Motorbike in the loft.

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Some of you will remember my example load on loft joists of a motorbike. Well apparently it's no longer hypothetical. I stumbled across this when I was looking at bikes on eBay. Link Removed

"Been in the loft for years." :fuckyou:
 
Mouldyoldspudgun said:
My mate had an XT 500 years ago that was a little bugger to kick over if it kicked you back
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Big singles with kick start will fcuk you up in a heartbeat if you're not careful. I had an MT500 with a Rotax in it, as if it wasn't bad enough that it was kick only, the kick start was on the left. Vicious b*****d of a thing that was.
 
imago said:
Big singles with kick start will fcuk you up in a heartbeat if you're not careful. I had an MT500 with a Rotax in it, as if it wasn't bad enough that it was kick only, the kick start was on the left. Vicious b*****d of a thing that was.
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I had a bultaco 250 single cylinder field bike with the kick start on the left when i was 14 used to bump start it as i was frightened it would break my leg if it kicked back trying to start it.
 
imago said:
Some of you will remember my example load on loft joists of a motorbike. Well apparently it's no longer hypothetical. I stumbled across this when I was looking at bikes on eBay. Link Removed

"Been in the loft for years." :fuckyou:
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How many years have you been searching for evidence to justify yourself?! Well done! Well bloody done squire!
 
imago said:
Big singles with kick start will fcuk you up in a heartbeat if you're not careful. I had an MT500 with a Rotax in it, as if it wasn't bad enough that it was kick only, the kick start was on the left. Vicious b*****d of a thing that was.
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on a big single there would be a valve lifter to aid the kick start. as soon as the bike started you would return the valve lifter.,
 
malc said:
on a big single there would be a valve lifter to aid the kick start. as soon as the bike started you would return the valve lifter.,
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There was a decompressor on them, but they were also fitted with Dellorto carbs. So if you used the decompressor the b*****d things used to flood and then they wouldn't start no matter what you did.

You had to kick them to TDC, then boot the ever loving fcuk out of it in the hope that there was enough momentum by the time it got round to compression to fire. You get it right all was well, miss and it wouldn't fire, half way in between and it was a trip to casualty. Apparently one of the most frequently involved bits of machinery for claims with the Army.
 
At the back, at least 20 of them

Motorbike in the loft.
Motorbike in the loft.
 
imago said:
There was a decompressor on them, but they were also fitted with Dellorto carbs. So if you used the decompressor the b*****d things used to flood and then they wouldn't start no matter what you did.

You had to kick them to TDC, then boot the ever loving fcuk out of it in the hope that there was enough momentum by the time it got round to compression to fire. You get it right all was well, miss and it wouldn't fire, half way in between and it was a trip to casualty. Apparently one of the most frequently involved bits of machinery for claims with the Army.
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when I served my time we had a Austin six cylinder petrol lorry ex army no starter at all just a handle that f**k*r split some lips in its time with the kick back
 
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