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Steve H:
Flywheels can loose there magnetism and it possible to have them re magnetized. Whether you persevere really comes down to how much you have personally invested in the bike, my guess based on the fact you engage on a forum like this bikes are not simply a means of transport. In can be demoralizing but when you get there and fix its a great feeling. I spent about a year trying to sort poor running on an SRX only to find I had robbed a jet out of the carb about 10 years ago and hadnt replaced it :-)

Itsme:
Thanks Steve and you are so right, bikes have been my great passion for as long as I can remember. I remember watching the Grandstand scrambling on telly when I was about 7 and telling my mum that one day I would do that. The Mighty Midget is rattly, slow and troublesome, but for some reason is probably my favourite bike ever.

I have got it started using WD40 as a starter fluid and have had mixed results, but at least it started. I am more convinced now that it is fuel related so am following advice from Bill and Ian S about E5 petrol, but first I am totally rewiring the bike and testing every component as I go. Might as well use the off-road time to put right a few bodges carried out over the years just to keep it running.

Strange obsession as whilst this is going on my Inazuma is performing faultlessly (although it still hurts my shoulder to ride it) and yet somehow I know that when the MM is running again it will replace the Inazuma as my daily rider.

Ian

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