Thank you for all the suggestions. None feels quite right. I don't
think I seek the satisfaction of tinkering, solving problems. I think what I enjoy is the riding, but I'm too fussy and don't want a modern, soulless, machine. I love the engine to feel loose, heavy flywheel, easy, just loping along.
But we don't really know why we do what we do, why we like certain things and not others. Well I don't and maybe if I did I would avoid always appearing to do things the difficult way?
But anyway, new carb and fitting kit arrived this afternoon.
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Off with the old inlet and on with the new.
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Easy enough to fit the new carb. Apologies for the dreadful picture - the camera was insistent on flashing.
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Tank fitted and looking like a motorbike again. In the by-now late afternoon sun.
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But no fairy tale ending. Had to use carb cleaner to get it to fire. Would not settle to a reasonable idle - I think the issue, yet again, is the fuel tank trapping the (new) throttle cable. So tomorrow, gonna be tank off, try to find a better route for the cable, tank on, repeat.