Saturday at last and first chance for a decent run on Siegfried. Started 1st kick and ticked over tick, tock, lovely. Great run pulling strongly but oil leak at cylinder base upon return.
Sunday. Wiped off oil. Same start procedure, Velo style as always, but reluctant to start. Still not got hang of choke / throttle settings but after a rest away he went. Decided on A Great Big Ride to Northampton to show off Siegfried to VMCC. As always, like kids and dogs, bikes know when to let you down. My triumphant entrance was accompanied by the silencer coming loose and clattering on the road. Mmmm. Anyway nothing zip ties can't fix. After 30 minutes of Oh - it's a copy BMW I had had enough. Started 1st kick then clutch cable suddenly found the free play I had been looking for all by itself and I kangarooed away in front of the crowd.
Also one of the early morning swings on the kick start had suddenly spun all the way thru on the ratchet so now have stiff leg to show for it,
But all in all a success, the oil leak did not come back and Siegfried ran great.
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