I am extremely sorry for anyone who felt that they may have been in contention for this prestigious award but I've decided to award it this month to myself...
I had to nip out to the shops this morning and it seemed like a good excuse to disappear on the 16H before lunch.
The bike started well but began shortly to feel a little hesitant so I pulled it onto reserve which did help but I had the feeling that it has sucked some dirt into the carb or perhaps I had got caught out by the fuel not being as high on one side of the tunnel as the other.
Not to worry, a quick detour to a garage with a card payment system and I was on my way again.
...instant improvement - pulling cleanly and accelerating well....for about half a mile at which point it would no longer take full throttle and this became progressively worse...I pulled over and it died...I fiddled a bit and found that the only way it would respond to throttle was if the choke was used.
A visual inspection showed nothing obvious so full choke it was. I tried several times on the way home to ride without choke but the motor lost power.
At one point I looked over my shoulder and was a bit horrified to see a trail of white smoke pouring out behind me.
Anyone who knows how the Red Arrows create their white smoke trails will probably be getting a bit ahead of the story here.
Further investigations at home showed a greasy fuel which didn't smell right and an exhaust which smelled like a an old tractor.
The light suddenly dawned and luckily I had kept the payment receipt.
Yep, Plonker of the Month had filled the 16H up with diesel !!!
Of course, I was going to clean the carb out and re-solder the tap filter that had come loose anyway...just not today.
Bad luck Rik
But on the plus side your valve guides might not wear out so quick now
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Must have been one of those weekends, Rik i think you still win but i tried hard...
1 - backed a bike out of the garage and into my car that i had parked in an odd spot earlier - putting a hefty scrape/dent in the car door (bike is undamaged though 
)
2 - having a nice beer to recover from my first effort, poured beer into glass, promptly dropped the whole glass on the carpet.
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hi,iain,what a waste of good ale cheers rick
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ianB didnt you get down and suck the carpet can waste beer just mind you dont cut you lip on the broken glass
Further investigations at home showed a greasy fuel which didn't smell right and an exhaust which smelled like a an old tractor.
Ummm Rik... I thought a 16H WAS an old tractor
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