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Daisy wrote:I've sat on quite a few bikes that have one and never understood why they didn't do the job properly. I bought the F series one thinking it would be a straight swap. It isn't. It pushes the fairing forward and its narrower, so I cut it up and only used the ends. Probably should have gone with my first idea - cut up the H frame and reverse it.

Yeah the top fairing on the E & F (twin headlights) are different to the earlier models even though the E still used the H bracket.

Well he's back on the floor on his own wheels, so I guess we've passed the halfway mark. Some bling arrived today ...

More pic's damn it

Looks MAGNIFICENT
How are you with restoring Human Bodies?

Not real good. You've seen Reg ...

That looks great, good work Daisy!

The mounting point for the starter motor was broken, so I made a new one. I love Devcon.



and then found that the bearings in the starter were totally stuffed ... so it got an overhaul ... and I started to wonder if there was anything on this bike that I wouldn't have to replace.



Pretty.



It took days to figure out how to get the pots onto 4 pistons at the same time - and I bent an oil ring in the process, so I had to wait for a replacement.



May as well replace these while we're here



and the pin is broken off the tripmeter



it will be a new bike, so this is entirely fitting




I had set a deadline of Friday 23rd to get it roadworthied so I spent the whole day Thursday doing this





and it wouldn't start. No spark, no turn over, but the fuel pump was running while the start button was pressed. I got all bent out of shape and stomped off.
HM spent hours trying to work out which wire the smoke had escaped from and then he gave up too. After a nice cup of tea we went and had a look together. It seemed that the fuse box was clicking - and the starter solenoid wasn't. We shorted the solenoid and the motor turned, so I had a peek in the back of the fuse box



and stomped off again.

On Friday morning I took the fuse box from HM's 1100 and tried it in the 9. Still clicking and no start so I put it back. The starter solenoid accompanied me inside so I could look for one on the net. I did say a few cross words and frown at it severely, then took it out to the shed and tested it again - because I had nothing better to do. It clicked! So I put it in the bike and got it to wind the motor. When HM came home he put his fuse box back in and somehow discovered that if he earthed one of the pins we had spark. Again we spent hours chasing wires and scratching our heads. HM declared that the problem was in the clutch switch. I disagreed, as I'd had it off the bike and it tested fine. It was at this point the penny dropped ... I pulled the clutch in and hit the button









It lives!
I have a soft copy of the owners manual. There is nothing in it about needing to do this with the clutch. Anyone know if its normal?

Dumb question... If its in gear, the bike wouldn't start unless the clutch was in? Isn't that how they all work?

Not sure about yours but I think the F1 and F2 are different.

From memory (feeble atm/mostly) the difference is whether the stand is down or not. One will start in neutral and the other wont start without the clutch in even though it's in neutral....or is one will start in gear (clutch in) and the other only in neutral...got me thinking now. Will check out and let you know.

Yeah, forgot to say this is in neutral with the stand up.

My 7 starts only starts with the clutch in, wether it's in neutral or not.

Thanks. With the 7 being its closest relative I'll assume that it is meant to be that way.

My C model would never start in gear, stand up/down, clutch in /out it didnt matter But I never had to pull the clutch in if it was in neutral.

All Trumpy's you have to pull the clutch in to start.

At least KSRC has a bike restorer now.
and she works for free