marvellous isn't it- within a generation the act of "decoking" has been forgotten about/ met with blank faces when mentioned.
Wher the feck did the years go?
Happy New Year
Chris
Decoking
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Scootering since 1968.
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the joys of modern technology I guess and the make do and mend mentality has kind of gone, people would rather buy new than sort out what they have.
The mack daddy on the left!
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When I worked in a motorcycle garage back in 1970 I remember de-cokes were a regular service item. I real a Raleigh Runabout coming in with a loss of power (didn't have much to begin with) and the exhaust port was almost completely blocked with carbon 
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Could it possibly be because they never in one piece long enough to get carboned up 
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Yes he's certainly got something stuck up his arse....Timbo wrote:I'd say what the tractor man said, it's like Premiereship managers they get changed every few years. Maybe that nice Mr Wenger needs a decoke...
Did you have to do that?