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British Bikes / Re: Sunbeam S7D stud
« on: January 09, 2025, 06:12:03 PM »
From memory I would guess at 5/16 BSF or possibly BSCy, but it's been a while..
Do you not have any spare fasteners you could use to ascertain the size?

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American Bikes / Re: 1949 Indian vertical twin parts
« on: January 05, 2025, 09:46:17 PM »
Try the Indian Owners and Riders group. Mostly Chiefs but verticals get mentioned often too.

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British Bikes / Re: Ariel Arrow SS Ignition Key
« on: December 24, 2024, 07:19:58 PM »
A pic of the lock would help to determine what key you need, too?
I'm guessing one of the regular FS-type keys as used on everything back then, or is it one of those daft Triumph things which could be turned with a screw driver?

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British Bikes / Re: T140 rear wheel, binding when tighten spindle
« on: November 14, 2024, 05:57:31 PM »
The hub and speedo drive both have marks which suggest that the speedo drive has spun at some point.
Do you have the missing parts to the speedo drive?

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British Bikes / Re: T140 rear wheel, binding when tighten spindle
« on: November 13, 2024, 04:34:45 PM »
I would suggest if that spacer was missing it would be noticeable when you tightened the spindle, as the speedo drive would start to deform before the nut became tight.

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British Bikes / Re: T140 rear wheel, binding when tighten spindle
« on: November 07, 2024, 03:48:50 PM »
If you're sure the bearings are fully home, try adding a suitable washer under the centre of the speedo drive on the wheel spindle and then see if the wheel spins freely.
I've had a few do this over the years, and a spacer seems to free up the working of the speedo drive from being clamped by the wheel spindle.

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British Bikes / Re: 196 super sport inlet manifold
« on: October 23, 2024, 06:47:07 PM »
Looks to be the same engine as my old Coventry Eagle had fitted.
I guess you'd need a pokey engine to drag that huge horn around... ;)

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British Bikes / Re: 196 super sport inlet manifold
« on: October 15, 2024, 09:29:36 PM »
Use a sliver of appropriately-sized shim stock?

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British Bikes / Re: How to turn off a pre war motorcycle that has no ignition.
« on: October 11, 2024, 09:40:36 AM »
Quote from: R on October 09, 2024, 11:20:59 PM
Stories abound of folks selling their old classics, because "it cannot be started".
Without having mastered that valve lifter technique.

So we are well ahead of the game here.

Substitute "Velocette" for "old classics" and numbers who "can't start it" increases by a factor of about ten!

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British Bikes / Re: How to turn off a pre war motorcycle that has no ignition.
« on: October 07, 2024, 04:13:21 PM »
I'm guessing if the OP has to ask the question then he hasn't got a lifter/decompressor of any kind fitted?

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British Bikes / Re: SturmeyArcher box
« on: September 09, 2024, 08:48:46 AM »
Give it a couple of years and it'll be $10 for the scrap value.

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British Bikes / Re: Villiers chain ?
« on: August 09, 2024, 09:29:42 PM »
Worth bearing in mind that Renolds chain is crap these days and not a patch on how it used to be.

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American Bikes / Re: Crocker V Twin
« on: July 16, 2024, 09:21:55 AM »
Bigsby later designed the Bigsby Bear Trap as used on electric guitars.

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British Bikes / Re: Dunelt and Barnstormers
« on: July 06, 2024, 05:57:25 PM »
Don't know about in the colonies but in the UK prices for all bikes have slipped. A lot.
Where a good DBD34 could've made maybe £15/16K you'd get £9k on a good day. A7/10's were fetching £7-8k some years back but they'd struggle to achieve £5k now.
It's a harsh reality that those who like codger bikes are dying out, and their grieving families are dumping the bike collections onto an already flooded market, hence the price crash.
I reckon £2k would buy a top-notch Bantam now.

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British Bikes / Re: Tool collectors
« on: June 21, 2024, 08:24:52 AM »
Yep, to get precise and universal settings on production lines etc rather to stop "pommies" breaking bits off Nortons and blaming the spanners.

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