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A Sunday ride and a Royal Enfield. 13th May

15/5/2012

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 With no rain and even a little sun forecast, a quick Saturday evening ring around resulted in a plan to go on a ride. The chosen destination was the Green Welly at Chatteris in Cambridgeshireshire. 
Sunday morning and we met at Matts where six bikes gathered together. The last to arrive was Martyn who has bought a used 350 Royal Enfield from a classic bike shop in Rushden. The machine was sold to Martyn with an mot and fully serviced. He was having a bit of trouble starting it, but he thought it was lack of technique that was causing it.
We set off following a country lanes route that avoided busy Peterbrough but was to take in Ramsey the busiest place we would pass through on the way to Chatteris.
All went well until we got to somewhere out in the countryside not far from Alconbury I think, where the Royal Enfield started smoking badly. We had seen this before when following John on his Enfield in France a few years earlier. The smoke was caused by oil being forced out of the breather pipe and into the Air filter. From here it gathers in the toolbox before dripping onto the hot exhaust, resulting in a cloud of smoke that would put an Ariel Leader to shame.
 Matt led the investigation and it was found that the Enfield was overfilled with oil, not just a little bit of oil, but by a huge amount, it practically came up to the mouth of the filler hole. This had to be drained off by the roadside. Whilst doing this it was discovered the toolbox and the exhaust where loose and in urgent need of attention. So much for a full service.
With the bike fixed and now starting better than ever, we went onto our planned destination, the Green Welly cafe. At the cafe we all crowded around one table and mostly had bacon sandwiches, chips and mugs of tea. 
After our repast we stood and watched as Martyn managed to start his RE first time again not requiring our well meaning advice. With all the engines running we set off again taking an alternative route towards home through Huntingdon. At a road junction, before reaching the point where we go our separate ways, Matt went through a series of hand gestures and arm waving indicating that all were welcome for tea at his place. Matt believing the message had got through then headed for home whilst the rest went their separate ways having not understood his invitation. We hadn't  taken any notice of Matts communications either but had remembered he had invited everybody back to his house before we set off this morning, so we followed him home. 
This error of our club mates wasn't a problem as it just left more bread pudding  and tea for us.

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M the Plumber
15/5/2012 10:02:52 pm

The Royal Enfield Incontinental
This write up was created by M the Plumber and added to the blog by me JR.

Last week I bought my first modern classic to go with my regular BMW steed - A 2007 Enfield 350 with less than 2000 miles straight from a Classic Bike Dealer and I also paid for a full service and mot.

As expected it started first kick on picking it up on the Saturday afternoon - after riding home having a cup of tea went back to start and exhausted myself trying to get it going. Several hours later started first kick let her run for a few minutes every thing fine - switched off got gear on and yep would not start - pushed back into garage and took the BMW.

On Sunday our local Bike club was going out so thought I would look at taking the Enfield got kitted out and first kick and I was away, met up with the club but daren't stop her and off we went on the first leg of our ride - after about twenty miles a mate flagged me down and pointed out oil pouring on exhaust and smoke and oil trail etc - stopped and oil pouring out from ....the air filter tool box - opened box and it was like the Torrey Canyon (showing my age) oil gushing everywhere. One of the guys traced back the pipework and as engine was running fine suggested it looked like too much oil pressure causing oil to pass up the breater which was then thrown out into air filter box - he then checked oil level and discovered hot oil level was about 2 1/2" higher than the maximum fill level on the dip stick in the unscrewed position.....also discovered air filter box and exhaust was virtually falling off - so much for dealer service!

After pushing onto waste land set about draining surplus oil via drain plug, finally back on road bike running fine and starts first kick and pulls great.

Bike didn't come with and handbooks or manual and I haven't been able to locate one on internet so if you have a similar Enfield can you advise me the correct place for the dip stick when checking oil level e.g. screwed in or just resting in the filler hole. Also does anyone know where I can either download or purchase handbook and workshop manual as from now on I will certainly do my own servicing ...once I know what I should be doing.

Any help advice would be great - I hope that running with so much extra oil wouldn't of done any harm?

M the Plumber

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Matt
17/5/2012 09:56:35 am

The Title of this message which was placed on the Real classic Forum was actually

"THE INCONTINENT ENFIELD"
It has also brought a number of useful responses as indeed, in my experience any enquiry made of Real Classic members does including confirmation of how the oil level should be checked - with the filler cap screwed home and engine warm.

Can't help thinking JR's comment "cloud of smoke like an Ariel Leader" might be aimed at my little beauty which of course doesn't issue clouds of smoke ....that's the ES2 and only every 20 miles just so I can hide further up the road whilst those behind me wait for the smoke to clear.

Fingers crossed Sunday's ride to the ACE Cafe will go without too many incidents - it should be a good ride down from the SIA Headquarters - Mike will be jointly leading the ride to the ACE riding his Ducati Monster from his wheelchair so watch the looks of passing motorists.


Matt
n RClassic

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11/11/2012 06:44:18 pm

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