A New Day Dawns.
After much research on the web and lots of differing opinions, Rick took out the reed valves located in the valve covers.
Lo and Behold they were in upside down!
They should look like this.
They actually looked like this.
Blanking plates were sourced and installed. The reed valves do nothing except add complexity and unnecessary frustration.
OK CARB may disagree, big deal.
The bike now starts and runs as it should.
Today we rechecked the carb sync and installed new brake pads all round.
One final problem needing attention was that the speedometer did not work.
Whilst we had the front wheel off the ground to change the brake pads, we disconnected the speedo cable from the front wheel.
When we did, this piece fell out.
I think that we may have found the problem with the speedo...
More soon on the Panther, honest....
Norm
