Reconfigure

Bikickboxing

Long ago I stood kicking at my bike's kicker. Last night it wasn't for the same reason. Yesterday it konked right after it got out of my office basement.

Cough-Puff-Sputter..

I checked the spark plug: it appeared to work (I pulled it out and tried kicking at the starter and sparks appeared - blue ones). The fuel line was also fine. That to my scare exhausted the simpler of the problems (and solutions).. hmm.. now its sweating time. I left the system at office. Back in my room all sortsa thoughts came to me, including these : Something blocking the exhaust ? the air intake ? the carburettor in a mess (as was one of the power transistors in my old UPS when it blew up). Can't figure out how I got any sleep.

Today, the super men (a.k.a technicians from the service station) arrive and pull out the spark plug, do the same thing that I did yesterday (except that he decided things differently than me), pop the air intake tube (to the carb, that is), kick a few times and it starts. What I did not do is - not put a new plug, not use the my thumb to block the air intake and kick till I got a petrol spray from the spark plug socket. Its now with them (taken in for check up on other parts). I am without my bike :((

To ease up a bit this is what I did: