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Adjusted my valve clearances a couple of days ago, found that the e-xpect was stalling when cold. There is a lot of spring tension on the system so when you try to slowly crank the engine with the kick start pedal with the plug removed it is difficult to find the T mark on the flywheel. With the back wheel off the ground and the engine in fourth gear moving the back wheel slowly in a forward direction makes the job a piece of cake, Set the clearances both to 0.06mm and all is well with no more stalling. When I removed the left side plastic tank faring I found that the attachment points holding the two parts together were all broken so I managed to fit them all together with 10 minute epoxy and I guess that faring was damaged when it was installed at the factory. I would also add that with the 17 drive sprocket so far I get 55 MPH at about 6600 RPM and 60 MPH at about 7200 RPM. I have not yet opened the throttle as I have only about 240 miles on the clock.
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