shake rattle and roll
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:28 am
My 251 has a mag dyno thingy fitted works great and despite having no battery the indicators work fine.
They still flash with main beam and brake lights on as well (slow down at a slow tick over but still work) Fantastic bit of kit I am going to try led bulbs and a modern flasher unit as the std bulbs and flasher unit are only rated to 10 Watts .
I asked for info regarding alternative pistons a while ago because it was rattling and thanks for your answers. I pulled the head and barrel off the bike and found mayhem had visited . the motor had seized in the past smearing alloy from piston onto the barrel the top two rings were jammed in the piston groves the bottom ring was doing a good job on its own though. I cleaned the alloy off the bore and sanded the piston freed the rings spent a lot of time getting it as good as I could.
Its all back together still rattling but running more than a bit better, its still on a std bore size so I will treat it to a new piston rings and a re-bore if it give more trouble