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Just when I thought I was happy with my motorcycle fleet....I did it again. Picked this up last week from a friend who is moving and doesn't want want to drag it along with him. I'm not planning on starting this until later in the year, but when I do I'll start regularly posting. Most of the...

There just aren't enough British bikes represented on this forum...so I thought I would share this. The build is about 3/4 of the way through, but this will get the story started. About 12 years ago I was asked to rebuild a 650 Lightning engine for the son of a good friend of mine. He said he...

I thought there might be a little bit of interest in this. A good friend of mine built one quite a few years ago and has been using it ever since. I'll include the plans and some pictures. (Click on the attachment for bike lift plans below)

Just finished restoring this Mk1 Square Four that belongs to one of my best friends. The project started off as a huge pile of parts. Over the last couple of years he did most of the chassis while I did the engine and drive train and final assembly. It's been out for several test drives and so...

Just I thought I'd share a few before and after shots of my latest horror show. I have rebuilt, rejuvenated and restored dozens of Brit bikes over the years, but this one was the most downright bloody, worn-right-to-hell-out pile of parts I have ever assembled into a motorcycle....$$$$...

I've got the latest project started, so I figured I might as well do a build thread. The plan is to build a reliable runner for the owner, something that looks nice, but not necessarily 100% perfect and try to keep costs down...it's a 1972 Commando frame with an early '69 engine. He picked it...

Just thought I'd share this. Just got this bike on the road for a good friend who has been working on it for the last couple of years. The engine was an "unknown" as it was supposedly done by Hieden Tuning about 20 years ago and never run. Well, holy shit, DOES IT EVER RUN! I have worked on and...

Hi, I'm having a hell of a time finding a definitive answer to this simple question. I'm working on a troublesome Honda 400 four...the primary resistance on both coils is measuring in at 6 ohms...this seems a little high to me, I was thinking that somewhere in the neighbourhood of 4 ohms would...

Well, they say you can't do much with MS paint, but with long winters and spare time.... Here are a few of the better things I have done with it over the years.

I documented an engine/ transmission rebuild on the engine for this A10 about a year ago, so now that the rest of the bike is starting to go back together, I thought I might as well document the rest of the restoration on here too. The forks and wheels were rebuilt last winter as well and the...

I want to polish some magnesium engine casings. I know they will corrode in a very short time. Does anybody know if clear-coating them will prevent this, or am I just wasting my time?

I have known this bike for about the past three years when a friend first purchased it for his 16-year-old daughter. This is a very early version first registered in 1973. The engine note immediately put me in mind of the Norton Manx bikes I used to drool over at the local road racing track. I...

Might as well put this one on here too. 1958 AJS model 30. I cannot take full responsibility for this old beauty, but I can take some of the credit. I rebuilt the engine and transmission for a good friend about a year and a half ago and then he took it home to reassemble the machine. About two...

Over the years, I have built and rebuilt dozens of A50 and A65 BSA engines. I have also had the honour of rebuilding several of the M, B and C series singles. Although I have worked on the A10 model before, I have never been tasked with building one up from a truckload of rusty, crusty parts...

About two years ago I was approached by a young woman who wanted me to restore a very ratty 1973 CB350 Honda. Over the course of that winter I did as requested and put her on the road in the spring with what looks and runs like a new machine; all the while doing my best to keep a tight budget...

Hi, just a quick intro. Been involved in the motorcycling scene for about the past 40 years. Retired Canadian Naval Marine Engineer, spent my spare time repairing, maintaining and customizing motorcycles as a sideline. Been retired for 11 years now, challenged the Motorcycle Mechanics exam and...