Recent content by GoFarKid

Finally, I mad a few modifications to some other bits & bobs...A re-designed gear shift, so my big feet dont keep melting on the exhaust. A tool kit carrying box, so the tools dont fall out each time I open the tool box up, I had to re-solder the bottom fork sliders together to stop them...

Then this winter, I had to fix the rings - he was smoking really badly. It turned out I could fit ALL my feeler gauges in the ring gap! so I honed the bore, and stuck new rings in, which has made all the difference!!! Now he is up on compression, and Waaayyy down on oil consumption, and No Smoke!

Next, the Big end had too much play, so the following winter I stripped the engine down, and rebuilt the crankshaft. That involved making a system to press it apart, lapping in a new roller big end, pressing it back together, truing it, and then re-balancing the flywheels. It took ages, but now...

I thought I would add a few posts on the subsequent work. Firstly, I have spent Waaaaayyyy too much time trying to improve the clutch. Including fabricating my own "Basket" in the hope it would be better than the Velo chainwheel....It worked perfectly, but was no improvement on the...

Well he is a mongrel, with a number of Clubman and Thruxton bits (TLS front brake for example), but he does not have a Thruxton cylinder head, and GP carb, which are the bits that really count!

Thanks Man, its great to have him back on the road. This Christmas i took him for a 400 mile ride down to Key West from Florida, and he was just purring along!!! Great to have an old friend back on the road.

I would say (to the check list at the top) between "Check the flow of fuel", and "Start the engine", you want a "Go and grab a beer or a cup of tea, sit down and look at the bike for 20 minutes, and think about which things you have not done (Nuts / bolts, shit left where it should not be...

Then I put a new Exhaust & Silencer on, and Voila. I have been riding him again for about 3 years now, he goes well, but I did have to pull him down to replace the rings and the Big end (which I should have done the first time!)

I don't have any good images, but the wiring loom was shot to hell. I built my own wiring. 6V, positive earth, but a separate earth wire, and LED bulbs, and a 14 AH battery, so even if the Dyno fails, I have 8+ Hours of headlight illumination. I lightly serviced the mechanical regulator. All...

I could only get a pattern stainless front mudguard. The rolled front edge was horrible, so I silver soldered a stainless rod in, buffed it up, and it came out very nice.

I made a makeshift spraying booth, mounted the tank on a rotating mount, and put multiple base, top coats on. The added some logos, and did my own pin-striping (practicing first on a bucket). Finally a few coats of topcoat, and I was happy about how it came out. Not perfect, but good enough.

Then I cleaned the inside, by rotating the tank on a shaft, with it holding some wood screws. Then washed it with acetone, dried it, and lined it with Caswell

The Tank was next...rough but solid. One small hole, caused from vibrating on the cylinder head. I cleaned it, silver soldered the hole, and filled the dents.

The toolbox was badly corroded. I cleaned it up, brazed some new plat in, filled the gaps, and powder coated it. I then turned up a stainless knob, and knurled it...not too shabby!

I stripped the Dynamo, cleaned it up, the powder coated the casing, and rebuilt the internals...