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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 94636" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>Roslyn. I'm sorry that I am too far away to help but are you sure that whoever helped you is competent and experienced with Vincents? If not then you need to find someone else who is. If they are truly competent then they should be able to give you some ideas as to what might be wrong, just from the symptoms. The information that the 'bike does not go' is not sufficient. Is there a decent blue spark on both plugs when the engine is spun over reasonably rapidly. Are there any bangs in the exhaust pipe when kicking the bike over when there is plenty of petrol in the carbs? Do the plugs get wet? Is the petrol new or old? And so on. A competent helper should be able to go down this list, and possibly add their own favourite tests, and point you in a likely direction. There is nothing magic about Vincents. If you are used to other old motorcycles then you should be able to extrapolate from experience with those. Good luck with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 94636, member: 456"] Roslyn. I'm sorry that I am too far away to help but are you sure that whoever helped you is competent and experienced with Vincents? If not then you need to find someone else who is. If they are truly competent then they should be able to give you some ideas as to what might be wrong, just from the symptoms. The information that the 'bike does not go' is not sufficient. Is there a decent blue spark on both plugs when the engine is spun over reasonably rapidly. Are there any bangs in the exhaust pipe when kicking the bike over when there is plenty of petrol in the carbs? Do the plugs get wet? Is the petrol new or old? And so on. A competent helper should be able to go down this list, and possibly add their own favourite tests, and point you in a likely direction. There is nothing magic about Vincents. If you are used to other old motorcycles then you should be able to extrapolate from experience with those. Good luck with it. [/QUOTE]
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