Bagheera is unwell
Oh dear. Things had been going so well. So well in fact, that we had decided it was time for the wife to have a go in the back for the first time, and do to a ride out to the local branch of the Triumph Owners’ Motorcycle Club annual BBQ to show her off (the bike, not the wife). Up the big hill out of Henley on a hot day she started to struggle, then cut out completely. Pulling into a turning it was clear by the blue smoke coming off the engine that things were badly wrong. The engine had got way, way too hot and was burning off the traces old oil that had leaked onto the cylinder head. It had got so hot in fact that the fuel in the carburettor had boiled, which was probably the reason it cut out. No amount of roadside fiddling was going to sort this out, so it was time to call Mr AA and kick back for the customary three hour wait. The next day it still showed zero interest in starting, so it was time for some fault finding. An engine will only run if it has three things; fuel, spark