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Cheers Mike.

Points are all clean and got good spark at cap. Just seems to be the plug getting fouled/wet, so will look at carbs again.

I'm not the best at setting them up though!

Thanks SMBH. I thought that might be the case!

Have got new coils, plugs, points and leads, as has been a 3 year ground up rebuild.

Will keep trying different things, as may be a fueling or carb balance issue as well.

I am tempted by electronic ignition, what set up have you got?

Thanks again

I have finally finished the restoration of my CB72 Cafe Racer, and bought I had sorted the problem I was having with misfiring by replacing the condenser. However, I am now having a problem when trying to start her as the left side just will not fire! The plug gets flooded with petrol, even to the p...

Cheers Vince It looks like it might be a long process! It is definitely running rich, no I have adjusted it as much as possible withe idle and mixture screws. A dyno sounds good, but the guy who helped with the restoration is going to take a look in the new year, so hope he can sort it. Will have to...

Cheers Vince It looks like it might be a long process! It is definitely running rich, no I have adjusted it as much as possible withe idle and mixture screws. A dyno sounds good, but the guy who helped with the restoration is going to take a look in the new year, so hope he can sort it. Will have to...

Thanks G Man. That looks like fun!

Will check out the post

Thanks, I did read through the thread, but there is not much info on jetting or slides. Think I might need to change the slides to a 2.5 or 3.0. It's not the best time of year to be test riding unfortunately!