a bad knock in the engine" bargain. I dealt with the bad rod bearing (thankfully no damage to the crankshaft), did quite of bit of checking and servicing, and started using it as my "Mexico Bike." This is trip number 11 for the old Slash Five, and I've detailed in earlier columns the various things that were problematic on the past trip. So far on this run, things have gone quite well. The one issue I have had to get out the
As the evening wore on, about four trucks pulled into the square and a couple of dozen men started unloading large 4-, 5- and 8-inch mortars. With much grinning and laughing, they set them up along one edge of the crowd in the square and tied the fuses together (while smoking!). There were probably 50 or so of these mortars.
tool kit for cropped up after I had ridden up some rather bad roads to get to the El Rosa- rio Monarch Butterfly Preserve in the mountains of Michoacan. This area is the end point of the butterflies' annual migra- tion from the U.S. and Canada. It WAS impressive, trees were literally covered with the orange insects. But after I rode back down the mountain I noticed a hesitation in the running of the 750 twin's engine. Because the symptom appeared suddenly, I figured there was a problem to figure out and remedy. My first thought was water in the carbs,
so I purchased a spray can of carb cleaner at an "auto partes" store and then found a grassy wide spot in the road to begin my work. I carefully tore into each carb and found a small bit of water, though not enough to cause the hesitation. I also took a look at the diaphragms on each side, as a torn diaphragm could easily have been the cause of the problem. I had spares packed with me but decided they weren’t needed; the carbs were in fine shape. In the motel parking area later that night,
I checked the valves and found them very close to the settings I had positioned them when I went through the bike back home. I rode out of the mountains to Playa Azul the next day and found the bike rideable, even with the engine stumbling on a regular basis. I just wanted to find out and correct this problem. At this point, I figured I had ruled out
The mortars started launching aerial shells with much noise as the castillos began their effects. As with the show of the other night, each castillo went for about 15 minutes, while the mortars and ground fireworks all blended in together in a small town square full of people.
everything except for a potential issue with the ignition system. The day after arriving at the Costa de Sol hotel, I lifted the tank and started checking the timing. The bike had been set up with points-triggered elec- tronic ignition years ago, so I figured if the black box was failing, I could easily revert to
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