Right lads ,

The gap was set incorrect on the plug. I set it at 0.006 doh!!

I'll rectify it in the morning ( the bike comes before wrapping parcels)

And let yous know if it's running sweeter

Well spotted COLLY

It's £1.50 for a plug, why wouldn't you eliminate this from the equation ?

1) it's Christmas everywhere is closed.

2) I live in a remote area ( no bike shops )

3) after Christmas when places are open I will order one ( and wait patiently for the 4-5 days to pass) for delivery to my area.

Does that answer your question buddy

Stoddards, buddy.

Edited December 23, 201510 yr by b40rt

There's Stoddarts right enough .. But they don't have a bp5es .. If you don't ride a road bike they don't want to know you.

If you google small spark plug gap you will see it is possibly the cause of some of your problems, erratic running, unburnt fuel, running rich etc

Re set it, give it a thorough clean and hopefully away you go.

Cleaned up the spark plug and set the gap to the correct setting today and it started and ran ten times better

Can't complain at that!

Thanks everyone for your help on this and have a great Christmas

Cheers

Ian

On 12/22/2015 at 7:49 PM, lockie28 said:

Thanks wheelieman,

If the floats are slightly high would this cause the bike to cut out while starting it on the choke?

Absolutely , float will cause bike I cut when rev or just run horribly 

6 hours ago, Cwilson said:

Absolutely , float will cause bike I cut when rev or just run horribly 

That question was from the time of the Obama administration