I took Sylvie for her first ride after replacing the missing breather hose joint. It was supposed to just be a quick trip to the nearest shopping centre but I’d had some issues with loss of power and stalling on the way there. I returned to find a steadily growing puddle of fuel under the bike!
Closer inspection revealed that the airbox and air filter were completely full of fuel.
The starter motor was also not turning over and all the lights were also going out when I tried to start the bike. I stopped taking photos and went into damage control mode at this point. I firstly let my partner know I would be a bit later home than expected, then messaged a good friend and fellow rider, who came by with a spare battery from a different model bike, jumper leads and some fuel.
After disconnecting the recently reattached carb breather hose and cranking the starter a few times with full throttle, I was able to limp the bike back home.
While I haven’t had time to look at it since, I will be stripping and rebuilding the carburetor and running the parts through the ultrasonic cleaner at the earliest opportunity!
In other news, the missing springs from the centrestand should be arriving this week, so I’ll hopefully have a longer post (or possibly posts) over the course of the next week!
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