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British Bikes / Re: Head Gasket blow.
« on: October 18, 2013, 03:23:56 PM »
This sound like the ally barrels to me. Are you asking how proud the liner/spigot stands off the block?
 Personally I'd re-anneal the gasket, retorque the head and use it. If the power is down but the gasket hasn't actually blown then you need to look elsewhere for any issues.

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British Bikes / Re: anyone interested in old cars as well as bikes ?
« on: October 18, 2013, 08:16:18 AM »
Nice old girl. I wonder if it's still about?
That car in the background...we had them as a Vauxhall Victor FD, IIRC, 1800 or 2000cc OHC with the lump mounted on the slant. Is it badged as a Holden?

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British Bikes / Re: anyone interested in old cars as well as bikes ?
« on: October 16, 2013, 08:07:28 AM »
Bet you wish you still had them....better than a pension now.. ;)

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An Ebay search is your best bet. Click on the "completed items" tag in the search list to see what's been sold. Some of that stuff, like the Bonniksen speedo, the Speed Twin engine and the Velo headlamp will probably surprise you when you see how much it could fetch. Even the price of rigid Matchie frames these days makes your eyes water... ;)

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British Bikes / Re: Wanted: Royal Enfield front mudguard, 1931- on
« on: September 28, 2013, 09:19:15 AM »
Looks very much like the pre-War Velocette mudguards they sell on Ebay. Do a search and they should come up.

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British Bikes / Re: 5TA Clutch cables.
« on: September 23, 2013, 04:14:12 PM »
I don't blame you in respect of a lost split-link (I do carry a few essentials such as this) but I wouldn't dive into the gearbox by the road-side unless I really had to. It's not enjoyable.
Anyway, you need the 1964-on gearbox end cover, easily identified by the later and better three-ball lift mechanism.

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British Bikes / Re: 5TA Clutch cables.
« on: September 23, 2013, 01:12:19 PM »

As you both probably know, fitting a replacement cable to a 5TA means removing the gearbox end plate. No fun at the roadside even when suitable tools are carried.
Jim.

Two solutions there then-
1) change to the slightly later end cover which doesn't need removal, or
2) use the best breakdown tool of all, namely Mr Nokia. Recovery is often included on bike insurance policies now anyway.

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British Bikes / Re: 5TA Clutch cables.
« on: September 23, 2013, 10:34:46 AM »
Nothing's "impossible" where engineering's concerned, but done properly there's every chance the cable will outlast you.
Those (from memory) pear-shaped nipples on the lower end are available, as are all the other nipples such as barrels, ball-shaped and even the little tits on the end of choke and throttle cables.
I find "www.trialsbits.co.uk" pretty good for cable stuff.

Anyway, even if the worst happened and your clutch nipple pulled off after you soldered it, you'd be no worse off than you are now with the pattern stuff failing... :-\

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British Bikes / Re: 5TA Clutch cables.
« on: September 23, 2013, 08:40:40 AM »
"Too heavy" indeed. Who thinks up this cobblers, the cable suppliers?
The obvious answer is to make your own cables rather than buy from suppliers who buy in pattern parts crap.
As you rightly say, if it was down to the "pull" on the cable you'd never get a front brake cable to stay in one piece... ???

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British Bikes / Re: 1971 BSA Oil in frame A65 Lightening
« on: September 19, 2013, 09:49:51 AM »
Powder coating (in my experience) isn't that good; you can't use filler, nothing fits together afterwards and any trace of oil or grease leaves pin holes in the finish. Sure, it's tough, but then so's stove enamelling.
I recently had a pair of girder forks powder-coated, and even though every hole was plugged (either with studding nuts and washers, or sacrificial screws) the blasting media found it's way into the spindle area and it took a lot of shifting. The thought of some of that crap being left in the OIF oil tank tube is frightening.
I don't know what the answer is, but for your frame I wouldn't use anything "blasted" which is likely to remain and cause damage. Clearly there are options as so many T140s have been restored. Maybe ask on the Triumph Twin Yahoo group?

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British Bikes / Re: front hand brake lever
« on: September 14, 2013, 05:41:58 PM »
If you mean it can be locked on, BSAs of the '30s often  had them for combo use.

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British Bikes / Re: ace cafe this weekend
« on: September 12, 2013, 10:24:45 AM »
60? More like 70+ unless they're just plonkers acting the part.... ;)

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British Bikes / Re: Can anyone ID this bike
« on: September 07, 2013, 10:36:47 PM »
If you mean engine parts then Google Villiers, I think there's a few specialists still going. As for cycle parts etc then Ebay or owners club is about all.
As to a resto...if it's for your own pleasure rather than with an eye on selling it on, then yeah, why not?

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British Bikes / Re: Can anyone ID this bike
« on: September 07, 2013, 03:43:07 PM »
$5000? Snap his hand off.... ;) and go and buy something you can actually ride on 21st century roads. A utility 125 is pain rather than pleasure.

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British Bikes / Re: Velocette Venom 1957
« on: September 06, 2013, 10:41:18 AM »
Tried Grove Classics?

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