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by HotPearlSnatch
Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:59 pm
Forum: General Scooter Chat
Topic: MOT EXEMPTION - for 40 year plus scooters
Replies: 39
Views: 14750

Re: MOT EXEMPTION - for 40 year plus scooters

hhhhmmmmm, i read that 'substantial changes' meant an overall power increase of not more than 15% from original....So your 25+bhp engines may well fall foul of this new law in terms of invalid insurance on non MOTed vehicles which have been tuned.

Just sayin'
by HotPearlSnatch
Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:55 pm
Forum: General Scooter Chat
Topic: Anyone burn carbon out of two cycle mufflers?
Replies: 4
Views: 2094

Re: Anyone burn carbon out of two cycle mufflers?

I dunno, caustic soda and the like do not necessarily get rid of high carbon and oil build ups in 2 stroke exhausts. I have burnt the cr*p out using an oxy acetylene torch, once 'lit' then the acetylene is turned off completely allowing only the oxygen to fuel the fire [now] burning inside the exhau...
by HotPearlSnatch
Fri Aug 24, 2018 1:12 pm
Forum: General Scooter Chat
Topic: courier to collect a engine
Replies: 2
Views: 11206

Re: courier to collect a engine

Hey Paul, i use a guy called Ben [07722561649] He is the guy that delivers all of Franco's [scooter emporium] bikes across the country. It s a flat £100 for any bike anywhere in the country except you have to wait until he comes your way. Give him a call and see if he'll combine your engine with a '...
by HotPearlSnatch
Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:42 am
Forum: Sports Bar
Topic: The Song Title Thread - Pointless but Addictive!
Replies: 25741
Views: 4561585

Re: The Song Title Thread - Pointless but Addictive!

White Light White Heat - Velvet Underground
by HotPearlSnatch
Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:40 am
Forum: Sports Bar
Topic: The Song Title Thread - Pointless but Addictive!
Replies: 25741
Views: 4561585

Re: The Song Title Thread - Pointless but Addictive!

Light My Fire - the Doors
by HotPearlSnatch
Thu Aug 23, 2018 1:45 pm
Forum: Sports Bar
Topic: The Song Title Thread - Pointless but Addictive!
Replies: 25741
Views: 4561585

Re: The Song Title Thread - Pointless but Addictive!

Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
by HotPearlSnatch
Thu Aug 23, 2018 1:26 pm
Forum: Sports Bar
Topic: The Song Title Thread - Pointless but Addictive!
Replies: 25741
Views: 4561585

Re: The Song Title Thread - Pointless but Addictive!

Back in Black - AC/DC
by HotPearlSnatch
Wed Aug 22, 2018 2:18 pm
Forum: Lambretta Tech
Topic: GP vibration.
Replies: 9
Views: 3185

Re: GP vibration.

Sounds to me like something has come loose, check the whole thing over before taking it to dealer - if you are mechanically ended that is. If not, then to the dealer it is.
by HotPearlSnatch
Wed Aug 22, 2018 1:14 pm
Forum: Sports Bar
Topic: The Song Title Thread - Pointless but Addictive!
Replies: 25741
Views: 4561585

Re: The Song Title Thread - Pointless but Addictive!

Green, Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones
by HotPearlSnatch
Wed Aug 22, 2018 11:57 am
Forum: Lambretta Tech
Topic: Carb Spitback Help??? its getting to me now.
Replies: 41
Views: 18035

Re: Carb Spitback Help??? its getting to me now.

I really feel for you guys with all this time, trouble and money. I have no experience of the muggello kit but a fair bit of jetex carbs and in my experience those carbs are really quite unstable. The slightest deviance in the carb body jet profiles [like a badly chased casting from new, or some gri...