First Test - Aftermath

Well I took the bike to Yam’s for them to check what I had done to the pump, effectively the guy left the engine running for at least 5 minutes, the time for the pump to fill the oil tubes, and reach the carbs – I of course had not left it long enough and hence starved the engine of oil! The puffs of smoke I had seen must have been oil already in the engine, having settled to the bottom! Although the bike was OK, I decided to take off the exhausts to get a look at the state of the pistons, and effectively the left hand piston was quite heavily marked, a full top end overhaul is required!