I raised the needle in the carburettor by one notch on Monday evening and went for a test run. That's cured it. The bike now pulls really well with no pinking and just a slight lack of willingness to rev as highly as perhaps it should. I think this may be due to a clogged up exhaust which I will attempt to clear by going for a long run on main roads to see if it unclogs itself.
I went up to Buckstones at dusk, a viewpoint only a few miles away and one of the highest points around, right on the top of the Pennines. I love it there and it is ideal for a quick spin out. The A62 can be seen in the distance. It gets quite high as it crosses the Pennines, but it can be seen that the Buckstones road is much higher still. A lorry driver there told me that years ago he and a few mates had a bike just like mine as a field bike. He seemed very pleased to see the bike.
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