From: rbemben@timewarp.prime.com (Rich Bemben)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: AMALS - ya gotta love 'em...
Date: 30 Sep 92 22:32:01 GMT
Organization: Prime Computervision, Bedford MA

So, Bonne went back on the road at the end of August and I was having a 
REAL happy time getting reaquainted with her.  Went for several rides up
around the North Shore between Danvers and Gloucester (lots 'o nice twisty
back roads that I haven't been on for quite some time).  Anyway, I was
plodding my way up rt. 128 a few weeks back and noticed a little hesitation 
whilst cruising at "speed", but really didn't think too much of it.  It 
was unnoticable when I got off the highway so I promptly forgot about it.

The next day, however, the same thing presented itself so when I got back from 
work I pulled the plugs and noticed that 1) one was oily and 2) the plugs 
were fouled (as in black) so I figured that maybe the 2 year layover might
have caused the carbs. to go a little rich on me.  As for th oil - well, it
was obvious that one of the coils was going south so I made plans to replace 
both coils as well.  The intermediate solution was (as the book stated...)
"try a plug that's one stage hotter"...so I did.  This didn't help anything!

Well, it looked like replacing the coils might be a more positive solution
so procured a couple of used (but tested - I watched) coils from a local
source and installed `em.  Fire up the old gal and she STILL sounds like 
shit! (That was last Friday night when I was hoping to ride Bonne down to 
Jim Toga's for his bar-b-que...fat chance!  As it was it poured out, he
still had it indoors and several of us had a rather fun afternoon in spite
of the weather! THANKS JIMMY!! *And the home brew was good too*)

Sunday rolls around and I'm standing around in the garage trying to think of
same brainstorm that will salvage a little more riding before the snow flies,
and also waiting for the wife and kids so that I could go down to maw-inlaw's
humble adobe.  So, I unscrew the drains from both the float bowls and lo' n
behold gas and spooge drain out of the left one and some calcified spooge
from the right one!  WELL, thinks meself, I may be on to something here!

Last night I tore down both carbs - the right one was pretty clean but I 
went over the entire unit so that BOTH would be spotless.  Then I turned my 
attention to the left carburator 8-) 8-| 8-\ ... pull out the throttle sleeve,
unscrew the float bowl and start to remove that ... hmmm, what was that? Did
I see the main jet wiggle? (Give the main jet a little "tink" with my fore-
finger.)  Yup - not only wiggles, but the whole damn main jet recepticle had 
nearly unscrewed itself and was just hanging from the upper body of the carb..

Well, to cut this long story short - I finished making the left Amal as bright
and shiny as the right, tightened the main jet recepticle and put everything 
back together ... 11:00 p.m. ... fire up Bonne and give the throttle a few 
wacks to wake up the neighborhood! (The fat fucking bitch across the street 
from me called my wife for the 2 minutes that I was celebrating to have me
stop the racket >8-)!)  Anyway, Bonne's whole again, I'm happy and on two
wheels again...

AMALS! Ya REALLY gotta love 'em 8-) !!

Rich


Rich Bemben - DoD #0044                     rbemben@timewarp.prime.com
Back in the saddle - BONNE'S ALIVE          (617) 275-1800 x 4173
The street giveth and the street taketh away - Catmother
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