Here’s a short video I shot aboard the BSA…bouncy, terrible audio, I should have switched out of auto-focus…but it’s literally the first time I’ve fooled with any sort of on-vehicle camera. I was trying to keep my leg out of the way (with mixed success) and so my riding isn’t going to win me any awards, either.

On my way to the All British show in Bellevue I stopped to gawk at the Flying Heritage museum’s fly day…they were going to fly the Hurricane and Spitfire, but the Spit was grounded, so they flew the P51 in its place. All Merlin power, in any case, and I can’t say I feel too slighted.

I got the newly cleaned-up magneto bolted back on and timed, and the bike fired even though one of the plug leads wasn’t connected. Wisdom point for today: Check if both spark plug leads are connected when you wonder “why is this reluctant to rev?”

I haven’t been able to do much riding yet, though,as it won’t idle. It won’t idle, because, as it turns out, the throttle stop (idle) screw has fallen out of the carb. Bonus wisdom point for today: Check that the throttle stop screw hasn’t fallen out when you wonder “why won’t this idle?”

My friend John has offered to lend me a spare stop screw until my Burlen Fuel Systems order gets here from England; I’ll pick the spare up tomorrow when I’m on the mainland. So, perhaps, finally, I’ll get some riding in on Tuesday to see how well the “hot start problem” has been neutralized by the mag work. Fingers crossed for “completely”!

Attended the Northwest Historics vintage races at Pacific Raceways yesterday. It was a nice day out. Below is a random sampling of photos, some identifiable by me, some not. I’m not a compulsive photographer, so after a couple of races I left my camera in my pocket and was content to simply observe.
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