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Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (SHE'S ALIVE!!!!.) Pleasing ;D It is an absolute joy to behold. Well done!

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (SHE'S ALIVE!!!!.) I am smiling in a way I seldom do these days. It takes many of us many years to work out what really matters in a motorcycle, and for those of us who lean towards the lithe and the spartan, it can take even longer to settle aas you...

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Speedometer is restored) It's funny.....I am much older these days, so you'd reckon I'd be really impatient to see this bike finished....but I'm not. We all know it's going to happen, and it'll be worth the wait.

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Speedometer is restored) The chrono looks fantastic. On the trip meter digits, is there a variation in colour from one digit to the next? If so, it looks absolutely brilliant. It's like a really fine piece of patina has been captured within the...

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Clutch, primary and rear drive are done) I'm actually quite glad that the existing cylinder head is going to get a season's airing. You're about to experience two wonderful things.............you'll feel, smell and hear and touch how this bike ran when...

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Gearbox is done) Anyways....now that we've learned (yet again) that there's loads of folks out there who know the price (and speed) of everything, and the value of nothing, lets return the thread to Swan.......

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Gearbox is done) Not only stupidly expensive, but back in the day, they were well known for being poorly made with near pitiful levels of quality control, but also nothing ever better than average in terms of fitness for purpose. Yet here we are three...

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Motor in rolling chassis!) I would agree with the assessment of Dave Woods standard of workmanship. Top quality stuff. I have one friend who did an exchange, and he was blown away by the quality of work, and after arsing around for three days trying to...

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Motor in rolling chassis!) Rear sets look nice and tidy, with no frills or frippery. The super profile is a book I picked for 50p (75c) in a charity shop sometime around the millennium, and as you say, eBay prices can go a bit mental on stuff like this...

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Motor in rolling chassis!) In the interests of being utterly pedantic and anal, is the four hole bush 90 degree separation, and the three hole 120 degrees? Is that why only one hole would align? As ever, the thread is a gem....

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Motor in rolling chassis!) ...........and as for the bike being something pretty special when it's complete, I did say way back that this was going to be one of the best Goldies [i]in the world.[i] My opinion hasn't changed one little bit.

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Motor in rolling chassis!) The "pennies in the spring" photo made me burst out in laughter. Although the currency was different, me and a mate did the exact same thing a couple of decades ago (hell, it was more like three decades ago). Only worth...

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Motor in rolling chassis!) Your gearbox certainly sounds like a weird set up. As you doubtless know, the "normal" RRT2 gearbox (of which I've had a couple fitted to run of the mill BSAs in my time) had a very tall first gear with the others bunched in...

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Motor in rolling chassis!) Does it look like the gearbox is offering up the biggest clues as to why the bike was eventually laid up?

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Motor in rolling chassis!) I am at the point where I actually enjoy that there is no tangible progress. It pushes back the awful day when the bike is finished.............

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Motor in rolling chassis!) Finally, a criticism. The beer can you used for your clip on shims is clearly not British. Sloppy work. I will of course, mail you a more appropriate (empty) beer can on request.

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Motor in rolling chassis!) It's all coming together beautifully. I think I have read the whole thread at least half a dozen times! We are now getting that incredible alchemy that a build of this quality produces. Every single component brings nothing...

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (Rolling chassis!) This is no ordinary restoration, this is an M & S restoration. Ok' only us Brits will understand That reference . Anyone care to doubt my belief that this DB34 is headed to The very top of the Goldie tree? I for one am up for A...

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (motor assembly!) Brilliant photos. Wish I could shed some light on the co,pper plating but I've never seen it before.............least, not so as I remember. I know some manufacturers did it to differentiate components of specific duty, but I don't get...

Re: 1962 BSA DBD34 Gold Star restoration (hardware going to the plater!) Mr Pearson never seems to disappoint does he? That's just a function of a man who knows the engineering required, and doesn't then indulge in commercial scale cost cutting in order to lower manufacturing costs. He charges...