Greetings from a new Darmah owner
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:45 am
Hello all!
My name is An. My husband & I just purchased our first bevel engine. Our dream bike actually, a 1981 darmah. We've owned it for a little over a week. Our other current bikes are my GT1000 & 125 benelli riverside, the husbands 900SS, 1970 motoguzzi, & a few old BMW's.
I was excited to take the darmah to a local vintage show this past weekend, but that turned out to be the day the darmah decided it had other plans, a fouled plug. I made it about a mile out then luckily back home on one cylinder. We changed it out to a new plug, found a loose connection to one coil & fixed it, cleaned & oiled the air filters. It still seems to be running rich on one cylinder, other one looks good. Smokes from that one side, though that did get better after a good blow out on the freeway. Today it will get an oil change & a brake bleed.
Enjoying taking things apart & learning about the bike, but I'm hoping it's an easy fix.
Looking forward to learning more about these wonderful bevel driven bikes. Be ready for lots of questions.
~An
My name is An. My husband & I just purchased our first bevel engine. Our dream bike actually, a 1981 darmah. We've owned it for a little over a week. Our other current bikes are my GT1000 & 125 benelli riverside, the husbands 900SS, 1970 motoguzzi, & a few old BMW's.
I was excited to take the darmah to a local vintage show this past weekend, but that turned out to be the day the darmah decided it had other plans, a fouled plug. I made it about a mile out then luckily back home on one cylinder. We changed it out to a new plug, found a loose connection to one coil & fixed it, cleaned & oiled the air filters. It still seems to be running rich on one cylinder, other one looks good. Smokes from that one side, though that did get better after a good blow out on the freeway. Today it will get an oil change & a brake bleed.
Enjoying taking things apart & learning about the bike, but I'm hoping it's an easy fix.
Looking forward to learning more about these wonderful bevel driven bikes. Be ready for lots of questions.
~An