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Old! hmmmm. Twas 1964 and I took off for my first ride on my 1950 series C Vincent. Decided to show off a bit so I went to the local dance and impressed a girl to the extent that she wanted a ride. No problem for this kid, off we go and headed for a spin around the park. Later that night I'm...

FWIW I have been riding for almost fifty years and come mid May I will be heading down to Maggie Valley and likely hit the Dragon again on "my much too big for an old guy" Triumph.

Good point. They also don't state if they factored in the increase in the number of older riders.

Some flat slide carbs have pumps some don't (most four stroke ones do). All slide type carbs that I have seen have the jet needle attached to the slide whether vacuum or cable operated. On a slide type carb with the throttle held wide open the venturi effect is so slight that it won't draw fuel...

Are you sure you used loctite? and if you did was it red loctite? Just curious. Heat always helps with loctited fasteners BTW.

If the battery is bad and you hook up a car battery to it take the usual precautions as, rare though it is, they can blow up and a faceful of sulphuric acid is no fun.

The massive backfire would indicate that you flooded the engine and probably had gas everywhere and the attempt at bump starting fired it all which also indicates that you have spark too. I had a battery with a bad cell and if warm would bump start but only on a hill at a good speed. It would...

A weak spark that isn't strong enough to fire the plugs but fuel is going in all the time that the engine is turning over means that the plugs get wet literally and stop firing altogether. On older carburretted bikes with a kickstarter the fix was to hold the throttle wide open and a few good...

Yep, we know where Canada is, neighbour! In the '70's there was a CT175 and a DT250

Ported head, hi comp pistons, cams and bigger injectors.

A normally aspirated Rocket III dipping into the 8's at ATCO raceway recently. http://www.carpenterracing.com/RIII_SB_899.htm

The problem with a fix like the one you suggest is that, at best it is a bodge up. Chances are that the fasteners on a valve cover are socket heads not hex heads therefore the valve cover would need to be drilled and counterbored oversize to suit an 8mm screw if there is enough material...

Yes me again. You are the person that put up a link to a 6.3 mm tap. I have never heard of such a thing but I do know that is not the size needed to tap a 6mm thread. If the thread is stripped then there is no material to be cut by the tap anyway. The OP stated that the thread was stripped not...

Of all the tricks,bodges and fixes out there the helicoil is correct from an engineering standpoint, quick and easy to do and is relatively cheap. On top of that you will have a few 6mm spares should you need them. If you are on the side of the highway with oil spurting over everything the I...

And of course you have cleaned and tightened the battery terminals?

That tap is .3mm oversize and would make even a good thread sloppy! Learn from this.

Why would you tap it oversize? If it is stripped there is nothing left to tap anyway!

But everybody knows that the more octanes there are, the more power.

I think that the rider should be the one to choose whether it be helmets or other protective gear. I am not here to be babied by big brother. Having said that I choose ATGATT. Even when in states that have no helmet law I always wear one. This past weekend I was the only one wearing a jacket...

This could be serious. Not sweating is an indicator but it is probably just getting dried by the wind. Not urinating is a warning sign that shouldn't be ignored. Personally I'd stay away from pop (soda) and stick with water or 'sports' drinks on those hot days.