Thats correct - not fussed about the money the garage near us only sells the cheap stuff. So I need to go out and get autolube 2 stroke to put in the oil tank in the frame, and not add any to the petrol - is that right?
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The oil im talking about is the 2 stroke mix oil - is that what your on about too? I have not touched the engine oil. That would be the semi synthetic oil right? I was always told adding oil to the tank aswell would not harm the bike and is good for piece of mind to make sure the oil is going throug...

It seems that way - thanks for the help mike! Alan, I am using a cheap 2 stroke motorcycle oil from a petrol station near us. I am also adding it to the fuel so it is smoking quite a bit. Im hoping that this is doing the bike some good! Better to overlube? or is that not helping. Only had the bike a...

Could not believe it - changed the spark plug this morning and it started first kick! Checked the other spark plug and that is still sparking just wont start the bike. A friend said that it could be a faulty spark plug? Still thanks to everybody for the help - I have learnt quite a bit about the bik...

Im almost certain its not the fuel as if I disconnect the fuel hose from the carb it just keeps flowing freely. If I take the carb off the bowl is full of fuel. I have re checked the carb again and everything is whistle clean and I can see through every hole. Even had led torches through them all to...

Update - took spark plug out put a little fuel in and got it to fire up again - sounded good for 3 or 4 seconds then died again. If I disconnected the carb but left the hoses connected and kicked it over would I be able to see the fuel coming out of the carb? or is that not possible? Im guessing my ...

Tried with no throttle and choke on, throttle and choke on, choke off no throttle and choke off with throttle. Still nothing. I take the sparg plug out and make sure it clean everytime too. I am getting very good at taking the sparg plug out thats for sure!

Hi Skidmark, Checked that there was fuel from the tap to the carb (ie taking the fuel line off the carb) and it is running freely. There is no inline fuel filter to block up. Fuel is filling into the carb as when i took it off the second time it was full up! Fuel tap def on as carb filling with fuel...

Fuel tap is on, even checked reserve on to. Wont go in either position!

Hi, brand new to this and having problems with bike. Have read the forums and found no answer. It was running fine and died whilst out on it. Wouldnt start so I dropped a bit of fuel in the spark plug then it started. Then died after it ran out of fuel again. It has a full tank of fuel and the oil i...