury who are SU specialists or Norton Motors may still have the overhaul kits part num...

The choke o ring would only cause rich running as it allows fuel past the metering hole assy into the airflow of the main venturi. This sounds more like a sticking float or needle allowing fuel to flow constantly and flood the engine. The o rings are easy to check after removing the carbs, just remo...

Firstly, the carbs are exactly the same on the Sport as the Commander and IP2, and suffer the same problems that Paul experienced with his. There was me guessing you had the later Mikuni's red face Richard puts me to rights again cry Barney as Richard says I had terrible running issues until I sort...

I still have the annoying poor slow running, where it feels like the bike is running on one cylinder. A blast of the throttle will fix it, but if it stalls when it's running on one, it's almost impossible to restart until bike has cooled and stood for 40-50mins. Hi Barney I had a very similar issue...