Hi, Mike here. Thanks for having me on this forum! I'm currently working on my boss's collection of motorcycles for a bit of extra cash and experience. I'm clued up with modern motorbikes and have quite a bit of experience servicing and repairing. But I sometimes struggle to get my head around the older bikes so i'm here to rummage through older posts and pick your brains for advice and guidence.
Vincent Black Shadow - lt hasnt been run for a few months so drained all the oil, cleaned filter element and replaced with new oil- Tank, G.box, Chaincase then fresh fuel. It fired after about the 4th kick, apart from it being a bit smokey for the first few seconds it seemed to run ok. While the bike was idling, I removed the oil tank cap and the oil returning seemed to splurt back into the tank rather than be a steady stream. On the BSA B31 i was working on previous, oil seemed to flow constanty back to the tank.
Is this normal? Or should the oil be returning constantly, in a consistent flow?
Cheers
Mike
Vincent Black Shadow - lt hasnt been run for a few months so drained all the oil, cleaned filter element and replaced with new oil- Tank, G.box, Chaincase then fresh fuel. It fired after about the 4th kick, apart from it being a bit smokey for the first few seconds it seemed to run ok. While the bike was idling, I removed the oil tank cap and the oil returning seemed to splurt back into the tank rather than be a steady stream. On the BSA B31 i was working on previous, oil seemed to flow constanty back to the tank.
Is this normal? Or should the oil be returning constantly, in a consistent flow?
Cheers
Mike