I think the Boon Islander is having a bad spell and really means Take care of it (ie fix it)

My old 88 rattles like crazy when cold but settles down to a quietish machinegun rattle when warmed up. I may be a bit crazy but I completed a 3700 km trip last year after running only 35 km on the old tart after resurrecting it from a major prang(not mine) it has done 157000 km and I have no idea what has been done to it in its previous life,but I got it real cheap as it was a bit messy so you just never know what to expect as these older moldels are starting to get a bit of age on now.

 

Thanks TK - nice to know you care

LOL...... musta been some Sunday morning blues

So TK ya sayin' the Lady will have no issues just leaving it as is ?

 

Do you think her bike could use an "Italian Tune-up"? I know mine does.

Missy, looking at the second video (it may be the camera angle) it kooks like your tachometer is reading near zero at idle. Let's see if the other guys agree.

Under the left hand side cover is the throttle stop adjustment screw. With the bike warmed up and no choke. adjust the screw until the tach. reads about 1000rpm

 

Definitely looks that way to me.

 

Yep Woofer - good catch - way too low - hell my own bike makes that
racket down low when you knock back the choke too early when cold

+1 ......... def needs the idle set a lot higher imo too

 

Funny, first video tach is right at 1000 rpm, but second video tach is almost at 0 .....

Could indicate a rich idle.

 

In the first video, she's using the choke

 

Thanks for your vote of confidence in my mechanical abilities Sprock but that was actually my older brother JK.

It's quite easy to tell us apart, I'm the one that's just over fifty, he's the one that's just over sixty. Also I have that nice MacLaren swoosh in my avatar. He can't do that yet because he's the one that's just over sixty.

Also, he's a mechanical engineer so he knows' a whole **** load more what he's talking about than I do.

 

definately looks like that idle **** hidden behind the vent needs a twisting.
the bikes almost dying on the second vid... should be idling at 900-1100 or so?
maybe needs a new air filter - could be asthmatic.


just wondering also how are you checking your oil level?
on stand with engine warmed at idle and cap unscrewed?

 

Thanks guys, Found the place where to do that, warmed up and adjusted it to 1.

That was what I told before that running on neutral it allmost died ))

But now after the oil change and filter change it really is mutch smoother than it was before )

Yaaay me )

Thanks a LOT!!!!