Yes it was original intake valve seals hard and crumbling. Changed to Viton seals without pulling head. See threads on AccessNorton forum.

Hi. Weird. I did place a link to a Canadian Tire product you might want to try...Permatex Disc Brake Quite...instead of using copper grease. I've used DBQ on my mini, Norton & Triumph bikes. Seems to stay put and do the anti-rattle/squeal thing really well. I also mentioned on your Grease video that I didn't know there was a grease fitting on the steering tierod end. Haynes does not show this. Is that stock or some aftermaket end on your car?

@@TornadoCAN99 Awesome thanks for the recommendation. The steering rack and tie rods are pretty much brand new from the UK and so they came like that. I do agree though when I checked the Haynes I recall I couldn't find it but I thought as there was one Id grease it. Best Regards

Thx for reinforcing my suspension on an intake leak. It has 2in1 mani on there and does not appear to have the thick heat insulating gasket(s) fitted. Will pull it of to see what it needs. Will a good Hi temp sealant be useful there, as a gasket dressing?

Yes I always use a good gasket sealant on the intake side. An air leak cause all kinds of problems. Good luck.

OK, got 2n1 manifold off. There is some deep scoring next to the left side stud for the carb...crosses the rubber sealing surface. Don't think glass & fine wet&dry will make it flush...too much material would need to come off entire flange. Could seal with gasket sealant but would need to always repeat every time carb removed. Thinking of an epoxy filler then glass & wet&dry. Thoughts?

I have used epoxy filler before for deep scratches like that and it works good. So it was an air leak?

I have not determined a leak as the issue yet, but those deep gouges in the sealing surface could easily leak...b/c they are on the carb/mani surface, I would not expect them to cause one header to blue more than the other. The head/mani flange still had a fiber gasket and some tacky goop there when I removed mani...didn't see anything indicating a leak there...but always possible.

Busted! ;-) Time fer u to git back on da bike! I just started two seasons ago...late to the game at 50 yrs old.

Not too sure how you found your way to my motorcycle videos to post on evolution topics...but that's ok with me. What you seem to be saying is "if we could actually design a living thing artificially, then why could not all living things be the result of a designer?". Well, no one is saying it is not possible to design a living thing. In fact there are many efforts underway to do just that. See for example Craig Ventor's discussion of his synthetic cell : www.ted.com/talks/craig_venter_unveils_synthetic_life Does this prove all life had to be designed? Absolutely not! The question is: Did life on this planet require a designer? All evidence we have points to no requirement for an outside designer for life on this planet. We have learned so much about how evolutionary processes work in the past 50 years. We have tested its predictions and found them to be sound. We have observed evolutionary processes occurring in the lab and in nature. Therefore evolution happened and is still happening today, without some outside intelligence guiding it. If all this can occur on its own, following simple forces of natural selection, then why do we need to invoke some super intelligence? Doing so raises a huge number of further problems to solve. Like how did that intelligence arise? What/Who designed it? Where did it come from? Where is it now? etc. etc. So you see, the idea of an intelligent designer for life does not actually solve the question of how did life arise. It just attempts to solve how life here on this planet arose. And our evidence from hundreds of years of studying biology does not support it as being necessary.

You are correct Sir!

+BadBonneville Ha! Kewl you found my upload. This was shot by the Wife...I appear at 56 Sec mark...resplendent in my Union Jacket 3/4 helmet.

+TornadoCAN99 you ride a Steve McQueen edition? That bike is so awesome! I dig the front plate and rack!

That be known as the "Pedestrian Slicer"! Ya, the SMQ T100 is quite an eye catcher...Other than the limited edition triple-tree plate (it's #491 our of 1100 produced world wide...~25 sold in Canada), the bike is a mix of Scrambler parts (5-3/4" headlamp; sump/bash plate; single seat with rack; matte Khaki green paint) and T100 everywhere else.

+TornadoCAN99 I like that paint! Shoot I didn't know they had a different headlight! That's really cool that it's numbered too. I work over at MINI and they launch a couple number models once in awhile. My favorite would be The John Cooper Works GP! legit! The DGR ride was dope! The would be so cool riding up in Vancouver! I went up there a couple years go and it has cool see all the bikes on the fairy, and seeing how many peeps ride in the rain. way cool! anyways Peace from the southwest coast!