tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37814498988888522522024-03-12T16:14:41.451-07:00M80 Bultaco Sherpa RestorationBlog about the restoration of a 1971 Bultaco Sherpa model 80 trials bike.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-79950732367370825712016-11-20T06:03:00.001-08:002016-11-20T06:05:56.574-08:0050 - All Finished<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> My dad bought this bike around '76 or '77. I think it had been around a few owners already, it had been pretty heavily trialled and was never in great condition, always hard to start and oiling plugs. We kept it at my granny's and it was great fun to ride it at the weekends when we were down visiting. Of course as a young 10 year old kid I was more interested in doing jumps and pretending I was Evel Knievel than I was perfecting my trials skills. You'll see too that this was long before the days of health and safety, no such thing as proper trials clothing for kids either !</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAywJxTM7FlXK252-4p3Ded7JjVQy-TUCgSX7C4L7SbqBDQWVgkj2lqQn_SfgxC-1BE0GUwEEs5-OYb-B7MiNS0pqCoOMUjWtCrLSv2rgErdG6WlAC56T5i9VXlO0mF3yvpR2d6eg-eqI/s1600/bul007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAywJxTM7FlXK252-4p3Ded7JjVQy-TUCgSX7C4L7SbqBDQWVgkj2lqQn_SfgxC-1BE0GUwEEs5-OYb-B7MiNS0pqCoOMUjWtCrLSv2rgErdG6WlAC56T5i9VXlO0mF3yvpR2d6eg-eqI/s200/bul007.jpg" width="131" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3x-zmdX8g1_mtC3fe3HIHjAti0R0N2jNG2KPiFZMoP1Qd7NooAz52H624j95oYwNswP79-s3GiHi2OCGchNgZB0ogxIHsDNGJfNbvJYH5KpDdguUCyW0e7kgcGFUq2-Ur7GalipvdPTk/s1600/bul005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3x-zmdX8g1_mtC3fe3HIHjAti0R0N2jNG2KPiFZMoP1Qd7NooAz52H624j95oYwNswP79-s3GiHi2OCGchNgZB0ogxIHsDNGJfNbvJYH5KpDdguUCyW0e7kgcGFUq2-Ur7GalipvdPTk/s200/bul005.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fOl5Hkx4ky9NEhe4Ok_97c4Pbj8iQO03gM0AaFMx0PcUiHKFyv651NlpQVXgyIdYcGAgyPtMlR9kVm6WszgGoUTFGIgs_K4vniVo-XbhafHZdZAHUlmO0xbf29r7_gvOqDQcFnuBi6g/s1600/bul006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fOl5Hkx4ky9NEhe4Ok_97c4Pbj8iQO03gM0AaFMx0PcUiHKFyv651NlpQVXgyIdYcGAgyPtMlR9kVm6WszgGoUTFGIgs_K4vniVo-XbhafHZdZAHUlmO0xbf29r7_gvOqDQcFnuBi6g/s200/bul006.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3r4hkH08eWTj2MNpndLAFwYe6WZDDCCoBYJwYgMcflJkhwaH91VEV_29TcdxFyhuyJCUMzU1K-JLncrkMMEcNAGN6bIfvQNNZtPpy2DITmF-fpy9t-9oD8tS5_kkll15CJhyphenhyphendgxSJwYU/s1600/bul001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3r4hkH08eWTj2MNpndLAFwYe6WZDDCCoBYJwYgMcflJkhwaH91VEV_29TcdxFyhuyJCUMzU1K-JLncrkMMEcNAGN6bIfvQNNZtPpy2DITmF-fpy9t-9oD8tS5_kkll15CJhyphenhyphendgxSJwYU/s200/bul001.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> When I got a bit older I started to do some observed trials with a workmate. His fathers land was used each year for the Slemish trial so we'd ride around it trying to get some practise in. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I fixed the bike up, sorted the engine a bit better and put on new tyres. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It didn't do any good, trials was changing in a big way, the bikes where way better and the sections mostly huge steps. There was a pre '65 class with easier sections for the old British stuff but I couldn't ride in it. Instead I had to take the D line along with all the new monoshock bikes. This usually resulted in either me or the bike getting wrecked, but it was always a fun day out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Gradually I stopped taking her out and the bike lay in the shed in a pretty forlorn state with a hole in the chain case. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I got the incentive to restore it when in Barcelona one year. I saw some beautiful trials bikes in a moto museum and decided that our old bike should look the same. So on and off over the last couple of years the restoration has been taking place and it now looks like this.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwL2uvLiS0M9cKPYlSSZtELv-LuM4HK2W9bN3lno8g3KzYLCJhPPdf9d-Kz-HFZ8BNjIz1yI7HyfL_5KadTXb9nencqGNUIt7JheW7juwCnhEsDAYhp8JhJ9AhesGc5StUm_0qrwpvH4I/s1600/_RGP5006b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwL2uvLiS0M9cKPYlSSZtELv-LuM4HK2W9bN3lno8g3KzYLCJhPPdf9d-Kz-HFZ8BNjIz1yI7HyfL_5KadTXb9nencqGNUIt7JheW7juwCnhEsDAYhp8JhJ9AhesGc5StUm_0qrwpvH4I/s320/_RGP5006b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfubXLi-ELB-OtLIUJYFG0roATm4CfYhvsKUVzh5qHEm3N0YU3o9NlKMmdFwdV-C-u9-T9V89y8Cv8lKWqvEQsn0ziX7zGQ0qrnHrd-a3xL29HCc7aahO9YlIg2lmSQUacxoSEn3g-7I/s1600/_RGP5032b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfubXLi-ELB-OtLIUJYFG0roATm4CfYhvsKUVzh5qHEm3N0YU3o9NlKMmdFwdV-C-u9-T9V89y8Cv8lKWqvEQsn0ziX7zGQ0qrnHrd-a3xL29HCc7aahO9YlIg2lmSQUacxoSEn3g-7I/s320/_RGP5032b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgY7sLuwgGjB3qC-bwH5u-mg7gPNcRwJYm-ZWX86Xf3oYgK4xH3A9MOzSoUF1rMTcIrhCikVX5N53OUYPQ5MDLYFCEfq85rde2Y-6TtSkUUana-Inn2WMKgslqFWq4K34oJT0Q2mXRTvE/s1600/_RGP4981b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgY7sLuwgGjB3qC-bwH5u-mg7gPNcRwJYm-ZWX86Xf3oYgK4xH3A9MOzSoUF1rMTcIrhCikVX5N53OUYPQ5MDLYFCEfq85rde2Y-6TtSkUUana-Inn2WMKgslqFWq4K34oJT0Q2mXRTvE/s200/_RGP4981b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRni2zh-k_Hp5SUhQYNQ-ubAijll9uC0pL_67C7_dnyWFIRR-4pAOKFP3veFRz781JUFKknUJDCI0PHfLLEcVosdiRXHtKU44KSZ8y8b3_Gv0uiHN4JMYFaOilFyjmM2aFRDN4emPbH78/s1600/_RGP5033b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRni2zh-k_Hp5SUhQYNQ-ubAijll9uC0pL_67C7_dnyWFIRR-4pAOKFP3veFRz781JUFKknUJDCI0PHfLLEcVosdiRXHtKU44KSZ8y8b3_Gv0uiHN4JMYFaOilFyjmM2aFRDN4emPbH78/s200/_RGP5033b.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghT9QCQ-hIUDbz9EvT0YuulD4VbjziZVvP2yTPkbL_4NuKwtRMqBEkGVXUUv9XS9tJ6Ntem3UuZ-m00pGAQhZbf_cMZjPwA-h-_miDbOQqm89gSO4v-vphuKIydn71wRtNuRQzlMNaETc/s1600/_RGP5034b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghT9QCQ-hIUDbz9EvT0YuulD4VbjziZVvP2yTPkbL_4NuKwtRMqBEkGVXUUv9XS9tJ6Ntem3UuZ-m00pGAQhZbf_cMZjPwA-h-_miDbOQqm89gSO4v-vphuKIydn71wRtNuRQzlMNaETc/s320/_RGP5034b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEg7Ggcz7OUR0vBVr0qJRP7A5tQm9d0pDxUUKxkteJYdRZmmx5SnD05C6FPO3ll9XrGG5jMDf3M1fgLqDCI57NuLlkZOeP_RP_AOGNtNYRzbz0uIsCtHslx-mFwm7FVg09I6H3mZ47_0c/s1600/_RGP4999b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEg7Ggcz7OUR0vBVr0qJRP7A5tQm9d0pDxUUKxkteJYdRZmmx5SnD05C6FPO3ll9XrGG5jMDf3M1fgLqDCI57NuLlkZOeP_RP_AOGNtNYRzbz0uIsCtHslx-mFwm7FVg09I6H3mZ47_0c/s320/_RGP4999b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HdojTpc-TLF2rE8zZco7ZzMbYIAbnAqZnzmLfKv0VWlTOqLY5tZ-bt8Uu9foUpEVE764rTwor8QjibDBN9EJaNaBjgf6yZuVgkobdqXMxaz0YDazMN9dZiLiTlhCyNzNZ54x9ayHC7E/s1600/_RGP5000b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HdojTpc-TLF2rE8zZco7ZzMbYIAbnAqZnzmLfKv0VWlTOqLY5tZ-bt8Uu9foUpEVE764rTwor8QjibDBN9EJaNaBjgf6yZuVgkobdqXMxaz0YDazMN9dZiLiTlhCyNzNZ54x9ayHC7E/s200/_RGP5000b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5sD4OJDql14Bb4hfxNo4PptN5WdNgZAjynZRxD9boqixW8Dh07hUDZ22W3mekoUq4h49ORYCWQu7I6ACbQZv5GCZUnY3JZbpWG122VTT1M351o0EPzyXR41eSUTnHf1BI9dXe-tVdK8/s1600/_RGP5012b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5sD4OJDql14Bb4hfxNo4PptN5WdNgZAjynZRxD9boqixW8Dh07hUDZ22W3mekoUq4h49ORYCWQu7I6ACbQZv5GCZUnY3JZbpWG122VTT1M351o0EPzyXR41eSUTnHf1BI9dXe-tVdK8/s320/_RGP5012b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLGErjB5Xm_0fCcSBsYc4jBUrkKPnXmfVgVZJvvsMo3J3PxfPSEDbJosJ6wS3AwOtkRlM7xTbYcPxZ9D8-mhu_pMbjb4-fMePg-cSH1B9eCYm6anO4Ekpws5kqbKg7TOQO2x4BeoTY4Z0/s1600/_RGP5018b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLGErjB5Xm_0fCcSBsYc4jBUrkKPnXmfVgVZJvvsMo3J3PxfPSEDbJosJ6wS3AwOtkRlM7xTbYcPxZ9D8-mhu_pMbjb4-fMePg-cSH1B9eCYm6anO4Ekpws5kqbKg7TOQO2x4BeoTY4Z0/s320/_RGP5018b.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoy8x5RJw60JOrQeE7cbF8z35EbQO6ae87mjrXz9BRwIdIex7XH5Fu9VgbbdI7J78w9DrTUZQXfrmcLBHRxRk4KFRnsMHOvJ-rXJEV0pid2lelS5urNj4myoR54Yzrv8O6Zwy5Tz6pZ98/s1600/_RGP5017b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoy8x5RJw60JOrQeE7cbF8z35EbQO6ae87mjrXz9BRwIdIex7XH5Fu9VgbbdI7J78w9DrTUZQXfrmcLBHRxRk4KFRnsMHOvJ-rXJEV0pid2lelS5urNj4myoR54Yzrv8O6Zwy5Tz6pZ98/s320/_RGP5017b.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCLkPdylv-kBFE21RfecMTqzRYxEohj9AEuN8lQPIv9IJBXIMj5YjPqagvy7R1_aBvgCl-5wCJrgiaVVDjKwXk5wo9Iak_UwrFf_wr3lsjUa6u5lxLWni2TbwkevZP3yhfgzXsVe9L2w/s1600/_RGP5026b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCLkPdylv-kBFE21RfecMTqzRYxEohj9AEuN8lQPIv9IJBXIMj5YjPqagvy7R1_aBvgCl-5wCJrgiaVVDjKwXk5wo9Iak_UwrFf_wr3lsjUa6u5lxLWni2TbwkevZP3yhfgzXsVe9L2w/s320/_RGP5026b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLzRUPTt14CpS44O85YEOFCOy2TQyvEea3asXdP4NS9d1EfCH8DQMugVjfx3C_FRWwXnMH4vb4YL2t0M2gKG7mD5GyKcrMTBnh3vH78RX46tFoMKG6Dng7OWOV8WCc6ogd8COOtwVFTk/s1600/_RGP5028b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLzRUPTt14CpS44O85YEOFCOy2TQyvEea3asXdP4NS9d1EfCH8DQMugVjfx3C_FRWwXnMH4vb4YL2t0M2gKG7mD5GyKcrMTBnh3vH78RX46tFoMKG6Dng7OWOV8WCc6ogd8COOtwVFTk/s320/_RGP5028b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9vYfwyJYqJPpkcHbYJ0dkkBdVcYvQLAEJAD-hdmWj1tppwbKesNuwVWFCgUyQ4GxJ210gGn7FFMaEHNs6zIXc7RxVyo7ygStc97piAEtx-CKLx1xqG-BZUOzz2cNMTDKcfif71vLemQ/s1600/_RGP5027b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9vYfwyJYqJPpkcHbYJ0dkkBdVcYvQLAEJAD-hdmWj1tppwbKesNuwVWFCgUyQ4GxJ210gGn7FFMaEHNs6zIXc7RxVyo7ygStc97piAEtx-CKLx1xqG-BZUOzz2cNMTDKcfif71vLemQ/s320/_RGP5027b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiym8b1OkZrtNhVhx7F9Zre0hj8aZOVao2hvOVSlAIRbumJVOpdYWL9u21dLyeva56DHBCOHFQmu3ridE6l3TK-ejlbrvl38N3hjDLh56bLmoTEfWP938gd1WHbbPk2DjaIYAqYPPo_0f4/s1600/_RGP5037b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiym8b1OkZrtNhVhx7F9Zre0hj8aZOVao2hvOVSlAIRbumJVOpdYWL9u21dLyeva56DHBCOHFQmu3ridE6l3TK-ejlbrvl38N3hjDLh56bLmoTEfWP938gd1WHbbPk2DjaIYAqYPPo_0f4/s320/_RGP5037b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMw4HpgtU0lNETqQnUuM30HvMmQgF-PCC7tczqhO4Dw2fIwxKr_56teBxf0UXIcyJQp874XKMCbglq6E9qdfXJYWjlkNrqRumWy1Ny_URDaVMPt1huQDFqaZTVsa3vJfeiJynz5geOa0/s1600/_RGP5051b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMw4HpgtU0lNETqQnUuM30HvMmQgF-PCC7tczqhO4Dw2fIwxKr_56teBxf0UXIcyJQp874XKMCbglq6E9qdfXJYWjlkNrqRumWy1Ny_URDaVMPt1huQDFqaZTVsa3vJfeiJynz5geOa0/s320/_RGP5051b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqp1oq1raYtqHTtHkqjfoLZV-lNNRen6JknUSWoc2Upq-Adnn33aqCpc4CPxI1WkH1ICIwz-JbSyu8BNA5HwSX9Xojj7x8OUJwZcroAwVsx46rL-mnro20rvRICqdLQ_wpMlSBztw8zY/s1600/_RGP5038b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqp1oq1raYtqHTtHkqjfoLZV-lNNRen6JknUSWoc2Upq-Adnn33aqCpc4CPxI1WkH1ICIwz-JbSyu8BNA5HwSX9Xojj7x8OUJwZcroAwVsx46rL-mnro20rvRICqdLQ_wpMlSBztw8zY/s320/_RGP5038b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrmqe8oqQcZTyzNVC1TF2IRzWlpY94vNtF2nnrMEXfk0KPk4mBjnSzQfqdK4MDbPL6UkwHGWQpXpmPOcG7WM-wSWvOkTKJlYa267khtFprGcxb-yM_i-h9BvMtHdJ0FxtNC4SpGbRvLc/s1600/_RGP5040b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrmqe8oqQcZTyzNVC1TF2IRzWlpY94vNtF2nnrMEXfk0KPk4mBjnSzQfqdK4MDbPL6UkwHGWQpXpmPOcG7WM-wSWvOkTKJlYa267khtFprGcxb-yM_i-h9BvMtHdJ0FxtNC4SpGbRvLc/s320/_RGP5040b.jpg" width="212" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa09GjrQjV3PNJ9fvMe80DO9YX0UlZZSm5kSdsuXGl_0KNT3CoP9wFO36m83NMG9WxF6RypmKYiYx04ah7isLVWkrjlGw0YczInorv9t5eUVuZJzLMNZx44s5V9yN1cQdyXb99kJZ1fA/s1600/_RGP5046b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa09GjrQjV3PNJ9fvMe80DO9YX0UlZZSm5kSdsuXGl_0KNT3CoP9wFO36m83NMG9WxF6RypmKYiYx04ah7isLVWkrjlGw0YczInorv9t5eUVuZJzLMNZx44s5V9yN1cQdyXb99kJZ1fA/s320/_RGP5046b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4iLO0n6619fgHzE7-BJFHrGJJeoVUHDUVUQM4V-gTQNcYlJBaeQkc6c-WeHt26x-pxAvt-K3_IBOXKWUeuauW_LpMXnXjG1FpfuOMsAaz5MCcr6tBGYmxjykF9sojbMhvZCK3G6F7bY/s1600/_RGP5045b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4iLO0n6619fgHzE7-BJFHrGJJeoVUHDUVUQM4V-gTQNcYlJBaeQkc6c-WeHt26x-pxAvt-K3_IBOXKWUeuauW_LpMXnXjG1FpfuOMsAaz5MCcr6tBGYmxjykF9sojbMhvZCK3G6F7bY/s320/_RGP5045b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-36315144896427806162016-10-08T13:27:00.000-07:002016-10-09T03:29:47.996-07:0049 - Fitting the exhaust <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had bought a reproduction pipe from someone in Spain. Quality's not too bad but the bend's not produced as good as the original. Why is it that with all the modern machinery available, that tubing is bent with so many kinks nowadays, but 45 years ago it could be bent nice and smooth ?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Worst of all when it was tightened into the cylinder head it pulled too far over towards the carburettor to allow the silencer box to be installed. After considering different fixes, I decided to just try bending it with a bit of heat. I got it clamped up with a vee block in the vice and was able to get enough heat into it with just a blowlamp to get it cherry red. Then a good pull made it move a bit. Of course it turned a bit bluey brown but I was able to polish that back out on the polishing mop.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It fits better now, so all's left is to re-weld the bracket lug on the silencer box into it's final position. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_O_yYnE49BVq4tfywDgdDBkdvFro-etxV3GCsesQ01okJrAxLbINmyZhZDjUFCxbeznDJWjnTE7TeKVdjTwM18hTJQ0qRl-ag5yaSRnnvfTU64R6HHip1BoY8OPq-nL-mJBF9Xv2l5zQ/s1600/_RGP4762.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_O_yYnE49BVq4tfywDgdDBkdvFro-etxV3GCsesQ01okJrAxLbINmyZhZDjUFCxbeznDJWjnTE7TeKVdjTwM18hTJQ0qRl-ag5yaSRnnvfTU64R6HHip1BoY8OPq-nL-mJBF9Xv2l5zQ/s320/_RGP4762.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZEiro-A4OWMPVpiZwh_zZetQ41dOvIbNT9d1WNwTkhk9zY03VAIXfH4yoUh5GfA1RNcxdWQ3OUnYoSNSRTYCEt4DbTmwhazOtX38Jy789AUszkCURW8rzfmm_AbP4fcrRebUr8TPWN8E/s1600/_RGP4759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZEiro-A4OWMPVpiZwh_zZetQ41dOvIbNT9d1WNwTkhk9zY03VAIXfH4yoUh5GfA1RNcxdWQ3OUnYoSNSRTYCEt4DbTmwhazOtX38Jy789AUszkCURW8rzfmm_AbP4fcrRebUr8TPWN8E/s320/_RGP4759.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigenSElQ14E2ZAfCvx8SwRfBykZDoOcz5FivWKexCsB36H7EODuW6klHtPJN7i5cA87yYMUT4a706zsyj8YTO77XGPwK-fQK0t16q2Lt1laFzyXCrLVMR-uMpGuvjD26lg5A3ymCw8LRA/s1600/_RGP4765.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigenSElQ14E2ZAfCvx8SwRfBykZDoOcz5FivWKexCsB36H7EODuW6klHtPJN7i5cA87yYMUT4a706zsyj8YTO77XGPwK-fQK0t16q2Lt1laFzyXCrLVMR-uMpGuvjD26lg5A3ymCw8LRA/s320/_RGP4765.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmV34sYCyBTp-1iYNGuUIDVERFhg09l7jg8PJB3xw94C6X75NnWtMVp6lAFlJqELCWO0GXPbVaCLL0CgTwFHK_83LOLo88wwJnbhag0tJ5JhpQrtQb2aFAkTZ23-PCSPLySO-d4tVP2U/s1600/_RGP4772.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmV34sYCyBTp-1iYNGuUIDVERFhg09l7jg8PJB3xw94C6X75NnWtMVp6lAFlJqELCWO0GXPbVaCLL0CgTwFHK_83LOLo88wwJnbhag0tJ5JhpQrtQb2aFAkTZ23-PCSPLySO-d4tVP2U/s320/_RGP4772.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-33862789731844258582016-10-08T13:04:00.000-07:002016-10-09T03:22:14.978-07:0048 - Down from the loft <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So far I have do<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ne</span> all the restoration in the upstairs loft of my shed and now the time had come to take her downstairs. I lifted the engine out and took off the bars and mudguards then my son and I lowered the bike down the narrow stairs. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> The rest of the afternoon was spent putting things back on and tightening them up.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I had to make up a throttle cable from a universal kit to suit the new "ol<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d style" </span>grip. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dMX7xIkx-2TJY6Etqa4W8jcEHw_hH4i_Zd_RnRDWvsEQBvYF0Ri_mN7s3kCOYsmAOIFblymV7gYu_ORPnneLhP0kggUT7gxHmrGPhlNd3BKDXWzv7ORFXOEXcYCg0-XBqcJEM5yWzOY/s1600/_RGP4776.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dMX7xIkx-2TJY6Etqa4W8jcEHw_hH4i_Zd_RnRDWvsEQBvYF0Ri_mN7s3kCOYsmAOIFblymV7gYu_ORPnneLhP0kggUT7gxHmrGPhlNd3BKDXWzv7ORFXOEXcYCg0-XBqcJEM5yWzOY/s320/_RGP4776.JPG" width="213" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5z2mSRFr6UiK31O5TXups2wsYva4Q7Rs9rKkT9pZf7f2mIeclHEY7ayzN3rWELbeH1iOL7O1nBPbciFlVzBeZgfcwjDP2aZifTl6k5ulpt-Q58jRFBkB2sh8nshjzrYDrM2bRg-GUeQ/s1600/_RGP4761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5z2mSRFr6UiK31O5TXups2wsYva4Q7Rs9rKkT9pZf7f2mIeclHEY7ayzN3rWELbeH1iOL7O1nBPbciFlVzBeZgfcwjDP2aZifTl6k5ulpt-Q58jRFBkB2sh8nshjzrYDrM2bRg-GUeQ/s320/_RGP4761.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-17871366145760941862016-10-08T12:46:00.001-07:002016-10-09T03:17:54.653-07:0047 - Tank painted<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> At long last I got the tank over to Clifford who didn't take long to give it a nice coat of paint. It's as glossy as a billiard ball and the pin stripes are painted in not just tape. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It really sets the bike off well and makes her look fantastic. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> The colours I went for where Ford Sunburst Red and Ford Silver Fox. </span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxp_rq7xfylrUh7tOuyNq07eDvu9-zunGtGuH7uKDygnyJfwCHF18unMSNvLlR4tCHnmNHmQ93fF4K-C46XuOz1zJv6K6D4WYbK-FdDp9eEJxeKU027NKmaOPn-_CAtoxooNNiXjGiai4/s1600/_RGP4767.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxp_rq7xfylrUh7tOuyNq07eDvu9-zunGtGuH7uKDygnyJfwCHF18unMSNvLlR4tCHnmNHmQ93fF4K-C46XuOz1zJv6K6D4WYbK-FdDp9eEJxeKU027NKmaOPn-_CAtoxooNNiXjGiai4/s320/_RGP4767.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-23gEMiNNGs7bQmWGiFCy1uRMl0aQrWEUNgkqjPbCCuBPZDBF3k31hnGKvbL993CyCg-b1CxL7Lx0hvpNdmIyHKSDbeVExGbWw6K0SShtb-Zn6FLIC1KboCoUKcbAm6x_SESU-GASBvM/s1600/_RGP4755.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-23gEMiNNGs7bQmWGiFCy1uRMl0aQrWEUNgkqjPbCCuBPZDBF3k31hnGKvbL993CyCg-b1CxL7Lx0hvpNdmIyHKSDbeVExGbWw6K0SShtb-Zn6FLIC1KboCoUKcbAm6x_SESU-GASBvM/s320/_RGP4755.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQe_gr6tYtOVqWP4pkXHBIVqZZ9sRR04oleuNqCHiSuDYhC9jf90ZeaQohiSE7EVxzRhtBd4FgvCK9N_juNI5YIJ9ndOS2UV7NkWSqRU6vQE9Q_R14tk_J4dmLVf-Qm9KlVEA0y0qjAZk/s1600/_RGP4758.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQe_gr6tYtOVqWP4pkXHBIVqZZ9sRR04oleuNqCHiSuDYhC9jf90ZeaQohiSE7EVxzRhtBd4FgvCK9N_juNI5YIJ9ndOS2UV7NkWSqRU6vQE9Q_R14tk_J4dmLVf-Qm9KlVEA0y0qjAZk/s320/_RGP4758.JPG" width="213" /></a></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-33600139407603972392016-06-12T08:02:00.002-07:002016-06-12T08:05:58.807-07:0046 - Tank prep<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Brian has glassed back together again the tank. He made a very neat job of the seam, and I recoated the interior with fresh Caswell. I have no doubt about it being fuel tight.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDY4GiniKHv2tGKQY0HUgOvxF9NTcIKK4UR-1cq_VZd9WCMSKHF0VL0CFCLoSAPYoBXCObFcMKKGY-ruhFQ2-qDvJZh2yCbeL5jdabLJVItX7_PH1McmOiCUBH_WoQT6znFsE_1g54Wco/s1600/DSC_4552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDY4GiniKHv2tGKQY0HUgOvxF9NTcIKK4UR-1cq_VZd9WCMSKHF0VL0CFCLoSAPYoBXCObFcMKKGY-ruhFQ2-qDvJZh2yCbeL5jdabLJVItX7_PH1McmOiCUBH_WoQT6znFsE_1g54Wco/s320/DSC_4552.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfLR9IzJYjAbnMvfdYeRMQPAQsd3epSHq7Ya9-RUDKzq1V4MBQG6yfB_eb5zokE2Hmz5oMteJYUQA1tMckxuYcLYTubkqzpSojCPX-86P6CMmHqM48HOKp6PapbjzC_4LUDTFMVd5TWs/s1600/DSC_4555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfLR9IzJYjAbnMvfdYeRMQPAQsd3epSHq7Ya9-RUDKzq1V4MBQG6yfB_eb5zokE2Hmz5oMteJYUQA1tMckxuYcLYTubkqzpSojCPX-86P6CMmHqM48HOKp6PapbjzC_4LUDTFMVd5TWs/s320/DSC_4555.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Now I just got to keep at it and get all the prep work finished prior to painting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Brian's website --</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://bryanwillismarine.com/" target="_blank">bryanwillismarine.com</a></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-49335348329143786212015-11-15T11:02:00.000-08:002015-11-15T11:02:00.290-08:0045 - A new addition<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Wow - four months have gone by and I haven't posted a thing. Well to tell the truth I haven't done much to the bike over the summer. I eventually left the tank with Brian the boat repair man and it's kinda been sitting there since. The rest of the bike is pretty complete so there wasn't a lot to do and I get easily side tracked with other things.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I took a notion to buy a lathe for the workshop. After studying the internet I ordered a 290V from Warco. This is about as big as the variable speed model bench lathes go. It has a 6" swing and 28" between centres. 1 1/2" spindle bore and 3MT tailstock, so it should do most jobs on the motorbike for me. Also it comes with 3 and 4 jaw chucks, face plates steadys etc. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.warco.co.uk/metal-lathes-metalworking-lathe-machine/302934-wm290-variable-speed-lathe-wm-290.html" target="_blank">Warco 290V lathe</a></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It arrived on a pallet inside a packing crate, luckily the shop at the end of the road has a forklift so he was able to lift it off the lorry and set it in my garage. When it came time to install it I borrowed an engine lift from a mechanic and put her in place in the corner of my shed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeyAQH96rwQoUxehv2V351hACfKWD6uYcqRg8KRQ0mmzP6-ClmCsN9lHcQgNCUM6YzCYg8sa7yN1zmqH3GRecqB82oWcbfxa4tgRPnBcVqVBo43iNrRi8VH1Y3Y8wPr1OOpt4za-6QSs/s1600/12088026_1681625422060329_2432527493963801469_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeyAQH96rwQoUxehv2V351hACfKWD6uYcqRg8KRQ0mmzP6-ClmCsN9lHcQgNCUM6YzCYg8sa7yN1zmqH3GRecqB82oWcbfxa4tgRPnBcVqVBo43iNrRi8VH1Y3Y8wPr1OOpt4za-6QSs/s320/12088026_1681625422060329_2432527493963801469_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt40VBk_pJ9ykxE-_rg4rsV1I2JRzbqgtTw7IHOU5DV7qmVXs_CgjXZl_gLfV9KE-B7hKprnpG549VQtu9m9T-Le1_Lpl8QSw7GlCLppgCev3gWtOi0YJubKebe7MKlXEwtmDdawQc2D4/s1600/11219693_1681625435393661_4579455520241102490_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt40VBk_pJ9ykxE-_rg4rsV1I2JRzbqgtTw7IHOU5DV7qmVXs_CgjXZl_gLfV9KE-B7hKprnpG549VQtu9m9T-Le1_Lpl8QSw7GlCLppgCev3gWtOi0YJubKebe7MKlXEwtmDdawQc2D4/s320/11219693_1681625435393661_4579455520241102490_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-HfNXTqbwWrmoKw44fB5JAv3-MV0dqgZz6A0HTdOokzb9_cR4KPzNm_ZU4JMZhRNV95Ke8sAE8Tq8AAivlWGj7bo3lRm84hTSZGwCvWNOM2e7wOyWv1i2j1cOcJF7h1M9gIxd6AWdrs/s1600/12141797_1681625452060326_5101321553402822336_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-HfNXTqbwWrmoKw44fB5JAv3-MV0dqgZz6A0HTdOokzb9_cR4KPzNm_ZU4JMZhRNV95Ke8sAE8Tq8AAivlWGj7bo3lRm84hTSZGwCvWNOM2e7wOyWv1i2j1cOcJF7h1M9gIxd6AWdrs/s320/12141797_1681625452060326_5101321553402822336_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been very please with it so far. It's accurate, the digital read out makes things real easy, and you can machine at a decent rate with the power feed, so it's no mickey mouse machine even if it was built in China. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UYHdfaHkuO1eSlKsVZZlH1_NfbkV_6-u6e_C8kwdyHifjMndVaBmLPpU-Vu8qDUdqAcmLCZ9F4Hvlp3aBDO0MWv7a3q27258mAB-r-VG8ZC5BdSLgkaoLpglayVWRf7IyhZL1tAWq-k/s1600/DSC_4296.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UYHdfaHkuO1eSlKsVZZlH1_NfbkV_6-u6e_C8kwdyHifjMndVaBmLPpU-Vu8qDUdqAcmLCZ9F4Hvlp3aBDO0MWv7a3q27258mAB-r-VG8ZC5BdSLgkaoLpglayVWRf7IyhZL1tAWq-k/s320/DSC_4296.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRw3TbE0NsdBISTW5zliIdnSHleot7asmPNxX0j-bsbW_lk-KHqTyIIK7UawHt7TewoRG3yHpwWRESdJY74Wcqyx9zIe1ZjrJ0fpWciYzky87jqcBIP7zL4VC1jFh_89xbYLk-3xMOXw4/s1600/DSC_4297.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRw3TbE0NsdBISTW5zliIdnSHleot7asmPNxX0j-bsbW_lk-KHqTyIIK7UawHt7TewoRG3yHpwWRESdJY74Wcqyx9zIe1ZjrJ0fpWciYzky87jqcBIP7zL4VC1jFh_89xbYLk-3xMOXw4/s320/DSC_4297.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkz3I_Cr-G8hh66g2c22FR0k-GKchPPi0W4cYg2RBb5apGY2iRQMw18m2YPoFeh6mqAG8qf-zkrQz7mxNqOXd4lIZksnijTlTyWc2CXlZxoUP_M5EHe3_hHoNuWU2AB6C5h7vhUn-hUQ4/s1600/DSC_4298.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkz3I_Cr-G8hh66g2c22FR0k-GKchPPi0W4cYg2RBb5apGY2iRQMw18m2YPoFeh6mqAG8qf-zkrQz7mxNqOXd4lIZksnijTlTyWc2CXlZxoUP_M5EHe3_hHoNuWU2AB6C5h7vhUn-hUQ4/s320/DSC_4298.JPG" width="213" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbERY8cUpe8aSV4mKcAezIN9vmxGgxDzy7W4EHqw7347eadfoazpgkiHkzj7Y4x0qJETCqb5n0UETjofCSoSysSz0MQmKhU8CH1YX8ZaYMjBdPNxvWLAe1Zf45WsNapeIRjjTLPl-29ho/s1600/DSC_4299.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbERY8cUpe8aSV4mKcAezIN9vmxGgxDzy7W4EHqw7347eadfoazpgkiHkzj7Y4x0qJETCqb5n0UETjofCSoSysSz0MQmKhU8CH1YX8ZaYMjBdPNxvWLAe1Zf45WsNapeIRjjTLPl-29ho/s320/DSC_4299.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSxJCik79c4uttuoxEPxBmpmrCskLNnB6J9eh1cFobFyMgcbSWIYSi5GNK0QOpLPJDVpP9yGWrAK6i2yNJz1UeNXyB8r5buSlcRytKJwWYONqWG2P9L6wE2W2o8R8Ru5gelEzn524CqE/s1600/DSC_4301.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSxJCik79c4uttuoxEPxBmpmrCskLNnB6J9eh1cFobFyMgcbSWIYSi5GNK0QOpLPJDVpP9yGWrAK6i2yNJz1UeNXyB8r5buSlcRytKJwWYONqWG2P9L6wE2W2o8R8Ru5gelEzn524CqE/s320/DSC_4301.JPG" width="213" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvNqcBSNtoXx-5NcYLA8gwoI4mCa5fsxzeY6tk3VZKkCE093WRMoG1c7o27AypTfmbkYO-B-u3EiHd5OZeNVcupIdkTcCbis62g0EBsp9nI0qiviP_X7iuoCI0wi0LB9C2lLLPO0-wp4/s1600/DSC_4302.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvNqcBSNtoXx-5NcYLA8gwoI4mCa5fsxzeY6tk3VZKkCE093WRMoG1c7o27AypTfmbkYO-B-u3EiHd5OZeNVcupIdkTcCbis62g0EBsp9nI0qiviP_X7iuoCI0wi0LB9C2lLLPO0-wp4/s320/DSC_4302.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsvuEz4FdezfAp2IZtXS6S0ExRXYw12I6U_HlQwWY9I9onlT_sY_uCnbVM9BUtvo2PM9Aq2Nl_-vYpKx2WCwM8uaCH0VDt48DO3X7fRMurRFo9t-28DhYSfegLIqFE7d3BwzIwninAjE/s1600/DSC_4303.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsvuEz4FdezfAp2IZtXS6S0ExRXYw12I6U_HlQwWY9I9onlT_sY_uCnbVM9BUtvo2PM9Aq2Nl_-vYpKx2WCwM8uaCH0VDt48DO3X7fRMurRFo9t-28DhYSfegLIqFE7d3BwzIwninAjE/s320/DSC_4303.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-4762020926491100312015-06-24T09:37:00.000-07:002015-06-24T09:37:03.914-07:0044 - Tank repairs<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This is one of the last big jobs to tackle. The problem I faced was that before I could get the tank painted I needed to do something about the interior. Twenty odd years ago I had put a Petseal tank sealer solution into it, but this had split and cracked. I didn't think pouring in more on top of it would be satisfactory and there was no way to completely remove the old stuff because of the limited access.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So I had no real choice but to cut it open. Before I did so I found a local boat repair man who specialises in fibreglass and gelcoat repairs. He's going to glass it back together for me and we'll find the best product for recoating the interior. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It was a dusty job but not too difficult to open it up. I cut in to it with a thin disc about half an inch from the edge then went round the curved tunnel with a hacksaw blade. Once open the old petseal came off in big pieces, only here and there was it well attached. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsr5a4aCotjjHg42CYHt12xqfFN5Hh3FLaJ95bG1wflPIEtqsrJsTrtqhkKbOy3ykjFPi9Am4iYvNSVZKvxTtPY-W7nZu14Pm6LgTpyXFdQXfN1MPf3oNUYhPmbicK7Or1Zn5eQ-HEbxY/s1600/P6212352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsr5a4aCotjjHg42CYHt12xqfFN5Hh3FLaJ95bG1wflPIEtqsrJsTrtqhkKbOy3ykjFPi9Am4iYvNSVZKvxTtPY-W7nZu14Pm6LgTpyXFdQXfN1MPf3oNUYhPmbicK7Or1Zn5eQ-HEbxY/s320/P6212352.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdDw-uaUOrbiTlEfkNfCpkjPniYWuPRDLk73m9TBz2BJlVBDasEVwfL0SfKU_ZbJgHM75MyWaaVX-vVp4JJsxurxXnhR01DhCEzdhDtT_x4qpIf2N1Os2eBlIzVZaWe8-GaF1dOaHgEs/s1600/P6212353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdDw-uaUOrbiTlEfkNfCpkjPniYWuPRDLk73m9TBz2BJlVBDasEVwfL0SfKU_ZbJgHM75MyWaaVX-vVp4JJsxurxXnhR01DhCEzdhDtT_x4qpIf2N1Os2eBlIzVZaWe8-GaF1dOaHgEs/s320/P6212353.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnfLjSU16qaHJlWpQ_D0F0Uco2W4YiuD-yXAp0nSiddKXy3KEuax4DlZ-M8tTts5w37yy774sYCOAi347XIjwxofLrr8JQavIWCdQl_QqrzxPfM8YkA80THzz3qWMx6jnKajifWLuhDE/s1600/P6222356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnfLjSU16qaHJlWpQ_D0F0Uco2W4YiuD-yXAp0nSiddKXy3KEuax4DlZ-M8tTts5w37yy774sYCOAi347XIjwxofLrr8JQavIWCdQl_QqrzxPfM8YkA80THzz3qWMx6jnKajifWLuhDE/s320/P6222356.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHeuZoTY-cCa4pjjMvS7LYQJxlcMhbmb3qKMcgBgbqSDelb_5-oXgqQswCV3BvMQiD8M-mvCXlA7kOZVOKPTkXkdhg3paCtVt8vbPv1hv3vk3UPcCPYvKqtZvNy3v6sSFtNLNyGIZ_Ps/s1600/P6222357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHeuZoTY-cCa4pjjMvS7LYQJxlcMhbmb3qKMcgBgbqSDelb_5-oXgqQswCV3BvMQiD8M-mvCXlA7kOZVOKPTkXkdhg3paCtVt8vbPv1hv3vk3UPcCPYvKqtZvNy3v6sSFtNLNyGIZ_Ps/s320/P6222357.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZ50tZJ2OOGEKnxIp_S9ul81k4ZpU8YTHJ7djJoO6zVJDo9QzJ2JrcVmA4IHqfnhY6YuD12bNFLr4V-qOUNpVar-P83FInb44TpKLW-9dX_cZnWvXdnfpNpULCZrqjwBDRz-7Fl1LXiQ/s1600/P6222358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZ50tZJ2OOGEKnxIp_S9ul81k4ZpU8YTHJ7djJoO6zVJDo9QzJ2JrcVmA4IHqfnhY6YuD12bNFLr4V-qOUNpVar-P83FInb44TpKLW-9dX_cZnWvXdnfpNpULCZrqjwBDRz-7Fl1LXiQ/s320/P6222358.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3o0m4Zi5aj1PGGHP0q9it1XUWNe2N9Lm0hyn-7D4Mzp487JQZ1agCAvem1aVD7Wv8pH9FigncMWbLMglX8GLCpa505sKH0loWZILQ1nehuI0Egxrb7gXawGLXB9TBgA4pCiqbNcOGZ8/s1600/P6222359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3o0m4Zi5aj1PGGHP0q9it1XUWNe2N9Lm0hyn-7D4Mzp487JQZ1agCAvem1aVD7Wv8pH9FigncMWbLMglX8GLCpa505sKH0loWZILQ1nehuI0Egxrb7gXawGLXB9TBgA4pCiqbNcOGZ8/s320/P6222359.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwHmLBrIUyn_5dMB9NQqGCQddfuVLwlSqfuSsnZHWeBWc8exIE7wnPL-XNzXYcRNbyAZ7sno41ZNqkHc339d8gnJuTQkCSoNym8ludCfYGveiB8nJhednzZZtoFLX9BKmbdhLC5XRfsc/s1600/P6222360.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwHmLBrIUyn_5dMB9NQqGCQddfuVLwlSqfuSsnZHWeBWc8exIE7wnPL-XNzXYcRNbyAZ7sno41ZNqkHc339d8gnJuTQkCSoNym8ludCfYGveiB8nJhednzZZtoFLX9BKmbdhLC5XRfsc/s320/P6222360.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-92017929352350748222015-06-24T09:21:00.005-07:002015-06-24T09:21:38.356-07:0043 - Speedo Bracket<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Yet more fabrication. This time a bracket to hold the speedometer. Looking at the drawing in the parts book I tried to copy its design. I wanted it to hold the speedo in out of the way, really close to the frame. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I marked it out from a piece of 4mm stainless steel. ( I love stainless - its the only way to make stuff that's going to live its life outdoors on a bike.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iCkPdEMqXLZ_dxJTGYR8qux2AV4_HP1Ogs2qovdC0YLSjH832-nBqOj4KBdu2I2a6LbbMVcuyL5FwWMdfgtn_ix7sp980T2YSHlR62PZgVp4dvV3KZbHwPzwPyWq6qRuDoZ0oYNKFtg/s1600/IMAG0274.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iCkPdEMqXLZ_dxJTGYR8qux2AV4_HP1Ogs2qovdC0YLSjH832-nBqOj4KBdu2I2a6LbbMVcuyL5FwWMdfgtn_ix7sp980T2YSHlR62PZgVp4dvV3KZbHwPzwPyWq6qRuDoZ0oYNKFtg/s400/IMAG0274.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Once it was filed up I used a bit of heat to twist it into shape. It worked out really good, with minimal clearance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwzQfzc1VqTFpeG9E8kxS9GLJqevIjBbd5fmcPxWHJJMQoPVZZAcAODMYbiSTleDOpIT9Wcjnqu_NiKaqKpz-3x6XejpnSSe-1HSX_Itny7gwZsY199C_3y5YXPghbuX1PZfgGN7SC00/s1600/IMAG0279.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwzQfzc1VqTFpeG9E8kxS9GLJqevIjBbd5fmcPxWHJJMQoPVZZAcAODMYbiSTleDOpIT9Wcjnqu_NiKaqKpz-3x6XejpnSSe-1HSX_Itny7gwZsY199C_3y5YXPghbuX1PZfgGN7SC00/s400/IMAG0279.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpLaU6wTyRxHjl7nOGwarOLNI-OvL7bg2N_-S_PtbtP5E2zD09hSFi7Ew5Bn1rlwchkxG6oYdqkbwQOV7UJEoU8pbaeS_9ew671CpTxHXGxaMHb_FlvZJC-h2MQf4An7b0X1Hg1yEuek/s1600/IMAG0280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpLaU6wTyRxHjl7nOGwarOLNI-OvL7bg2N_-S_PtbtP5E2zD09hSFi7Ew5Bn1rlwchkxG6oYdqkbwQOV7UJEoU8pbaeS_9ew671CpTxHXGxaMHb_FlvZJC-h2MQf4An7b0X1Hg1yEuek/s400/IMAG0280.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-83641806036822853222015-06-24T09:08:00.002-07:002015-06-24T09:08:33.724-07:0042 - Guard fitted<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I finished the guard by fabricating a little stay and getting it welded on. I know the original was riveted but I opted for welding.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCXsEgqO-ryydwWjplYpdS0DePTuusX25w5eZNBjucdcS1AE5a5qpt-_2HZhQHi9tanvE5y3UoCfixkiZVj7AalkXvqGahSWSszzDV_hP0eprSH2IOG2jc58hAqTz4ncf0GX8UXwe3pc/s1600/IMAG0307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCXsEgqO-ryydwWjplYpdS0DePTuusX25w5eZNBjucdcS1AE5a5qpt-_2HZhQHi9tanvE5y3UoCfixkiZVj7AalkXvqGahSWSszzDV_hP0eprSH2IOG2jc58hAqTz4ncf0GX8UXwe3pc/s640/IMAG0307.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Next on the list of things to do was make a brake rod. I bought a piece of 6mm stainless and bent and threaded the ends. I didn't like the way it just touched against the spring of the shock absorber so I put a little joggle in it to make a bit of clearance, looks much better now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCTQDJZvSEvMF_LzPKO-cK61BXSs2rWDYaKBXPWTiUxQ1gpWA5IhRB5D6t9ZF2u9jx6kgDucXKFH2fZH5Hrtst4JgVhF0QGZYqjw9B2sEiTTSyDk1bpOzVh98c0ide2ZQg__W2W7NDvY/s1600/IMAG0324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCTQDJZvSEvMF_LzPKO-cK61BXSs2rWDYaKBXPWTiUxQ1gpWA5IhRB5D6t9ZF2u9jx6kgDucXKFH2fZH5Hrtst4JgVhF0QGZYqjw9B2sEiTTSyDk1bpOzVh98c0ide2ZQg__W2W7NDvY/s640/IMAG0324.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I made the winged adjuster nut from stainless steel. Just a piece of bar drilled and threaded, then two little slots milled to hold the wings in place while I brazed them in. The front end was radiused with a cutter to stop it turning against the barrel. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihx21_0JRToEuN5_dlqxli4vNHAJ6LcRQfdALS7N0z_XIPq8M10y3w7yBqHGPmhkS2VEql_Evg0v0pqiBuQkpzWM6aHWMzSb37vYAO0YTxSl0XwAOvyBCT3kDrrhzGbOIB0SjXGuSLXvg/s1600/IMAG0320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihx21_0JRToEuN5_dlqxli4vNHAJ6LcRQfdALS7N0z_XIPq8M10y3w7yBqHGPmhkS2VEql_Evg0v0pqiBuQkpzWM6aHWMzSb37vYAO0YTxSl0XwAOvyBCT3kDrrhzGbOIB0SjXGuSLXvg/s400/IMAG0320.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRvIdgMr5Yd2jpqv6FVakfdY8CuSQ_tADAQU6RQyom1wzPmHdE0kwHpDLj23-eOuEnRkTUVvYgpQlQ6-uNaX-jI-1uII41jM6NAVcZS2MMW7ZCAn_HvjI1NHxrps6ccrhhDvnPRfyhpo/s1600/IMAG0323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRvIdgMr5Yd2jpqv6FVakfdY8CuSQ_tADAQU6RQyom1wzPmHdE0kwHpDLj23-eOuEnRkTUVvYgpQlQ6-uNaX-jI-1uII41jM6NAVcZS2MMW7ZCAn_HvjI1NHxrps6ccrhhDvnPRfyhpo/s400/IMAG0323.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-39438992119798755762015-06-01T14:00:00.001-07:002015-06-01T14:07:12.786-07:0041 - Chain guard cont.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After forming the curve on the top of the guard I marked it out then cut and filed it to shape.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It needed a dimple at the front to allow for the head of a screw, so I made a press tool from a couple of bits of scrap bar. It worked out pretty well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sZndrZo8eXh9TECldBA3c-Q_WfuEXj38emp8L38MZdlKXkAg386NzK9aswQ-8LLD1E1EGO6YDUl8QlodrHDF1rEMtYPyW6qPMX4z0APm1VURXY6NfEqYPExESDOmo-AOD0UTwE5xlfI/s1600/IMAG0299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sZndrZo8eXh9TECldBA3c-Q_WfuEXj38emp8L38MZdlKXkAg386NzK9aswQ-8LLD1E1EGO6YDUl8QlodrHDF1rEMtYPyW6qPMX4z0APm1VURXY6NfEqYPExESDOmo-AOD0UTwE5xlfI/s320/IMAG0299.jpg" width="191" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtOY5xivVbV__PRI-UbPWRmKYLlEIG4ZnO1ZVVILz09KPa3X_e7ENNzBbDD2fuyxVN8DtycqUhsUiXX1CW3cVVTVeep3CsbFMLlOecBLVEGqr4CuXgBfmUDNLSQgXIk50hAgYmZNd3Oo/s1600/IMAG0301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtOY5xivVbV__PRI-UbPWRmKYLlEIG4ZnO1ZVVILz09KPa3X_e7ENNzBbDD2fuyxVN8DtycqUhsUiXX1CW3cVVTVeep3CsbFMLlOecBLVEGqr4CuXgBfmUDNLSQgXIk50hAgYmZNd3Oo/s320/IMAG0301.jpg" width="191" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhty5h7pw0gMYt3GpiDAeWOPDfXTIFv3s1v8vJambOjHoh2FW0MQpAbkT0DSfrn0ECJLYP7VZ2FphSNtU0Y0xdtmRktxuvWz2J8Pt_6uvsL1KU6dmK6xBmCVxP1fIOVznTDXQ4pD8ZizWM/s1600/IMAG0303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhty5h7pw0gMYt3GpiDAeWOPDfXTIFv3s1v8vJambOjHoh2FW0MQpAbkT0DSfrn0ECJLYP7VZ2FphSNtU0Y0xdtmRktxuvWz2J8Pt_6uvsL1KU6dmK6xBmCVxP1fIOVznTDXQ4pD8ZizWM/s320/IMAG0303.jpg" width="191" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-84974792315672580692015-05-06T12:45:00.004-07:002015-06-02T08:03:40.626-07:0040 - Making a Chain Guard<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I thought I'd better make a start at making a chain guard. A friend in work cut me a sheet of 1.5 mm aluminium. The folders we have only make square folds so I took it home to come up with something myself.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I had a rummage round the shed and gathered a few bits together. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7T0uMp8VjfvFHnmqv_RR0redridtHyW6150sNnwDIz8rGSzk-pufYqSA_tCii4aHxI6SydfiUtnOdec5vC6QoGZIm9dkkKXYtrb-nZGMjPy6gPnsy7B9p8tqlzCHjHwBGpJklBJ0oSQ/s1600/IMAG0288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7T0uMp8VjfvFHnmqv_RR0redridtHyW6150sNnwDIz8rGSzk-pufYqSA_tCii4aHxI6SydfiUtnOdec5vC6QoGZIm9dkkKXYtrb-nZGMjPy6gPnsy7B9p8tqlzCHjHwBGpJklBJ0oSQ/s1600/IMAG0288.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Some plywood and 22 mm copper tube was enough to make a simple folder and it worked very well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYZ14oLb5GrjONv291tkH919yHFGLqhQyi_Dc6K81CX-F1vYSTX-U5PxwZPGohm3M9gM_w5NRFbenPU8iz3UDrVqg8VMCzyFlItBRAuD30q9zcdOva1M_ni9hzhaOqYGGDutAZwgOsuc/s1600/IMAG0289.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYZ14oLb5GrjONv291tkH919yHFGLqhQyi_Dc6K81CX-F1vYSTX-U5PxwZPGohm3M9gM_w5NRFbenPU8iz3UDrVqg8VMCzyFlItBRAuD30q9zcdOva1M_ni9hzhaOqYGGDutAZwgOsuc/s1600/IMAG0289.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVe8YPZKSAOP1rN2II_QW4iAAmIvgkEYstocsSk30umNhfHAO8Jlny1bYy3LKKMfCLI4edM1dOu952x_QYgSWBxHAo6rFDAyvHw92L0asCUm0OLdn3lyuK-qt9Rc7OTCEuQXdE3fpUUQ/s1600/IMAG0290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVe8YPZKSAOP1rN2II_QW4iAAmIvgkEYstocsSk30umNhfHAO8Jlny1bYy3LKKMfCLI4edM1dOu952x_QYgSWBxHAo6rFDAyvHw92L0asCUm0OLdn3lyuK-qt9Rc7OTCEuQXdE3fpUUQ/s1600/IMAG0290.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PeZHQYmpFx0M0oIIEdhCs84-c0mLPl9eLXBTbMjC_eE5zM7LasVW2_3ahO3xBNAH67MbgegKAgu31wz42NDSBlGYTM4Z4VuQ9Cf5zbPVB2hPDfbGkfOmBiUqsRvKP3mnStq-JZu3S5Y/s1600/IMAG0291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PeZHQYmpFx0M0oIIEdhCs84-c0mLPl9eLXBTbMjC_eE5zM7LasVW2_3ahO3xBNAH67MbgegKAgu31wz42NDSBlGYTM4Z4VuQ9Cf5zbPVB2hPDfbGkfOmBiUqsRvKP3mnStq-JZu3S5Y/s1600/IMAG0291.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wutDU5BAh7nAKaR39GlXJDmB8lzCJcQIsUsymzxtHFFKTptDNkkbyot8JaDOwFCnUWpt8Qb4OhI6ztYPoUhJ9op-VG6lVK-XLCE8ry6BwlQBVTo8ZfBXfdiw5W06H6xJ7EGsxaAZYG8/s1600/IMAG0292.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wutDU5BAh7nAKaR39GlXJDmB8lzCJcQIsUsymzxtHFFKTptDNkkbyot8JaDOwFCnUWpt8Qb4OhI6ztYPoUhJ9op-VG6lVK-XLCE8ry6BwlQBVTo8ZfBXfdiw5W06H6xJ7EGsxaAZYG8/s1600/IMAG0292.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpibssmaFTQd0LCBkFIi6lmlP-d8EyEXuRgJFVvIwUv1bo1KvBBijeQRw4cXDyWkMDcu-j30aivFndTTf-Jvv7LMlx12okqXA69Q-vtRx6KwSpGh1WMrDVZisfM3ByXB4X8PMkGV9FfA/s1600/IMAG0293.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpibssmaFTQd0LCBkFIi6lmlP-d8EyEXuRgJFVvIwUv1bo1KvBBijeQRw4cXDyWkMDcu-j30aivFndTTf-Jvv7LMlx12okqXA69Q-vtRx6KwSpGh1WMrDVZisfM3ByXB4X8PMkGV9FfA/s1600/IMAG0293.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I already made a template from some card so I'll use that to mark it out ready for cutting and filing.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-54557823658245935122015-04-12T12:34:00.001-07:002015-04-12T12:34:39.745-07:0039 - Rebuilding #1<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Now that I have most of the bits ready it's time to start rebuilding the bike. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The new stand fits very well. I was going to make a jig for John to help when he welded in the pivot bracket, but he said "don't bother I'll just hold it position myself" It turned out absolutely spot on. It has a nice line parallel to the swing arm and the spring has good clearance with the tyre.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoUVLtu1eJIX0CtRHtS7GhEPlRzV7n_iJ1LDkm1DfzKENDpGrrxaAdzdBKk6vOF69usTc_dDys2KgJGkLGPaaYNzIQNVY_TUCU-St_tSErQJiF2SFC-r-YIoD-PeY8w7id-G3yOZQQ-8/s1600/DSC_3251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoUVLtu1eJIX0CtRHtS7GhEPlRzV7n_iJ1LDkm1DfzKENDpGrrxaAdzdBKk6vOF69usTc_dDys2KgJGkLGPaaYNzIQNVY_TUCU-St_tSErQJiF2SFC-r-YIoD-PeY8w7id-G3yOZQQ-8/s1600/DSC_3251.jpg" height="212" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJORhjvnUtmrtaaEYoIJtO3S86pgLkEriW06xSHSa7-iaGfaVLhp5MNwFKyNCD-c_2ci21_MRoyp4HLVUDhtay7_6tYZoDFwUfSHuu0koHytqraqjtEwz9Gk8-Q41qjnskI68spaO3Ss/s1600/DSC_3256.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJORhjvnUtmrtaaEYoIJtO3S86pgLkEriW06xSHSa7-iaGfaVLhp5MNwFKyNCD-c_2ci21_MRoyp4HLVUDhtay7_6tYZoDFwUfSHuu0koHytqraqjtEwz9Gk8-Q41qjnskI68spaO3Ss/s1600/DSC_3256.jpg" height="212" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The springs look nice now that the're chromed and I have a new chain fitted over the old sprockets, but they were ok. The tensioner and torque arm have been zinc plated.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zY2_Hiea51sYgZ4AZPnG5hDcBDG75YMTvuoQN7EKnYOMbUtj8ogzpRfe8_8_0KyuXxPVP07xeDL4Ph_PdXxmWkkt87X76Y6ofXfraig__DdKD3pXnceq22HgJadrztsP6eMTS9IA16Q/s1600/DSC_3258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zY2_Hiea51sYgZ4AZPnG5hDcBDG75YMTvuoQN7EKnYOMbUtj8ogzpRfe8_8_0KyuXxPVP07xeDL4Ph_PdXxmWkkt87X76Y6ofXfraig__DdKD3pXnceq22HgJadrztsP6eMTS9IA16Q/s1600/DSC_3258.jpg" height="212" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-31670905570500029972015-03-31T11:35:00.003-07:002015-03-31T11:38:33.860-07:0038 - finishing the brake<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After a comment from Michael I thought I could remember there once was a big rubber seal which sat in the circular groove beside the brake shoes. I guess the idea was to make a seal to prevent water and dirt entering, but how well it worked was debatable. I would think that unless a lick of grease was kept on it, it would soon wear flat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Anyway the means and materials were at hand to make something so I did just that and fitted it. Its made from a piece of polycord drive belt, melted with an iron and joined together then the excess trimmed off.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnNzzFEMdRgsPX6sQD4R_2litJxLezdIpqfs0TP7TOBedAXerfXsJngc6_jJpLIeifNLuoptjUte9zhJ7qEYc0V0AoxcTjRQ13x_zaajTD3aOIh3-mwXmLggDfefdypo3D6-rrnxkhjM/s1600/IMAG0257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnNzzFEMdRgsPX6sQD4R_2litJxLezdIpqfs0TP7TOBedAXerfXsJngc6_jJpLIeifNLuoptjUte9zhJ7qEYc0V0AoxcTjRQ13x_zaajTD3aOIh3-mwXmLggDfefdypo3D6-rrnxkhjM/s1600/IMAG0257.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRmvG2OFtld7ZeGX8GRbyqrsHhrJlIZH5YBKMXjaNjRBpgAbvod9nXU1vM46ykg0pnJHVZkbueWdtjl_EL6jW719_VNJSAdlIrH72RUxUKEET2WhLUP_FoytVBhpN2FtZpayQkD9D1rs/s1600/IMAG0259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBphwQFqmzfZFtpDtG4B7RIKqT-Ldn_nEhy_vm5l1v5XUedFpMpycnmzRcFldtk87TWz9hco-Y1ML5cf38kEg7HU1PWhEtoedxHytW2y0Kxi5WdZgOh3y0H-2UjAPq6K8s8tEvBAxyDFg/s1600/IMAG0258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBphwQFqmzfZFtpDtG4B7RIKqT-Ldn_nEhy_vm5l1v5XUedFpMpycnmzRcFldtk87TWz9hco-Y1ML5cf38kEg7HU1PWhEtoedxHytW2y0Kxi5WdZgOh3y0H-2UjAPq6K8s8tEvBAxyDFg/s1600/IMAG0258.jpg" height="320" width="191" /></a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRmvG2OFtld7ZeGX8GRbyqrsHhrJlIZH5YBKMXjaNjRBpgAbvod9nXU1vM46ykg0pnJHVZkbueWdtjl_EL6jW719_VNJSAdlIrH72RUxUKEET2WhLUP_FoytVBhpN2FtZpayQkD9D1rs/s1600/IMAG0259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRmvG2OFtld7ZeGX8GRbyqrsHhrJlIZH5YBKMXjaNjRBpgAbvod9nXU1vM46ykg0pnJHVZkbueWdtjl_EL6jW719_VNJSAdlIrH72RUxUKEET2WhLUP_FoytVBhpN2FtZpayQkD9D1rs/s1600/IMAG0259.jpg" height="320" width="191" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-17562983526737180342015-03-22T07:38:00.001-07:002015-03-22T07:38:26.878-07:0037 - Setting the Points<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The engine was up on my electrical workbench this afternoon. I hooked up an old AVO meter and set the points. All very straight forward using a DTI for accuracy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Points gap 0.4 mm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Opening 3mm before TDC</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-IKHvyGQtiKvomO6Jwu7_BWzXmzp5Jl2HI4k6gcha_RqdsIzgPSYJw8V0aCOncD4U4X0eWE8Xr_oe8kCxZ2pNQlDFgrgtKCQVmEeyPzqYM1RbVYsVsZ_QnITKN19RfM1Um_CM8QYhazI/s1600/DSC_3250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-IKHvyGQtiKvomO6Jwu7_BWzXmzp5Jl2HI4k6gcha_RqdsIzgPSYJw8V0aCOncD4U4X0eWE8Xr_oe8kCxZ2pNQlDFgrgtKCQVmEeyPzqYM1RbVYsVsZ_QnITKN19RfM1Um_CM8QYhazI/s1600/DSC_3250.jpg" height="212" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-18445969359394822092015-03-08T13:15:00.001-07:002015-03-08T13:23:24.559-07:0036 - Brake re-line<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Last week I had left my brake shoes into Belfast Brake Specialists</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.belfastbrakespecialists.co.uk/">www.belfastbrakespecialists.co.uk</a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-gk3pp23LG2W6Lphr-DZyt7KTi3vQmCrJC8pHN8j7na2Jria0J9YJXPpSkqZOZZe_uaRKFcMpGjj4urRWIrBLwuCdoiE5z5opISoSwZ6_KFoz1ii1VI88G1s3A-wANJEMcKZ82ODAi0/s1600/BBS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-gk3pp23LG2W6Lphr-DZyt7KTi3vQmCrJC8pHN8j7na2Jria0J9YJXPpSkqZOZZe_uaRKFcMpGjj4urRWIrBLwuCdoiE5z5opISoSwZ6_KFoz1ii1VI88G1s3A-wANJEMcKZ82ODAi0/s1600/BBS.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The brake drum in the back wheel was pretty well worn and at first I had thought about boring out the remainder and making a new cast iron liner to go inside. Since I've never tackled this job before I wasn't too sure how it would work out, nor did I know just what degree of interference fit I would need between it and the hub for it to be successful, although I could make a good guess, it was still going to be a lot of work. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Previously to get a better brake I had attached shims to the faces of the shoes to try and move them out closer to the drum and give me a shorter pedal travel. There had been so much travel in the pedal it would touch the frame and I didn't want this happening again just to ruin the new paint work.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I decided instead to go about it a different way by relining the shoes with thicker material and skimming them to suit. By measuring the internal diameter of the hub I reckoned a 5mm thick lining to be about right.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I explained all this to Trevor at BBS but he only carried 4.7mm (3/16") or 6mm thick material. Based on the grounds it would be less work I picked the 3/16" material but changed my mind and phoned Trevor the next morning to get him to put the 6mm material on. Even though he had started the job that wasn't a problem, and I picked them up the other day looking like new again. It's always good when you can get excellent service like this from someone local. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The next day I made a simple mandrel to hold the brake plate, mounted the shoes and tied them together with a piece of wire and a tie wrap to pull them tight against the cam then proceeded to turn them down to size.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKd21MO22E5RUsRrjk8cjaGF6hM1h2UTDk7SjpuXmlAIjA3S-fgKFbvAykuAoq-o9TdFKRgCcLpIxrKrTUoqntvhyHVaRUM1FVMw08SXOTKKmDPWXYn1nAPF5XsQbJLeZYIjw7mvtuSiQ/s1600/IMAG0254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKd21MO22E5RUsRrjk8cjaGF6hM1h2UTDk7SjpuXmlAIjA3S-fgKFbvAykuAoq-o9TdFKRgCcLpIxrKrTUoqntvhyHVaRUM1FVMw08SXOTKKmDPWXYn1nAPF5XsQbJLeZYIjw7mvtuSiQ/s1600/IMAG0254.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yAM2R0AwxehiHbHTSn2TeObHMJ3t-h_YXYpMF4m266Y3umHk665vMsISqFTPXf19cQbaVK9-NIlIq-O5isZ6aMCU50UaNm5y2QwXRN6geKFRyrEDJ7IENaZIhlcQrQPCUdCoaDaExbk/s1600/IMAG0252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yAM2R0AwxehiHbHTSn2TeObHMJ3t-h_YXYpMF4m266Y3umHk665vMsISqFTPXf19cQbaVK9-NIlIq-O5isZ6aMCU50UaNm5y2QwXRN6geKFRyrEDJ7IENaZIhlcQrQPCUdCoaDaExbk/s1600/IMAG0252.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItnywMq2n344oKskgRGQhbuDm1YpnMVdGSZNIku5KaUst8UNGit3gZXa7DLDUmOvx6uVf6-6CRN5blBReUPuffVbrnvzefVUBCL4z00lhAiqTZU6re3YsPVXQrez1Kh9Qtgb3CAYaOyo/s1600/IMAG0257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItnywMq2n344oKskgRGQhbuDm1YpnMVdGSZNIku5KaUst8UNGit3gZXa7DLDUmOvx6uVf6-6CRN5blBReUPuffVbrnvzefVUBCL4z00lhAiqTZU6re3YsPVXQrez1Kh9Qtgb3CAYaOyo/s1600/IMAG0257.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The material turned down very nicely to leave a good surface. The internal diameter of the hub is 141mm and I made these shoes 140.8mm </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I wasn't sure if this was going to be enough clearance but when I assembled everything the wheel rotates freely without even the faintest sound of the shoes rubbing. So I don't think I could make them any better other than cut grooves across the shoes to displace water, but then I don't plan to be competing on the bike again so I'll leave them as they are.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-56970804773391632392015-02-26T12:39:00.002-08:002015-02-26T12:43:35.758-08:0035 - Getting Started Again<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Things have been slow over the winter. It is just too cold to feel like going out to do any work in the shed, but now I have the frame back and want to make some progress again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Clifford made a good job on the frame, it's done in base coat and lacquer which is the way he wants to paint the tank when the time comes. We choose Ford Silver Fox as we couldn't get the crystal silver PPG colour.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQZ7yU7lPcO249F45IXylfK4BwshoHAs4lDSJBknQaeyHEOeHDn8dB_k_NlSjlPRz_dJ_-lINWZh1uN5my5phl-4_L_blUWaRsDDxMTEQO0ekFWnXGh_R_8q3eT8yAFmjnnXtOJ0c0QM/s1600/_RGP3201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQZ7yU7lPcO249F45IXylfK4BwshoHAs4lDSJBknQaeyHEOeHDn8dB_k_NlSjlPRz_dJ_-lINWZh1uN5my5phl-4_L_blUWaRsDDxMTEQO0ekFWnXGh_R_8q3eT8yAFmjnnXtOJ0c0QM/s1600/_RGP3201.jpg" height="212" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZ3gYQUhqX61g9SO7r0KkN-eAV1vIGpaQWyCgw1tRfQRsARVWxPzjvQE9STNl2GuMUx8HbF4ZkUinnX0erdaXGF59LnU7PHs1MfYL4JQMvdHwDkkpbes2Q3aS5JQuR2F7bDvjVVZ7YHc/s1600/_RGP3200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZ3gYQUhqX61g9SO7r0KkN-eAV1vIGpaQWyCgw1tRfQRsARVWxPzjvQE9STNl2GuMUx8HbF4ZkUinnX0erdaXGF59LnU7PHs1MfYL4JQMvdHwDkkpbes2Q3aS5JQuR2F7bDvjVVZ7YHc/s1600/_RGP3200.jpg" height="212" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNj4nbzRITnZfkTVPfKv9IF-2XiyxF3ZRxHEqVrvnF5cwj3KA-tJxitktIMf2OzHh4UP4nrDML3NKw9AnYbU3UYrziN03wDzLM-6al1DWo9iB6emxDg4pTG1FHLe_v-eTGjuLuiDYI1YQ/s1600/_RGP3199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNj4nbzRITnZfkTVPfKv9IF-2XiyxF3ZRxHEqVrvnF5cwj3KA-tJxitktIMf2OzHh4UP4nrDML3NKw9AnYbU3UYrziN03wDzLM-6al1DWo9iB6emxDg4pTG1FHLe_v-eTGjuLuiDYI1YQ/s1600/_RGP3199.jpg" height="212" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I've left in some parts for chrome and zinc plating, and the rear shoes for re-lining so I hope to get them back next week then get the wheels into the frame.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-6947703584139074162014-12-30T09:16:00.001-08:002014-12-31T03:54:53.453-08:0034 - Fork repair <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back when I stripped and rebuilt the forks one of them was sticking a bit at the bottom of its travel. If you pushed the stanchion up and down the fork leg it felt like it was binding a bit. A tug would release it but it didn't feel like the other side, which was sliding nicely.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I mentioned this to Mr Romero when I was in his shop and he said this was a common thing. Allowing the forks to bottom out hard must swage or deform the bottom of them. "Not possible to repair" was his diagnosis. Although I didn't say anything, I didn't agree with him. I gave it some thought and decided it would be possible to hone it out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Today I pulled the fork leg apart and made a long "emery stick" from a couple of feet of brush shaft. I simply cut a slot in one end to receive a strip of emery cloth and put a screw nail in the other end so I could spin it in the drill.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I gave it a few whizz's up and down near the bottom of the leg, cleaned it out, and within a few minutes I had the stanchion sliding in and out right to the bottom without any tight spots.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So I reassembled it again, put the rubber boot over the fork and left it aside. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Clifford still has the frame, its only primed at the minute but should be ready soon in the new year.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-83226242840834154992014-11-26T14:02:00.001-08:002014-11-28T12:19:26.409-08:0033 - Frames away getting painted <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I finally finished preparing the frame and got it</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> rubbed down ready for painting</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. I left it over with a friend and hopefully he'll get it done in the next week or two. I'm looking forward to starting to put her together again. It's been spread out all over the floor for too long.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I have a bit of a problem with the petrol tank. I put tank sealer in it 20 odd years ago and now its all starting to crack and come away from the fibreglass. Of course there's very little access down inside the filler cap so there's no way to remove it all before sealing it again with fresh stuff. The people who make the tank sealers say not to put any dissolving solution into it as it will only react with the resin in the glass and make it a whole lot worse, and I don't think swishing nuts and bolts around inside will get it out either.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOLB4msNB4kbII-APCbpf1Dxx8KNfn2vCQBYkSg4FiPUwrGVoHYWocXiYCTqBBbpBJL1MW0UQ9WChQxDoaevfI94vsXjMI5thqPOgdy-eNeO9Cqvp13wVpW1tRwQmmkM_J51AHbvbg5w/s1600/IMAG0218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOLB4msNB4kbII-APCbpf1Dxx8KNfn2vCQBYkSg4FiPUwrGVoHYWocXiYCTqBBbpBJL1MW0UQ9WChQxDoaevfI94vsXjMI5thqPOgdy-eNeO9Cqvp13wVpW1tRwQmmkM_J51AHbvbg5w/s1600/IMAG0218.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOb5GF283KHy5JkSFdyBiNvxLbCRlHOsUZMfEN71WSG3SIU1Xl0f8agxPPBPDBq7RVFLOqXzEH9T8tzxP5apueJfTM92TvUPTwqtTjypwoIlANHpn2w4bhR6A95g8M0gOIlUHijAXJlRA/s1600/IMAG0219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOb5GF283KHy5JkSFdyBiNvxLbCRlHOsUZMfEN71WSG3SIU1Xl0f8agxPPBPDBq7RVFLOqXzEH9T8tzxP5apueJfTM92TvUPTwqtTjypwoIlANHpn2w4bhR6A95g8M0gOIlUHijAXJlRA/s1600/IMAG0219.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So I contacted a guy who works in a boat yard where they make fibreglass hulls. The plan was that if I cut a couple of holes in the bottom of the tank it would let me in enough to poke about and get the old sealer out. Then they could patch the holes up again for me before resealing it, but he's not overly keen on the idea. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So I thought a bit more about it, and the idea going round in my head at the minute is why not just cut the entire bottom out of the tank. Then I could fabricate a tiny aluminium tank to fit inside the fibreglass unit and finally reattach the bottom piece of original fibreglass. It would look the same from the outside but all aluminium inside. It doesn't need to hold much, just enough to start it and take it for a wee sail. I might be biting off too much here but i'm thinking about it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJYuZQ862kOOQ-H3z8U6hNyg586KQLj_GafNJC4-xCTMNEr5s_cUzTSSXT9gDKvIiCfQiML2K-Bhc76sM0rQj-nmS9XcvzkQv9mxqgsbwoU7FvaAG91zFUgMqgYEAj2iFirNgaJ59GsQ/s1600/IMAG0222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJYuZQ862kOOQ-H3z8U6hNyg586KQLj_GafNJC4-xCTMNEr5s_cUzTSSXT9gDKvIiCfQiML2K-Bhc76sM0rQj-nmS9XcvzkQv9mxqgsbwoU7FvaAG91zFUgMqgYEAj2iFirNgaJ59GsQ/s1600/IMAG0222.jpg" height="320" width="191" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-22148492089479040502014-11-05T11:42:00.003-08:002014-11-05T12:01:55.955-08:0032 - Work in Progress<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I haven't been posting for a week or two but I still managed to get some work done. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I ordered a silencer box from Spain but as I suspected it did not fit all that well. The problem is the bracket, it's holding the box in a bad position so that it's hitting against the frame at the tail pipe. I think the best thing I could do is cut it off and make a new one that holds everything in the right position. Note how far off it is in the bottom picture, plus the silencer also needs to move in towards the engine to make a bit of clearance against the frame.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMnbSm75tJewBFzDPSDoulGgaHXDF3sap4Ji9u7AhERl4NJUopHXf2FD-jCyqME4w80kk2xnlfipxJVWPL3bz4j1sva2-zIxRiufGyze0sPDN_2Lb4c3VwZ8HJa6U-TJR6y_DLA3m208/s1600/DSC_3157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMnbSm75tJewBFzDPSDoulGgaHXDF3sap4Ji9u7AhERl4NJUopHXf2FD-jCyqME4w80kk2xnlfipxJVWPL3bz4j1sva2-zIxRiufGyze0sPDN_2Lb4c3VwZ8HJa6U-TJR6y_DLA3m208/s1600/DSC_3157.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnrW29KMnZHVN8V_voNDm_a85RkI92G0UpJ3WGVeP_fXpBj0oiQkZ6j5jfBJzgEippeE3JRjvwi_Z-mSJNzfetCJ60ixsJf9QiPnIZa7baP0XR7vT2t88ftz6khqealcvh6bhaqCVqTY/s1600/DSC_3158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnrW29KMnZHVN8V_voNDm_a85RkI92G0UpJ3WGVeP_fXpBj0oiQkZ6j5jfBJzgEippeE3JRjvwi_Z-mSJNzfetCJ60ixsJf9QiPnIZa7baP0XR7vT2t88ftz6khqealcvh6bhaqCVqTY/s1600/DSC_3158.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjO7m1gT1zi_EOwqWAKbDcjyizfaZSrM6DPbZY0qgiIgEd108hyphenhyphenKAQnzaOg2QGNx5oozvLY-rWT4ze16iitNEksOddQBLi2__YwX2XfQt83jf7BnuLzd1Omjyzmh5OxXgEekxlEISHVI/s1600/DSC_3161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjO7m1gT1zi_EOwqWAKbDcjyizfaZSrM6DPbZY0qgiIgEd108hyphenhyphenKAQnzaOg2QGNx5oozvLY-rWT4ze16iitNEksOddQBLi2__YwX2XfQt83jf7BnuLzd1Omjyzmh5OxXgEekxlEISHVI/s1600/DSC_3161.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimz3JlzgwU7p1fnpSHd224GDZkqQNhFhI-yYGAnsIScCbxRhHoxxN21M2F4xEYRyR3A5u2soEHjHzxYOgeYspYmLBXso2qREsbkt_c6b16jot-GntM1g47-WM7TcavLXAAu2lhTeLDQsI/s1600/DSC_3162.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimz3JlzgwU7p1fnpSHd224GDZkqQNhFhI-yYGAnsIScCbxRhHoxxN21M2F4xEYRyR3A5u2soEHjHzxYOgeYspYmLBXso2qREsbkt_c6b16jot-GntM1g47-WM7TcavLXAAu2lhTeLDQsI/s1600/DSC_3162.JPG" height="320" width="213" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FQAn3HAGR90IcKj4N1_TaQYQWxYCyK70Q4AJGKme4uggYNeP6ikJWrsNmRi-j6l2U4DxgMoao29oaKachTpXfP6NrJ6kEYwf0gkqtnlPc9qoddfCKEeYIm4qFfxAtjEVz1McK3-0e5A/s1600/DSC_3164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FQAn3HAGR90IcKj4N1_TaQYQWxYCyK70Q4AJGKme4uggYNeP6ikJWrsNmRi-j6l2U4DxgMoao29oaKachTpXfP6NrJ6kEYwf0gkqtnlPc9qoddfCKEeYIm4qFfxAtjEVz1McK3-0e5A/s1600/DSC_3164.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stevie,</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">workmate, came over one day to ask how I was getting on with the exhaust pipe and offered to let me try his set of 'blow out' plates. I did try them but with not a lot of success. The problem was getting enough pressure inside the pipe to blow the dent out. At around 30 psi the air would escape because I just could not get the plates to clamp onto the pipe tight enough. So unfortunately I had to go back to my idea of building them up with brazing rod.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> In our conversation Stevie mentioned he was getting some bits zinc plated for a 250 Maico he's restoring, and did I need anything done? Well I hadn't thought about it, but I looked out some parts that evening and was really pleased at the result, especially the spring. Thanks Stevie.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRL5Lkfq37S52CYJ69dXWGuGz9TUkjjOWXmhUcWbV4gSjKIaeY4o9cMNs0z0UlazhEEEkMUlTbkrqGiwLEvVPpA0YpmUWObKBdK2AU37wBZvljoIIuJHKxRq74X131XhW__XnOioAcDJM/s1600/DSC_3156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRL5Lkfq37S52CYJ69dXWGuGz9TUkjjOWXmhUcWbV4gSjKIaeY4o9cMNs0z0UlazhEEEkMUlTbkrqGiwLEvVPpA0YpmUWObKBdK2AU37wBZvljoIIuJHKxRq74X131XhW__XnOioAcDJM/s1600/DSC_3156.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Included in that little batch was six original bolts from the wheel, they look good and I'm in the notion of sourcing a few more for the more prominent locations around the bike. Also I got a couple of new Akront decals for the rim too.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2kP_mBrI-ZF7y3y6RbaT_OOPu2wC2PNszYJsyfLc4s2NsquvZ_GLkJz8eqjCYpYTIrUfM5FcU6H0Vk6UdqX2Zw-VDbh8VvsaWaq5uh6vxwh6SbFya2oK6Gsd9uZfPgg5oiSGfxJuqTY/s1600/DSC_3167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2kP_mBrI-ZF7y3y6RbaT_OOPu2wC2PNszYJsyfLc4s2NsquvZ_GLkJz8eqjCYpYTIrUfM5FcU6H0Vk6UdqX2Zw-VDbh8VvsaWaq5uh6vxwh6SbFya2oK6Gsd9uZfPgg5oiSGfxJuqTY/s1600/DSC_3167.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0UPURyvDTC-AuT1BuM86poTr5cXPxvkKG16wSTZHCT7QtvZwXC7NZfzWiiBB7EYTiNKudeJAJEXZJuq3TLRgbQyTU5E7iSB8o4qXcv8J-3Iv3chUNCcZ_3a4oohgiaCr8SuQeeBqRvQ/s1600/DSC_3168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0UPURyvDTC-AuT1BuM86poTr5cXPxvkKG16wSTZHCT7QtvZwXC7NZfzWiiBB7EYTiNKudeJAJEXZJuq3TLRgbQyTU5E7iSB8o4qXcv8J-3Iv3chUNCcZ_3a4oohgiaCr8SuQeeBqRvQ/s1600/DSC_3168.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So I'm almost finished with the frame, I had to make a little cable ring for the speedo and petty much all that's left to do now is it rub it down and get it ready for Clifford to paint. Hopefully I'll get it to him within the next fortnight.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kE2QASrU4Bw2O6aYtPxz1HGL_LTdmZHYUxxlUosAw0LxeUmWufViaoO_M9JRNyCHjRPDtAmi0zZ16tpoDlZnXJh6Xp-niSEl8OADdgtwgX6qBxIjdDqF8XE053hOi5N0J34Um9-dcTA/s1600/DSC_3169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kE2QASrU4Bw2O6aYtPxz1HGL_LTdmZHYUxxlUosAw0LxeUmWufViaoO_M9JRNyCHjRPDtAmi0zZ16tpoDlZnXJh6Xp-niSEl8OADdgtwgX6qBxIjdDqF8XE053hOi5N0J34Um9-dcTA/s1600/DSC_3169.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQKY1HLgsOqSUNpiuHbuTZod-gxkZcbR66ME0HvzkZaVVNbLdsBmjMfuvYuajO3yI-RDOxQnAJTZc5bgm8jQYGPs4Asa5HaFTLSqYN3Mtauz3L3Fo1awRg6eezDw6EIwPhwiz8rvePiA/s1600/DSC_3155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQKY1HLgsOqSUNpiuHbuTZod-gxkZcbR66ME0HvzkZaVVNbLdsBmjMfuvYuajO3yI-RDOxQnAJTZc5bgm8jQYGPs4Asa5HaFTLSqYN3Mtauz3L3Fo1awRg6eezDw6EIwPhwiz8rvePiA/s1600/DSC_3155.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-41562315170190539222014-10-12T09:48:00.000-07:002014-10-12T10:10:20.257-07:0031 - Mudguard <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I started by marking out a centre line down the bike and transferred this unto the mudguard.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWICJ0EjtFNeOmUOdfKj1zEAQzxKFienpAyUpUbxoGymB7JJ5Vmqbnq_uJVHdxC0_K69L54Kwqp2bcsZptnwwLzAZgZjnRw0N0dxeaFiYlUPWyu6Eg-BvVoOIZsnpNipnxB1Y5hXW_XYU/s1600/IMAG0205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWICJ0EjtFNeOmUOdfKj1zEAQzxKFienpAyUpUbxoGymB7JJ5Vmqbnq_uJVHdxC0_K69L54Kwqp2bcsZptnwwLzAZgZjnRw0N0dxeaFiYlUPWyu6Eg-BvVoOIZsnpNipnxB1Y5hXW_XYU/s1600/IMAG0205.jpg" height="320" width="191" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> When I was happy I drilled holes in the guard and welded the bracket to the frame.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAG2fdeqN5GhL-H6Qy2sN2T2C1fqyR23oyKXZa_yKaL-hcgytUhIuK3BQ4kLQy8lH5xWIOBdo6IyMFTx6lxzyBwRKXjctCcNumlyMfKIHDbxNqanx-n3aPOsc8Eu8mkvu4y8v7i6i1cQU/s1600/IMAG0207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAG2fdeqN5GhL-H6Qy2sN2T2C1fqyR23oyKXZa_yKaL-hcgytUhIuK3BQ4kLQy8lH5xWIOBdo6IyMFTx6lxzyBwRKXjctCcNumlyMfKIHDbxNqanx-n3aPOsc8Eu8mkvu4y8v7i6i1cQU/s1600/IMAG0207.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> My own welding might not be just as neat as John's but I think it will do.</span></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJn16Pd6UdM29uyYcvjl1brOASsatpPiO98Lr2q-Htw6vT3pEpUddKQnNB2C-Ll0WNc4NyFvvzrdCJB_Y5NudnJSPeQrPJRhaZU232M8tedZinERCd7uzAelb3NTizQcuOQVm7IS13BGQ/s1600/IMAG0208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJn16Pd6UdM29uyYcvjl1brOASsatpPiO98Lr2q-Htw6vT3pEpUddKQnNB2C-Ll0WNc4NyFvvzrdCJB_Y5NudnJSPeQrPJRhaZU232M8tedZinERCd7uzAelb3NTizQcuOQVm7IS13BGQ/s1600/IMAG0208.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> And this is how it looks from the back and side.</span></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkhyGbx-GsauXQNg5qk9Dh3nZo8j3ltubRouHw2WywkC_dzi2DcmxSiCOiVaO_uJT-Kr-oL4jO2coPLEGEVpdUdhOIWWwovlrgBUFHIGrKnu7ca1-HWq5MZF1-3qUyXr8P6nFa5wUYuE/s1600/IMAG0211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkhyGbx-GsauXQNg5qk9Dh3nZo8j3ltubRouHw2WywkC_dzi2DcmxSiCOiVaO_uJT-Kr-oL4jO2coPLEGEVpdUdhOIWWwovlrgBUFHIGrKnu7ca1-HWq5MZF1-3qUyXr8P6nFa5wUYuE/s1600/IMAG0211.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmebjy1tdkhQOQkVQsDHvNH3O_OEAcOctMdWdnxERzU0wRNj6RfXfOEa599Q3fOGu9ZcfbHKvaD4rxRzSyE7ViLRcNHZDDOfOKQFTHfeOQNBuN1OvbJJRK-EG27DnqomHQM891WJ_Ohs/s1600/IMAG0210.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmebjy1tdkhQOQkVQsDHvNH3O_OEAcOctMdWdnxERzU0wRNj6RfXfOEa599Q3fOGu9ZcfbHKvaD4rxRzSyE7ViLRcNHZDDOfOKQFTHfeOQNBuN1OvbJJRK-EG27DnqomHQM891WJ_Ohs/s1600/IMAG0210.jpg" height="320" width="191" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXzkLEO-pL0hRXpflNmwqQO-7wbWtOTHoH4gnTbIcsL2NndIU5OmabNjD4JjZp-QMXNnUbQkyphAZ3V82mTkig0Lu9SOrBNzFFACJrHGu90Nz9U4ZUwmdkox0QymZ1dAO8B6Y5-qnvAo/s1600/IMAG0212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXzkLEO-pL0hRXpflNmwqQO-7wbWtOTHoH4gnTbIcsL2NndIU5OmabNjD4JjZp-QMXNnUbQkyphAZ3V82mTkig0Lu9SOrBNzFFACJrHGu90Nz9U4ZUwmdkox0QymZ1dAO8B6Y5-qnvAo/s1600/IMAG0212.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-83301764464847502952014-09-28T11:16:00.000-07:002014-09-29T10:02:22.463-07:0030 - Mudguard<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Today I had a look at mounting the back mudguard. I had to hammer and bang the lugs on the frame until the guard would sit against them nicely. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Next I took a marker and marked where I needed to cut the mudguard to make clearance for the chain guard.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I'm always a bit apprehensive cutting something expensive like this as it's easy to make a mistake, but I think it will be ok. I don't have a chain guard yet but I reckon I can make one easily enough when the time comes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydDrbJ4ZhBhOVygX6pcCcoNSWpoUp0Z8v6JuFrk-8vtc2MopBaiAHjB4o6QRR83DyRIP772Mfd9ZG2Jsy1V-SJtWQstAiCIT-Paj5d4ZvS71p0FInd2d-edRbKG5l5HkyFfQZ2dBkPoE/s1600/IMAG0204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydDrbJ4ZhBhOVygX6pcCcoNSWpoUp0Z8v6JuFrk-8vtc2MopBaiAHjB4o6QRR83DyRIP772Mfd9ZG2Jsy1V-SJtWQstAiCIT-Paj5d4ZvS71p0FInd2d-edRbKG5l5HkyFfQZ2dBkPoE/s1600/IMAG0204.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I held it in place while my wife eyed it up to ensure it was central. Here we noticed a bit of a problem. The lug on the frame is not sitting centrally so it tries to pull the mudguard to one side. You can counter act this by pulling the bottom of the guard to the other side and putting a twist in it, but I didn't want to do that. So off came the lug to be repositioned in the proper place.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiozc5F_evbPCAYb4ug6HX9oBbT_Ea23ul3u5auJrn5yvUEfAiXmmhLTIsMRX23kdD2v5kwujq3-7BLn8iNEId1JcsV5OBmBq2tdDg9nyMOJWpjGcZveG_UW2P0tRSQPLXhxbXHLa_yr4/s1600/IMAG0202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiozc5F_evbPCAYb4ug6HX9oBbT_Ea23ul3u5auJrn5yvUEfAiXmmhLTIsMRX23kdD2v5kwujq3-7BLn8iNEId1JcsV5OBmBq2tdDg9nyMOJWpjGcZveG_UW2P0tRSQPLXhxbXHLa_yr4/s1600/IMAG0202.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually when I looked at the other frame it was worse. I really believe a lot of the frame building wasn't done in a jig at all. Somebody was just holding the bits together in roughly the right place while they were tacked. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-56904880367951753832014-09-20T13:29:00.000-07:002014-09-20T13:29:13.595-07:0029 - Stand<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I spent a hour or two doing a bit more fitting work to the side stand. I started by making a little pin for the spring to hook on to. Then I had to take the head races from my old frame and put them into this one as I needed to put the front wheel in.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Now that the bike could stand up by itself I cut the stand to a height that allowed the bike to lie at an angle. I didn't want it lying over too far, but not so upright that it would be easily knocked over either. I think I'm happy but maybe I'll get a few other opinions before I weld the foot on.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Finally I drilled a hole to locate the pin at an angle that was not sticking out too far but kept the spring away from the tyre.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn82R5LnV_tuy8DQS8fo5EG96Q5I0ezrWMWe9TGDr-gQwHjzUDZDRFbI5jTeaMEr7Ie0I02gwOHegCxJArsY5anrcZxgtsuBS7SQF61V-IdBl82mU8S-tAFU31V1yQLOvnLgqliVgJG-g/s1600/IMAG0192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn82R5LnV_tuy8DQS8fo5EG96Q5I0ezrWMWe9TGDr-gQwHjzUDZDRFbI5jTeaMEr7Ie0I02gwOHegCxJArsY5anrcZxgtsuBS7SQF61V-IdBl82mU8S-tAFU31V1yQLOvnLgqliVgJG-g/s1600/IMAG0192.jpg" height="320" width="191" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFJcnMBRuX1DLtZ_4eZiY_M6cOWpjys5RosJ59UiHYGev5u7UDviB6v6iXxVGgO_byoPtDtbNWHfCH3m0rLuO3qcIcgjZFHNb32vq_WkPKIK8icfUpchP6apHTImm5ABGiZtvisJVH0k/s1600/IMAG0193.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFJcnMBRuX1DLtZ_4eZiY_M6cOWpjys5RosJ59UiHYGev5u7UDviB6v6iXxVGgO_byoPtDtbNWHfCH3m0rLuO3qcIcgjZFHNb32vq_WkPKIK8icfUpchP6apHTImm5ABGiZtvisJVH0k/s1600/IMAG0193.jpg" height="320" width="191" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovWVztKkEydGYRp4rfaSMF-9dXiqpxG2QAD6bAVrmPnKzGbN1N5j7NSSqgYdsZdzzKkUFxRU0sY-htpXVUv8dmkrIP6xd2_gNkXvbayJAxifeBk8Ymb2ZXYOiScnZmz7-Asohac7_pzY/s1600/IMAG0194.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovWVztKkEydGYRp4rfaSMF-9dXiqpxG2QAD6bAVrmPnKzGbN1N5j7NSSqgYdsZdzzKkUFxRU0sY-htpXVUv8dmkrIP6xd2_gNkXvbayJAxifeBk8Ymb2ZXYOiScnZmz7-Asohac7_pzY/s1600/IMAG0194.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-24893441381471016072014-09-19T12:03:00.003-07:002014-09-19T12:03:56.925-07:0028 - Frame welded !!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I got the frame back today. John had done a very neat job of welding in the new parts.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So that's the cracked bottom tube replaced, a new side stand and bracket made from scratch, a new pin for the brake pedal welded on, and the sump guard replaced. Now to carry on !!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirV12luGKaIZ4ypfauLsmfx8neZarNUzllVkXGHrfBeZC6t9jC7djyiYp2Ax0RHyxjgCBW6kU8SIJVBaVAJqFRjwfpi0EzgLpliA6F7jG0m_3tpGR8IQpPRR6QaEaTQ19yANJGDYq9_rk/s1600/IMAG0180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirV12luGKaIZ4ypfauLsmfx8neZarNUzllVkXGHrfBeZC6t9jC7djyiYp2Ax0RHyxjgCBW6kU8SIJVBaVAJqFRjwfpi0EzgLpliA6F7jG0m_3tpGR8IQpPRR6QaEaTQ19yANJGDYq9_rk/s1600/IMAG0180.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdSxsyFOGN1oNKnilD1G8QMGatZQjFyaXMgCzAbzAO-V5O6-Q3vW5Ub6W1qe5XN9S4Tk16AoD_py6pcAfp1psluG92DHd73IuyNe_TCVbhbz794GhYXS6v_1YAOIP0benA4WKLHZKuQU/s1600/IMAG0181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdSxsyFOGN1oNKnilD1G8QMGatZQjFyaXMgCzAbzAO-V5O6-Q3vW5Ub6W1qe5XN9S4Tk16AoD_py6pcAfp1psluG92DHd73IuyNe_TCVbhbz794GhYXS6v_1YAOIP0benA4WKLHZKuQU/s1600/IMAG0181.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GZJ3NZO_zc68zKmRSl6hxVnOiG4V8kME_w0RaI4WTY2FRk1KG5HY68p2SmFMyxMqu4MNfTBVcsbVxvPo90Ky2FbWwBh5lYzIHHPBfBg7r4T-q5SJ5zzJYXyOiQ6L0BMH_vtxVzdwBkE/s1600/IMAG0189.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GZJ3NZO_zc68zKmRSl6hxVnOiG4V8kME_w0RaI4WTY2FRk1KG5HY68p2SmFMyxMqu4MNfTBVcsbVxvPo90Ky2FbWwBh5lYzIHHPBfBg7r4T-q5SJ5zzJYXyOiQ6L0BMH_vtxVzdwBkE/s1600/IMAG0189.jpg" height="191" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-80980565879843511412014-08-13T13:40:00.002-07:002014-08-13T13:44:59.738-07:0027 - Making Some Nuts<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> A quick one today. I got a piece of 21mm AF stainless steel hex bar and made a couple of new nuts. One for the centre of the clutch and one for the front wheel spindle. One of the old ones had been tightened up with a hammer and chisel by the looks of it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwpydBVlBGj5mtzGo4aDe-vs-IpN1AprkzKtIh0tkIviPDD9ny3KJP-0HCVHtAJtwUv8gtjkbz9nRrA3cunky53YQpJqw1MvSc5KUNTN1PgmwkNaC9gWc-Mpxr18Obyg6SP83BUgX9hw/s1600/IMAG0176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwpydBVlBGj5mtzGo4aDe-vs-IpN1AprkzKtIh0tkIviPDD9ny3KJP-0HCVHtAJtwUv8gtjkbz9nRrA3cunky53YQpJqw1MvSc5KUNTN1PgmwkNaC9gWc-Mpxr18Obyg6SP83BUgX9hw/s1600/IMAG0176.jpg" height="342" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've got plenty of bar left so might make a few more if anyone needs one.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781449898888852252.post-34148727451425307982014-08-11T12:35:00.000-07:002014-08-11T12:35:14.346-07:0026 - Fixing dents<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The exhaust pipe was one of those things I didn't know what to do with. I can get a brand new one from Spain but sometimes I like to keep as many original parts on the bike as I can. I've never been one for concours restorations as I always feel that a bike has a history and a bit of sentimental attachment to its owner, and this history should be displayed rather than stripped</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> away with new parts.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Our pipe always had a couple of huge dents in it. I don't know who done it, but it was there from the beginning and was like an old battle scar. I felt like the pipe was worth rechroming but I would have to do something to improve the look of it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I took it into work and had one of the welders tack some screws into the dents, then with a bit of heat I pulled on the dent with a slide hammer. They pulled out not to bad, but need a bit more work. I'll try to fill what doesn't come out with brazing rod then smooth this down. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It might all be to no avail as the chrome plater could turn round and tell me he wont do it. But it if comes to that I might just have to buy that reproduction one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixv1CB5HEP_SoVe-fq5XvfamsBJ_g6BJBT4EdHa0UqSSTPQL18aqjTVM4Yi1PQEIsQZ4A4yVbkCW7HOaAuHm18L-A_LxyZYZQgAhS82DexFHPxBehUnkhHwp9D5ysJi5thVsBnRSPyAEg/s1600/IMAG0168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixv1CB5HEP_SoVe-fq5XvfamsBJ_g6BJBT4EdHa0UqSSTPQL18aqjTVM4Yi1PQEIsQZ4A4yVbkCW7HOaAuHm18L-A_LxyZYZQgAhS82DexFHPxBehUnkhHwp9D5ysJi5thVsBnRSPyAEg/s1600/IMAG0168.jpg" height="238" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145603854172256351noreply@blogger.com0