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All three of mine are threaded too

When I bought my Mont off Pidcocks in July I picked up a service kit at the same time. The oil they supplied me with was Castrol power 1 10/30 semi synthetic for the engine and PJ1 clutch tuner for the gear box.Thats all i've used and have had no problems at all. I change both oils and oil filter every 15 hours religiously, this may be a bit over the top but for what it costs and the small volume of oil in the motors it gives me peace of mind

Guess i'm wrong then

Yea I know what your saying Guys but what doesn't make sense is the fact that when the bike is cold it starts first time, it's only a problem when it's warm. A warmer plug should help when the engine is cold but the problem is or should I say was, when it was hot. It's all sorted now though, that's the main thing

All this obsession with weight is just nonsense in my opinion, admittedly i'm not the greatest rider, but I went from an 11 Raga to a new 4RT, so from the lightest to the heaviest and I can tell no difference at all. A friend of mine who rides the expert route jumped on mine and said the same. I'm sure a lot of people think if they have the lightest bike it's going to make them a better rider, well it doesn't i'm afraid. Like Ham said "they're all heavy when to have to push them"

If thats what you like to use then good for you, me, I like to use oil

Yes it is strange Jimmy, I have to admit I don't understand how this sorted it out but thankfully it has and saved me a very long trip to the dealer. A friend of mine who sells and repairs bikes is baffled by this too, he reckons if anything it should be harder to start

What I want to say is that land for us here in Cornwall is very hard to come by. Yes we have loads of waste ground through old mine workings that are perfect but unfortunately ramblers and horse riders seem to own all this and the first sign of a motorbike the police are called, it's the same for all the seldomly used wooded areas, old quarries in fact everywhere. There is a place not too far from me that has been used for trials for years, it came up for sale and some riders and another person bought it and now it's in danger of trials being stopped because the local residents are complaining about noise, it never bothered them before (it's got nothing to do with the fact that a group of them wanted to buy it but lost out). Another place very close to me, again the residents are moaning about us riding there, it's privately owned by a chap who's been riding for 50 years but these people seem to think that they have the right to stop people riding on his own land. Land IS very hard to come by, more and more is being taken from us, it may be plentiful where you are but I can assure you it's not the case everywhere and definitely not down this neck of the woods

Just an update, put in a number 5 plug and it's starting perfect. I did try a new number 6 plug that I already had just incase it was my original plug but it was the same but the number 5 has done the trick

Glad your all sorted

Hope this helps Tom http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MONTESA-4RT-HEADLIGHT-UNIT-TAKEN-OFF-NEW-BIKE-/150939437354?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item2324b1092a Andy

Thanks Tazz your an absolute star

Hi all a mate has a 2000 txt 321 and is in need of a water pump does anybody have any ideas as to where he could get hold of one Cheers Andy

Urmm to keep it oiled

Thanks Guys, I spoke to the dealer and he said the same about the plug, failing that they said they'll have it back and have a look, I hope the plug does it as it's a 700 mile round trip to the dealers