Saturday April 26th 2025  KZ550 Limited At today’s session efforts were made to get the bike running, but the bike was having none of it, despite the use of a battery pack to keep the starter turning over enthusiastically. At low revs a nasty little clacking noise was causing Graham concern.  There was fuel and there was a spark but something was very definitely not right.  Had the cam chain tensioner not done its job and had it allowed the cam chain to jump a few teeth on the camshaft sprockets.  The rocker cover really needed to come back off just to be on the safe side. Suzuki GSF1200 Bandit Today began by attaching the dummy fuel tank to see if the carburettors would leak again or not.  Unfortunately it soon became apparent that No 4. Carb was leaking and No 2 was leaking big time.   Guy and Don set about removing the carbs from the bike to try and determine what was wrong.  The float heights are difficult to measure on this particular bike be...

  At the West Wales Motorcycle Club session on Saturday the 19th of April 2025…   Honda Vigor… Mal worked on his Honda Vigor working on the rear end of the bike and tried to get the swinging arm and the lower suspension apart but the bolts were too badly rusted in. In fact one bolt at the front of the pivot had rusted into its spacer so although it spun around freely it wouldn't come out. Mal took an executive decision to leave well alone for the time being and perhaps revisit it at some later point. My thanks to Keiran for repairing the thread that had been damaged as I tried to knock the stubborn bolt out.   Kawasaki Z250… Keiran spent some time doing final little bits of fettling and working to improve the appearance of the bike, paying attention to the paint work here and there. Also making sure the fuel tap work properly.   Getting it closer to being completely finished.   The KZ 550.   AJ worked to get the front brake working again...

  Saturday April 12th 2025 Kawasaki KZ550 Limited The new second hand passenger grab handle was installed and A.J. finished off the tail end of the bike. He then worked to polish up the generator and sprocket covers and even fitted the bikes original number plate.  The most significant job that remained to be completed was to install the replacement front brake master cylinder.  It had been delivered after the previous workshop session but in a senior moment I had forgotten that it had been sent to Phil and wasn’t actually in the workshop and so spent some time hunting for it, before realisation dawned.  Emma the bike's former owner visited the session and it was great for her to have a chance to see the transition  the bike had been through during its long journey with the club. Kawasaki KZ550 Limited completed with passenger grab handle and number plate. Suzuki 1200 Bandit. Now it was time to install the carburettor repair kits.  The main benefit of this ...