Topic: Share your tail of a moron, I dare you to beat mine.

[Pinhead]

1971 - Kwaka Mach 111 being a young apprentice mechanic I decided to do my own tune up

plugs, points (no cdi) etc - easy, feeling proud, I attacked the timing & stuffed it up.

Finally got it running - 7grand on the tacho, drop the clutch and......go backwards

Wait a minute... How is that possible? If the engine is running backwards with a stock camshaft, the intake/exhaust strokes would be reversed as well; the piston would be going down with the exhaust valve open and up with the intake valve open, thus getting no fuel into the engine.

[Tim2005]

There's no cam on a Mach III - it's a 2 stroke. For more info on them check out

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/kawasaki/restoration-without-the-exploration-15071.htm

I used to have one just like the one pictured, same colour even, great fun too!

[Pinhead]

Ah, I see.

[6adan]

  I saw a guy on a dirt bike do this, he had lined up for a hillclimb,kicksarted the bike, revved it up,dropped the clutch and away he went backwards. It was funny from where I stood. Dannie