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// Thanks totalshell & Lee, The job doesn't seem quite so bad now. Work has got in the way lately, so when I get a minute I'll sweep the shed out and get to doing the Fantic. Bye the way does anyone know where to get a repair manual?? (I WILL find one usefull!! lol) One other thing,...exhausts....I read about people cutting them open and repacking them?etc?? Not sure I know what thats all about....but I do know that the fantic needs an end can....where do I get one from?? Obviously a used one could be as rubbish as the one I have, does anyone make replacement end cans for trials bikes???? Andy.

Thanks for the help Lee, I think it might be simpler to put new carb on the bike. I will contact the bloke that advertises the OKO, and I've already spoken to Bill Pye about a new Delorto. In the long run it may be that the OKO is the best choice, I see by the advert that they are supposed to increase this or that, I would like to fit one because they seem easier to adjust/maintain than the Delorto. Of course all this will depend upon price. I have also had a user here advising that crank seals have a bearing on my problem, also coils as you mention.......I think I have two options......try a new carb, and then if there's still a problem carry on in trial and error........or.........strip the lot and rebuild....I don't know if the engine is on it's original piston or a resized one. If I strip the engine (this will my first one), will I need any special tools??? Does anyone have any advice on a rebuild?? For instance where do I get gaskets and such, and are the internals gears and such available????? All I want is for the bike to be reliable little knock-around toy really, however it looks like it could end up a restoration/rebuild............hell....... Thanks again everyone that's offered advice. Bye for now.

Back again everyone...... Had some very good advice from another site user, and hope that I'm going in the right direction now. If work commitments allow I'm gonna get the tools out. I'd post a picture of the fabulous Fantic if I knew how. Any suggestions?? I'm really not very good at this techno stuff. Cheers everyone.

Cheers lads,,, I'm confused now. Thought everyone that could recognise a polski fiat would know better!! Anyway.......if my fantic kickstart should touch the footpeg during the starting sequence, then perhaps the timing is awry??? Any thoughts......??? It seems that there is not enough compression/spark/umph!! to get it to go, if the kickstart only goes to the peg. I think that this fantic has to go the nearest greasy workshop, as suggested, where a fat, balding man covered in evil smelling oily ****e will prod it and poke it, suck a long breath through his teeth and then proceed to work a miracle. (Wish me luck). I expect that he will want to keep it a few weeks, (I'll probably forget about it/ put it to the back of my mind), then, out of the blue, he'll ring me and tell me to collect it. I'll walk into the workshop and there it will be.......like a restoration job out of a magazine!!!! It sits there purring after he kicked it over once!!! Can you believe it??? And then to cap it all, ........he refuses to take payment for his work, saying he used to have one "back in the day". As I wheel it out to my truck I notice a faded picture of a young fella in an old barbour/belstaff riding a 200 up a rocky stream. The caption beneath says "Winner of the Scottish Six Day Trial". What would be the chances eh????

Thanks fellas, I will try it again. I did get it to run and had a little jaunt on it but.......when I stopped/stalled it, it was an absolute pig to get going again!! Frustrating!!! Does anyone have any ideas about the kickstart???? Mine (the one fitted) is pretty straight and unlike say a TL kickstart is not bent to clear the footpeg when starting!! ...........So.........when starting the peg must be folded up (it doesn't like to stay up though), then it falls down when you kick!! ....Also the kickstart needs to travel its full cycle to get any chance of the bike firing, that is to say from dead upright to as far down as it will travel,,,,,,,, is this right????? Other trials bikes seem to need much less of a kick to fire??? Ta everyone.

Hi there eveyone, I'm new to this forum (I've browsed it before), I have just bought a fantic 200, (just to muck about on, no comps) it's a runner but with problems.......can't get it to tickover properly, and it has a starting problem........sometimes 1st kick and away she goes........sometimes it just will not start.....!!! Tried allsort but I now think I might need to replace the carb. I might go for one of these OKO ones..??? Also, the bike will not start with the clutch pulled in, has to be in neutral, clutch out, to start. Duh!! Don't get it?? I'm gonna see if I can get some help/ideas here..or else sell it and start again. I've just put it on the well known e-market..... really brassed off with it.....it's SO near, yet I just don't have the ability to get it right. HELP!!!!!