Not much to say on the purchase Malc. Came up on ebay (and a few thousand cheaper than the one that's currently on there) from a bloke in Derby.malc87 wrote:Tell us some more Bill?Bill wrote:
First ride on the "restored" bike was somewhat interesting - aka scary... Very, VERY vague handling and no brakes - worse than any triple I ever rode. So after the first ride I had a full page of fixes - but a few were quite important...
Front tyre was deflating - fixed with a new valve core. Front brake didn't work - fixed by moving the levers to the correct angle. Chain adjustment out by one notch left versus right - easy fix. Second ride out was more like it!
One outstanding problem is that the middle cylinder won't pick up cleanly from tickover - just like the problem I had with my KH400. In this case though ultrasound cleaning and poking/blowing jets didn't fix it - oddly it gets better when the engine is warm. Further investigation required, although reassembling two carbs seems to have stopped the fuel weeping - one to go!
Overall I'm really happy with it - it's in great condition. But I'm looking forward to Betty's visit so he can point out potential "improvements" - I always thought a conversation about the originality of an H1C would be entertaining

