Even though the auto choke works
reasonably effectively, now that winter is here I find it
slow. Not only is this probably wasteful in terms of fuel
but it also makes 'warm up' driving quite lumpy when the
choke is on but the engine is past that 'realy' cold stage.
When I bought my second hand centre exhausts
and long pipes the chap kindly threw in a 40DCOE with K&N
pancake fitted and a manual choke mechanism. A trip to the
local friendly dismantlers yielded a lovely choke cable
from some Nissan Urvan and I will soon fit this and the
mechanism to the beast.
Here they are together

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