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Egli 500 Special
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<blockquote data-quote="Ben Langton" data-source="post: 96645" data-attributes="member: 3796"><p>Evening all, I'm in need of some advice please.</p><p>I'm a new young member and lucky enough to have a Egli Special, it's a 500 bought at auction.</p><p>Douglas Bray, Plymouth and Brian Day, Liskeard (and myself) owners. I have very little information and have been muddling along a while now.</p><p>I've done a few things as it had been stood for a while, got it running, made a seat, have a period fairing and a few other bits. I've ridden it over my local bypass just a couple miles a few times, practicing starting the thing! Despite being a pain to start (think it's 600cc) it's a joy, however.</p><p></p><p>I was invited to take it along to a amature hill climb type event, it has good track tyres and a decent brake, I had done it before on my Triton so I thought I'd give it a go. A week before I started it up for a run just to check it over. Went a little further than usual about 2 or 3 miles before I turned around for a bit of higher speed run over the bypass. Pulled well off the roundabout and gave it some up a couple of gears. Got to some cars so eased up, went to drop it down a cog to overtake in the dual carriageway, slipped right off the change several times, looked down loads of oil, rode steadily the 1/2 mile home. The oil had come out of the breather filter (now a pipe on it in pic). I was a little worried but my father thought that maybe the crank cases may have filled with oil (no tap on line) which could explain both the oil and the 20 minutes it too kind ex I start. He also thought there maybe too much oil in it. No dipstick, how do you tell?</p><p></p><p>Anyway, took it along to the event, sadly I wasn't timed due to a course closure but ran ok, once started. I joined the ride to the lunch stop, about 3 miles in a slipped of the gear change,looked down to the same mess. Cleaned it up and managed to make it carefully (about 40mph) the last few miles to the stop where thankfully my wife and two young boys were waiting with my van. </p><p></p><p>Once home, cleaned up the mess and checked oil, plenty in (maybe half the depth of the tank by the cap) so left it. Had some new spark plugs on order (bit dark but originals looked OK), popped them in a rigged the pipe to a bottle at the back, started up ok and headed out. Rode it a little quick (never full on hard) for 3 miles stopped, all good, maybe small amount of oil splatter bit up the pipe if anything. I rode it steady about 40/50 as it didn't ride well at that on the run and it was rough. Surging, kind of almost running out of fuel splutters, fast acceleration and spirited riding all good, slow holding speed terrible. Got home, checked bottle about an egg cup full, hmmmm. Pleased I didn't have an oily boot, but poor riding and oil in the bottle not so good. I'm stuck.</p><p></p><p>So in short.</p><p>Doesn't like to run at part throttle held (delloto phbe 34 BS, 160 main jet) run avgas.</p><p>Chucks out oil from that pipe after about 4miles.</p><p></p><p>Help please, desperate to ride and enjoy the bike.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]22513[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]22514[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ben Langton, post: 96645, member: 3796"] Evening all, I'm in need of some advice please. I'm a new young member and lucky enough to have a Egli Special, it's a 500 bought at auction. Douglas Bray, Plymouth and Brian Day, Liskeard (and myself) owners. I have very little information and have been muddling along a while now. I've done a few things as it had been stood for a while, got it running, made a seat, have a period fairing and a few other bits. I've ridden it over my local bypass just a couple miles a few times, practicing starting the thing! Despite being a pain to start (think it's 600cc) it's a joy, however. I was invited to take it along to a amature hill climb type event, it has good track tyres and a decent brake, I had done it before on my Triton so I thought I'd give it a go. A week before I started it up for a run just to check it over. Went a little further than usual about 2 or 3 miles before I turned around for a bit of higher speed run over the bypass. Pulled well off the roundabout and gave it some up a couple of gears. Got to some cars so eased up, went to drop it down a cog to overtake in the dual carriageway, slipped right off the change several times, looked down loads of oil, rode steadily the 1/2 mile home. The oil had come out of the breather filter (now a pipe on it in pic). I was a little worried but my father thought that maybe the crank cases may have filled with oil (no tap on line) which could explain both the oil and the 20 minutes it too kind ex I start. He also thought there maybe too much oil in it. No dipstick, how do you tell? Anyway, took it along to the event, sadly I wasn't timed due to a course closure but ran ok, once started. I joined the ride to the lunch stop, about 3 miles in a slipped of the gear change,looked down to the same mess. Cleaned it up and managed to make it carefully (about 40mph) the last few miles to the stop where thankfully my wife and two young boys were waiting with my van. Once home, cleaned up the mess and checked oil, plenty in (maybe half the depth of the tank by the cap) so left it. Had some new spark plugs on order (bit dark but originals looked OK), popped them in a rigged the pipe to a bottle at the back, started up ok and headed out. Rode it a little quick (never full on hard) for 3 miles stopped, all good, maybe small amount of oil splatter bit up the pipe if anything. I rode it steady about 40/50 as it didn't ride well at that on the run and it was rough. Surging, kind of almost running out of fuel splutters, fast acceleration and spirited riding all good, slow holding speed terrible. Got home, checked bottle about an egg cup full, hmmmm. Pleased I didn't have an oily boot, but poor riding and oil in the bottle not so good. I'm stuck. So in short. Doesn't like to run at part throttle held (delloto phbe 34 BS, 160 main jet) run avgas. Chucks out oil from that pipe after about 4miles. Help please, desperate to ride and enjoy the bike. [ATTACH=full]22513[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]22514[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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