I guess you could disconnect the plug (2 wires) just of the Reg/Rect and connect a battery in there. I think that would let you work on lights but if you are trying to fault find an ignition problem or warning lights then thats a bit more complicate as they are affected by the CDI (at least on an AR...

well a few more hefty 'taps' with a hammer did the trick - thank goodness! now just got to hook up the pv cables and start it!!!
thanks for your hep guys

thanks guys - I think it is more likely that the float needle is stuck - corrosion doesn't tend to be a prob in Uganda! I will give it a heftier 'tap' tommorrow. Failing that can the float bowl be dropped with the carb in situ? Looks tight? Don't really wanna to be pulling the carb as I am fed up wi...

any ideas before I pull the carb on my AR... -bike has sat for about 4 months (I thought I had drained the fuel from the carb...ran it till it died when I used it last) -just installed an inline fuel filter -turned fuel on and -fuel just pours from both both breather tubes till I turn the fuel off a...

Just to add my two pennys worth - probably the best guide to knowing when a lock nut is worn out is when you can screw it on completely by hand (ie thread it on the spindle so that the threads pass all the way through). That is the guide we use in aircraft maintenance anyway, the other school of tho...