I got this Greeves with an Mot. a bag of points and jets and six letters to several owners from the 1970s to 2004, From Greeves experts M/c news and others all giving allmost the same advice about jets and ignition. I wanted to ride it and fix it up a bit at a time . First to go was the chip board foam and green plastic seat held on with wood scews !!
Next I found who ever fitted the square Greeves barrel did not bother to fit a longer con rod to give you any compression and the 1. 1/16 Amal bolted dirrect onto the barrel was at such steep angle it flooded all the time.(is there any reason why either of these things would be done ????) With a new longer rod and an inlet manifold that put the carb almost upright I had Greeves that was a joy to ride.
If anyone wants to know I will make time to tell you why this bike came with so many sets of points.
Next I found who ever fitted the square Greeves barrel did not bother to fit a longer con rod to give you any compression and the 1. 1/16 Amal bolted dirrect onto the barrel was at such steep angle it flooded all the time.(is there any reason why either of these things would be done ????) With a new longer rod and an inlet manifold that put the carb almost upright I had Greeves that was a joy to ride.
If anyone wants to know I will make time to tell you why this bike came with so many sets of points.
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