At 18:53 26/03/01, you wrote: >Seems to not be burning oil, despite one good black puff on >start up once. Black smoke is nearly always rich mixture - engine oil comes out some shade of white, grey or blue. A little puff of black smoke on startup or hard acceleration is normal, even with closed-loop engine management and a "kat". >Since then they've gone through 4 service >managers Always a very bad sign. Shame about your bike shop, I could recommend mine, only an 11 hour flight from where you live :-( David T.
