Our weekend adventures
Our weekend adventures
So went for a ride Saturday, out of Brisbane went down the Mt Lindsay hwy to Woodenbong, Then went exploring some back roads and wound up in Tenterfield NSW.
Checked into a motel, and off down the pub for several ales with Val, all good fun.
Sunday morning came and we did some historic sight seeing such as;
The Tenterfield saddlery, as made famous byAussie Singer song writer Peter Allen and his song "The Tenterfield Saddler" (Peter Allen grew up here)
A run up the new england higway, to the border town of Wallangara and the interchange station.
Back in the 1880s the the two colonys couldnt agree on pretty much anything, including the gauge of the train tracks, so at the border they each built their own half of the station, in two differing styles, NSW on the right QLD on the left.
Back in Tenterfield I had filled up with Petrol, and unbeknowst to me, oil water and dirt.
Didnt get far coming back from Wallengara and pulled over with mulitple misfires. For some reason I didnt tweak it was fuel straight away, mainly because bike had run fine for the 14ks there. I thought a plug or plugs were dirty so out with the tool kit, only to find for some reason NO plug spanner! Went chasing around the 3 servos in the town until eventualy buyin a $30 socket set. Took the plugs out and cleaned them, they were carboned but not bad. put them them back and she starts and runs fine.
Having wasted a couple of hours sight seeing was over, I was keen run down the Bruxner Hwy, a pretty cool ride of twistys and open sweepers. So we headed off, didnt get far konked out after about 5k..
I pulled the plugs, they were black and heavily sooted, one was fouled, cleaned again, I pull the fuel hose off, and turned it to prime, fuel did'nt look dirty, (well I was fooled) and set off again. about two hundred meters stopped again. One plug out it was still clean, this time I dicked around with the air cleaner, as reving it up produced black smoke, I drained the bowls, I didnt really see anything untoward (but it must have been there)
So started up, its still running rough,So elected to limp it home, could do about 60kmh max but after about 10k and the start of the first set of twistys, it cleared and started to run normally.
So set I sights on Casino and enjoyed the ride, it is a good one,especially after the mornings frustrations. Had lunch Filled up and went home via summerland way, and mt Lindsay, Just short of Calamvale, I had to switch to reserve, and the and wouldnt you know the crap running started again. Ran on progressively less cylinders across Brisbane from there to home.
Today I drained and flushed the tank, and pulled the carby bowls and cleaned, there was plenty of brown black sediment in each bowl, same crap in the tank.
Still enjoyed the weekend despite the dramas, only shame is I didnt take more pictures, but camera was last thing on my mind.
Cheers John
Time to look for a new exhaust. Or get this one welded up for now.
So no ride and no pics:-s
Looks like our weather is starting to turn for the better.
