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- May 22, 2004
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After recent evenst and considerable input by many members here in and others.. I have taken a BIG lesson in understanding Norotn Commandos and Boyers.
On the face of it, my 850 Commando showed all the symptons as described by members ralating to a faulty power unit ~ after the bike being 'mothballed". That is ease of starting idling and reasonable performance. But falterign severely at 2500 to 3000 rpm.
To cut a long story short I failed to stick by my age old philosphy of "KISS" ~ keeping it simple stupid!! ~ I looked at replacing the power unit as suggested.
Instead I contacted "Phil" at Union Jack Motorcycles in Melbourne Vic (Australia)~ He made some suggestions that I agreed were "back to basics stuff!
~ That is/ was ~ always replace (modern ) fuels if not used up.. in my case I was having a lot of dramas with 'local ' BP fuel - particularly Premium grade. ~ This I feel was because up here in Far North QLD (AUSTRALIA) ~ ther ehas been a lot dramas with Ethanol added to the fuels, extracted from local sugar cane.
This has been a real hassle for me and the Norton.
~ I found that the plug leads were either open circuited or erratic! So I replaced them with copper leads, soldered.
~ Finally I checked the leads as sugested by members, to the stator on the Boyer. The terminal/s were loose! Again i soldered them.
These issues.. resolved he problem COMPLETELY~ TRANSFORMED the bike to a 100% pleasure machine from a total BITCH!!
So in the end .. remember ~ In the beginning of any dramas ~ I suggest ~ start with the KISS method.. don't go to the top of the pile and endeavour to resolve 'your' problems with convoluted, complicated, $$$ issues..
Finally I ask ~ Do Boyers require some element of resistance on the plugs leads.. or is this another BS story too !
On the face of it, my 850 Commando showed all the symptons as described by members ralating to a faulty power unit ~ after the bike being 'mothballed". That is ease of starting idling and reasonable performance. But falterign severely at 2500 to 3000 rpm.
To cut a long story short I failed to stick by my age old philosphy of "KISS" ~ keeping it simple stupid!! ~ I looked at replacing the power unit as suggested.
Instead I contacted "Phil" at Union Jack Motorcycles in Melbourne Vic (Australia)~ He made some suggestions that I agreed were "back to basics stuff!
~ That is/ was ~ always replace (modern ) fuels if not used up.. in my case I was having a lot of dramas with 'local ' BP fuel - particularly Premium grade. ~ This I feel was because up here in Far North QLD (AUSTRALIA) ~ ther ehas been a lot dramas with Ethanol added to the fuels, extracted from local sugar cane.
This has been a real hassle for me and the Norton.
~ I found that the plug leads were either open circuited or erratic! So I replaced them with copper leads, soldered.
~ Finally I checked the leads as sugested by members, to the stator on the Boyer. The terminal/s were loose! Again i soldered them.
These issues.. resolved he problem COMPLETELY~ TRANSFORMED the bike to a 100% pleasure machine from a total BITCH!!
So in the end .. remember ~ In the beginning of any dramas ~ I suggest ~ start with the KISS method.. don't go to the top of the pile and endeavour to resolve 'your' problems with convoluted, complicated, $$$ issues..
Finally I ask ~ Do Boyers require some element of resistance on the plugs leads.. or is this another BS story too !
