Workshop Session

With our assistance Annabelle continued to make progress towards getting her Ural running. I stripped and cleaned out both carburetors. Stale fuel had begun to take its toll but not too badly. Although the carbs operate by the same principles as pretty much every other carburetor they were quite differently designed to those I am used to working on, so it was an interesting learning exercise for me. Ultimately we found that the inner of the throttle cables fitted to the bike was a little too short and was keeping the throttles open. Hopefully a new pair of cables can be sourced. If not it might be possible to cut the outers. Ianto had kindly tracked down a replacement rear wheel spindle of the correct dimensions which fitted a treat and in an instant removed all the issues with the fit of the rear wheel.

Jessica bought a Fridge and Microwave along that she had kindly donated for use by the club. The session ended with a Buffet (Provided by Henley’s Tearooms of Tumble) and time spent chatting and socialising. This was to mark the on-going success of the club despite the restrictions during the Covid Lockdown.

Pulse Adrenaline

I managed to cure two final faults. Firstly the engine was racing a little before settling down to a decent tickover. This problem was caused by the throttle twist grip not returning to its stop properly. A little tinkering with the twist grip overcame this and in particular re-positioning a small plastic washer around the throttle cable that was getting in the way. The other fault was a regular knocking noise coming from the front end of the bike as it was wheeled back and forth. After a little head scratching, I noticed that the bolts securing the front brake calliper mounting to the front forks were touching the rivets securing the brake disc to the wheel, hence the rhythmic knocking noise. This problem was cured with an additional washer under the head of the bolts. The bike now requires a test ride.