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Just a quick update for anyone who is curious.............absolutely zero psi on the compression test! Head is off and it's an inlet valve bent, I'm v…login to view the rest of this post

Had the same problem with mine. It gradually went from intermittently running on 3 cylinders until it was permanent.
It started to blow blue smoke on…login to view the rest of this post

Haha thanks everyone

I love it up here in Scotland, I'm definitely here for life! I'm always down the Galloway forest in my Vitara, hopefully I'll be there on the bike soon too!

Got a compression tester now, I just ended up ordering one, so I'll get it done either tomorrow or Saturday

Hehehe, sounds like Steve is the forums Lord Farquaad

Hmmmm, don't know why that posted three times, it said it had failed so I cancelled it

This is my Arab, Star, not got him any more. Used to go everywhere with him, even went through a McDonald's drive through a couple of times haha!


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This is my Arab, Star, not got him any more. Used to go everywhere with him, even went through a McDonald's drive through a couple of times haha!


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This is my Arab, Star, not got him any more. Used to go everywhere with him, even went through a McDonald's drive through a couple of times haha!


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Haha, horses are great fun, sold my last one a couple of years ago, really miss them.
I used to retrain problem horses many years ago, that was interesting

Welcome to the forum Karen, good luck in sorting your 4c8, what's the name of the one horse power horse that you are trying to wheelie, I bet that takes more skill to ride than your bike :D

So what's his / her top speed, 0 to 35 mph and how many miles does he / she do on a bag of hay :D

Welcome ...

LOCKE wrote:Welcome in from sunny Glasgow.

Colin

Thanks Colin, I lived in Glasgow for a while, east end, been in Ayrshire for nearly two years now

Hi Karen from Ayrshire, I'm Adam fae Fife [emoji106]


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Hi Adam fae Fife, I canny talk in a Scottish accent I'm from Liverpool originally lol ;)

Same here, I'm originally from Somerset. I was in Toxteth once and a lad there said I sounded posh [emoji23][emoji23 ...

Highlander wrote:Hi Karen from Ayrshire, I'm Adam fae Fife [emoji106]


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Hi Adam fae Fife, I canny talk in a Scottish accent I'm from Liverpool originally lol

Thank you yeah, they seem a nice friendly bunch

I've got a compressor so a leak test will be easy enough if I can get a tester, I'll have a nosey on eBay
What's your feeling on it Moise? Any advice …login to view the rest of this post

Could maybe be sticking rings with it sitting for so long, but obviously the compression test will show that up


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R1Clarky wrote:welcome in karen good luck getting the bike sorted m8

an R1 a day keeps insanity away

Thank you and thank you hehe

Like Pete says though it could've bounced a valve and weakened it then it's got worse with use, I won't know for certain until I can get this compress…login to view the rest of this post

carsonr6 wrote:Welcome Karen, I've got a 4C8 track bike myself. How many miles has yours done?


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Hi, only done 8k, it was off the road for six years

Donny wrote:There was a bunch of American bikes had valve guide failure I recall , is it possible an Import bike.

Definitely not an import, I've had …login to view the rest of this post

petepassion wrote:Blanking caps on the balance stubs, vacuum take off or throttle body mounts?

Hmmm, not sure about those, I'd have to whip the tank …login to view the rest of this post

Welcome in Karen, great bike the 4C8, sorry too hear your having problems, some American models suffered with valve guide failure I recall, is yours an import by any chance.

Thanks Donny, I had the 05 model before it but I really like this one, it's definitely a uk bike, I bought it brand new ...

The only link i can think of there is if it had valve bounce and just caught a valve enough to weaken it, then over more miles the valve breaks or bu…login to view the rest of this post

In long term storage it is not unknown for mice to gnaw on the wiring...not turtles though :lol:

I checked as much of the loom as I could see and it …login to view the rest of this post

Hahaha, well I'm an auto electrician , mot tester and mechanic but only cars and hgv, not done much work on bikes so I'm after as much advice as I ca…login to view the rest of this post