500 Two-Stroke Tech

Post 6 was him, op Ange, wondering what "duplicate" meant.
Post 8 was an illustration of what a duplicate post is.
What about Post 10?

Uuh, post #5 was a repeat of my post #4.

Uuh, post #5 was a repeat of my post #4.

Duplicate

Sounds like cable ends aren't seated properly.

Hey, congrats!

Nice vid, interesting norton.
350lc like my old one.

Hey, it looks like you changed to a more, uh, aggressive rear tire.

Update - this had me thinking that maybe holding the throttle wide open when turning the petcock on may provide a vent through the rod, so I called SC, and yes, it appears this would be a solution to the choke access on those two carbs. The opinion was it might have a bit of trickle initially past t...

Duplicate post

I had thought I'd posted this previously, but I guess not. You need access to all 4 chokes even if you don't need them to start the bike. The reason, as noted in the SC manual, is if the float bowl level gets low for some reason, when you turn the fuel on without the chokes opened, they may overfill...

I do "view only" on FB, just dont want anything in their "hands". Fella has quite a fine bike, ohlins bst etc. To gain a little more choke lever clearance he's put those 2 carbs at a slight angle, with knurled pulls. I think he'll find he can't access them with the wilson air cle...

Someone on the Facebook group is doing this conversion as well if anyone is interested; perhaps his progress will be quicker than mine - waiting for warm weather to get back to tuning, and perhaps a better solution to the chokes on the two tight carbs.

"No more excuses"
I got to get to that point - a good thing about races is they put you on a schedule.

"One thing led to another"
There's always something ...