New member from Essex England

[Else]

Hello all. I bought a lovely 1959 A10 a few weeks ago. I looked online for quite a while until i found this one and when I found out it was registered 2 days before I was born I had to have it. This is my second British bike, the first was a BSA Bantam D1 which I bought in pieces when I was 13 and ragged it around the fields near where I lived.
I just wish I could start the A10 though but thats another story

Thanks Andy

[sean]

welcome from Canada , nice bike .
lots of great people in here to answer any questions .

[Joolstacho]

Goodonya Andy. Nice looking 'bike, so now we've got to figure out why it won't start?

[CheeserBeezer]

Lovely bike. If you describe the starting problem I'm sure we can help. Did the previous owner start it up for you before you bought it?

[Angus]

Hi Andy and welcome. As said post the starting problem and I am sure the forum will help. Where about in Essex are you, as I am in south Suffolk and I know we have members in Essex.

[Greybeard]

 

[a10 gf]

That's a nice machine indeed. Welcome to the forum.

[muskrat]

G'day Andy 
Beautiful bike mate.
Cheers

[RichardL]

 

That is, indeed, a very beautiful bike, Congratulations. Amazing riding ahead.

Before you get it started, please let us know if the PO started it for you before you bought it (really, by the looks of it, there is little doubt it will run) and, also, how much he'd ridden it recently, or since the engine rebuild. That info will help folks here advise on any cautions before running.

Richard L.

[Else]

Lovely bike. If you describe the starting problem I'm sure we can help. Did the previous owner start it up for you before you bought it?

Yes mate. He went through the controls first then tickled the carb, opened the choke a bit, opened the throttle a little bit, kicked it over slowly a couple of times then gave it a big one and it started.

[Else]

Hi Andy and welcome. As said post the starting problem and I am sure the forum will help. Where about in Essex are you, as I am in south Suffolk and I know we have members in Essex.

Hello Angus. Great Yeldham near Halstead, where are you?

[Else]

I tried all sorts of permutations, lots of choke, no choke, a little choke, same with throttle, new plugs. Bought a small ultrasonic cleaner and stripped and reassembled the carb with a new gasket set. Still no improvement  *sad2.
Checked the spark which didn’t appear to be consistent so I got the mag refurbished at Priory Magnetos. It took me a while to time it up again but got there in the end and it started  , once  . Couldn’t get it to start again that day so gave up.
I left it all this week until yesterday afternoon. Got home from work early so decided to try again. Turned the petrol on, tickled the carb until finger wet, no choke, no throttle and it started on tickover  . Let it warm up, stopped it then straightaway no throttle, no choke, started on tickover again. Thought I’d cracked it so left it 10 mins tried it again but wouldn’t start no matter what I tried. So I walked away and went down the pub.
That’s where I am at the moment folks. Going to try again this weekend, any advice would be very welcome.

[Angus]

Hi Andy I am in Felixstowe, so not far away. We used to ride though great Yeldam on our way to Andrew fields, but not recently as they have tightened up on who they will serve.

[Sav]

Welcome from White Cliffs Country as well

Try taking the cut-out lead off the magneto cap in case you have a dodgy spring/terminal in the wipac cut-out switch,that releases after time, worth eliminating.

[Else]

Welcome from White Cliffs Country as well

Try taking the cut-out lead off the magneto cap in case you have a dodgy spring/terminal in the wipac cut-out switch,that releases after time, worth eliminating.

Thanks. I’ll take the whole cap off. Don’t have a lead, just a button.