... you do something like this:
In my defense (aka excuses). The bike (H1F) was recently refurbished but it had a few issues so the refurbisher (Neil) took it back and delivered it back to me with a few more (different) issues and then left the country (He's with you at the moment talking to Rick Brett). Anyway, the kickstart doesn't return and the oil pump is doing an Exxon Valdez impression. I'm vertically challenged and only weigh 133 lbs, so even kickstarting a lowish compression bike like the H1 takes a bit of effort and after a few kicks and then leaning down to pick the lever back up it gets old quickly, hence the bodge.
I found a NOS spring in Germany and since Brexit hasn't happened yet, I ordered it - all I need to do now is to persuade Neil to fit it, I suspect a cash incentive may be required.
One question - it's currently running on Motul 2T mineral oil and we are leaving significant smoke trails (all 3 cylinders I think), if I switch to semi synthetic will that reduce the smoke? It starts up smoky and doesn't stop being smoky after 15 miles - which I don't recall it doing on the first ride - I've only ridden it twice because of all the problems.
