Ok, so I finally got everything together, sourced the correct oil, poured it in and wheeled the A7ss outside to give her a kick and see what happened. Essentially, I would have been happy with a bit of a cough and splutter but to my amazement, not to mention that of my wife, the neighbours and the cat, the old girl burst into life on the third kick before settling down to a nice rhythmic tickeover. Not bad for a bike which hasn't been run for about three years!
So anyway, it's helmet on and off for a quick spin up the lane to see how things were looking. All seemed great with no excess vibrations and no significant oil leaks from anywhere. Great that it until she was warm. At this point, the engine seemed to loose power and the throttle seemed much less responsive. she even stalled quite a few times, although it was never a problem to get her started again. The whole thing smells to me of a fuel starvation problem, and it is concieveably possible that some muck may have been sucked down into the carb, but the question is where to start with my investigations? What are the carbs like to work on? Is there anything else I should be checking first? Any thoughts or ideas would be most welcome.
nb. I have checked that there is fuel in the bike and I have checked that the vent hole in the filler cap is clear... so what next?
Simon