My dads vincent rapide has not been started for 30 years.
It was bought as a kit from Roger Slater in 1971 and my dad had been building it. He rode it up the hill where he lives and back down and it has not been running since.
We have been trying to get it up and running with no sucess.
So far we have drained the old oil out checked the engine over and refilled with new fluids.
Bought new spark plugs and caps, fitted and checked sparks.
Strippped the float boals off the carbs and blown jets clean.
Checked fuel taps both sides and removed blockages.
Refilled with fresh petrol and tickled the carbs to get the fuel up.
We then tried to start it with both fuel taps open (then tried just one side at a time) and the choke on.
It just seems to not want to start so i was wondering.... am i doing something wrong.
When i first try it nearly seems to run. It has fired with some smoke from the exhaust but will not run.
Please help.
It was bought as a kit from Roger Slater in 1971 and my dad had been building it. He rode it up the hill where he lives and back down and it has not been running since.
We have been trying to get it up and running with no sucess.
So far we have drained the old oil out checked the engine over and refilled with new fluids.
Bought new spark plugs and caps, fitted and checked sparks.
Strippped the float boals off the carbs and blown jets clean.
Checked fuel taps both sides and removed blockages.
Refilled with fresh petrol and tickled the carbs to get the fuel up.
We then tried to start it with both fuel taps open (then tried just one side at a time) and the choke on.
It just seems to not want to start so i was wondering.... am i doing something wrong.
When i first try it nearly seems to run. It has fired with some smoke from the exhaust but will not run.
Please help.