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<blockquote data-quote="Matty" data-source="post: 61495" data-attributes="member: 1339"><p>Hi This is Matty</p><p></p><p>There is a long set of comments which may be of interest to other "smokers" regarding my Comet at :-</p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Comet Smoking After Rebore Is the Bore Glazed ?</strong></span></p><p>Discussion in '<a href="http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/index.php?forums/technical-advice-public-access.84/" target="_blank"><u>Technical Advice: Public Access</u></a>' started by <a href="http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/index.php?members/matty.1339/" target="_blank"><u>Matty</u></a>, <a href="http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/index.php?threads/comet-smoking-after-rebore-is-the-bore-glazed.7285/" target="_blank"><u>Jan 28, 2015</u></a></p><p></p><p>I have had my Comet for 59 years and it has always smoked a bit and sometimes sumped.</p><p>I do a fair amount of miles on it all year round including a 1000 mile + round trip to the Isle of Man each year since around 1975.</p><p>I am pretty pragmatic about how it looks and it is virtually as it came out of the factory, with a magneto, awful standard brakes, 6v lights, alloy guards etc.</p><p>I have rebuilt the engine twice in the 90,000 miles it has done, and it still only does about 250miles to the pint of oil.</p><p>It is very reliable, pretty tidy cosmetically and has never let me down on the trips to the IOM. All I do is make sure all the bits work properly (with an electronic voltage regulator and Miller dynamo rebuilt to look like a Lucas one).</p><p>I do have some engineering skills however and am qualified as an electrical/electronic engineer after an apprenticeship in which I was taught to use lathes, mills, etc and do some sheet-metal work and instrument making. So maintaining the bike is not a problem technically but old age is now making the physical work pretty back aching !!</p><p></p><p>Happy Smoking</p><p></p><p>Matty</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Matty, post: 61495, member: 1339"] Hi This is Matty There is a long set of comments which may be of interest to other "smokers" regarding my Comet at :- [SIZE=6][B]Comet Smoking After Rebore Is the Bore Glazed ?[/B][/SIZE] Discussion in '[URL='http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/index.php?forums/technical-advice-public-access.84/'][U]Technical Advice: Public Access[/U][/URL]' started by [URL='http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/index.php?members/matty.1339/'][U]Matty[/U][/URL], [URL='http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/index.php?threads/comet-smoking-after-rebore-is-the-bore-glazed.7285/'][U]Jan 28, 2015[/U][/URL] I have had my Comet for 59 years and it has always smoked a bit and sometimes sumped. I do a fair amount of miles on it all year round including a 1000 mile + round trip to the Isle of Man each year since around 1975. I am pretty pragmatic about how it looks and it is virtually as it came out of the factory, with a magneto, awful standard brakes, 6v lights, alloy guards etc. I have rebuilt the engine twice in the 90,000 miles it has done, and it still only does about 250miles to the pint of oil. It is very reliable, pretty tidy cosmetically and has never let me down on the trips to the IOM. All I do is make sure all the bits work properly (with an electronic voltage regulator and Miller dynamo rebuilt to look like a Lucas one). I do have some engineering skills however and am qualified as an electrical/electronic engineer after an apprenticeship in which I was taught to use lathes, mills, etc and do some sheet-metal work and instrument making. So maintaining the bike is not a problem technically but old age is now making the physical work pretty back aching !! Happy Smoking Matty [/QUOTE]
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