Here I am, proud new owner of a nice little bike, sunny weather, Easter weekend coming up, Annie off to see her sister, I'll nip down to Dorset with my tent.
Got a new diaphragm kit from NRP Carbs, fitted it, fuel tap still leaked. Checked it all very, very carefully. Decided that the O-ring seal might be fractionally too small for its seating.
Rang up NRP and they said send the whole tap to them, so I did. Waited a week, phoned them up - Oh, it's just about to be done this minute, we'll phone you back! Hooray! ...
Waited all day, then a couple more days, phoned them again, no reply. Phoned again, no reply, no answerphone. Phoned again today, twice. No reply, no answerphone. Emailed them. No response.
Either there is no God or there is a God and he is a mean-hearted bastard who works for NRP. I should have taken Bill's advice. Annie says that's handy, I can finish painting the french windows while she's away.
Happy Easter, folks!
Martin