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Identify these bikes! / Re: Little two speed box
« on: April 29, 2022, 08:05:02 AM »
I have it all freed up and back together, any suggestions on what sort of lube to fill it with?
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Identify these bikes! / Re: Little two speed box
« on: April 26, 2022, 08:13:57 AM »
Thanks R that certainly looks like it.
Thanks to all who replied. The box I plan to clean up and put aside until I see one of the local Douglas owners. The carb I could use on a Villiers engine if I could find the rest of it.
Thanks to all who replied. The box I plan to clean up and put aside until I see one of the local Douglas owners. The carb I could use on a Villiers engine if I could find the rest of it.
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Identify these bikes! / Re: Little two speed box
« on: April 25, 2022, 08:34:23 AM »
Don't know Rex, maybe a Viton mower did.
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Identify these bikes! / Little two speed box
« on: April 25, 2022, 08:10:40 AM »
I was given this little two speed gearbox and a brass carb body. The bloke tried to tell me box was from a Douglas, but looks to me more like an ATCO mower and the carb too.
I gave them a bead blast to clean off the crud. The box has LG 49291 as the only markings on it. The brass carb has a 3/4" bore.
Hoping one of you clever blokes can identify what/from what.
I gave them a bead blast to clean off the crud. The box has LG 49291 as the only markings on it. The brass carb has a 3/4" bore.
Hoping one of you clever blokes can identify what/from what.
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British Bikes / Re: Balancer chain
« on: March 29, 2022, 06:33:56 AM »
I have used a split link in a Honda balancer chain and as far as I know it is still giving good service.
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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: Seized piston
« on: February 16, 2022, 07:31:42 AM »
Thanks for the replies.
I went to the big green hardware store today and met one of my old motorcycle friends as I went in. We stood in the shade for a chat and asked what I was getting. I told him about the seized piston in the grandson's XT600 Tenere and was going to get some caustic soda to eat off the alloy. He told me hydrocloric acid (also known as muriatic acid) was much better and safer to use, and it rung a bell in my memory. I bought 500ml for $2.00 and home. Only used a cap full and it bubbled all the alloy off within a few minutes and washed away with water. Job done ready to hone. Who would have though that pool additive was so useful out of the pool.
I went to the big green hardware store today and met one of my old motorcycle friends as I went in. We stood in the shade for a chat and asked what I was getting. I told him about the seized piston in the grandson's XT600 Tenere and was going to get some caustic soda to eat off the alloy. He told me hydrocloric acid (also known as muriatic acid) was much better and safer to use, and it rung a bell in my memory. I bought 500ml for $2.00 and home. Only used a cap full and it bubbled all the alloy off within a few minutes and washed away with water. Job done ready to hone. Who would have though that pool additive was so useful out of the pool.
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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: Seized piston
« on: February 15, 2022, 09:07:26 PM »
Thank you Leon, will get some today.
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The Classic Biker Bar / Seized piston
« on: February 15, 2022, 06:29:02 AM »
My Grandson has aquired another 'treasure' that has had a seized piston and has left lots of alloy stuck to the cast liner, so I am asking you gentlemen if anybody can remember the type of acid used to eat off the alloy from the liner. I used to know this and have done a few in the past but after the doctors drilled a hole in my head last year I cannot remember what it was. Any help much appreciated.
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British Bikes / Re: Not an oil thread
« on: October 03, 2021, 07:27:54 AM »
Just to be a 'devils advocate', what happens with a heavier (say 30wt) oil? Does this flow any better?
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British Bikes / Re: Utility motorcycles
« on: August 13, 2021, 07:59:57 AM »
It is certainly not 'old boring crap' and I would hate to see all the Australian history lost. Please keep up the good work.
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British Bikes / Re: Villiers factory 1940s
« on: July 21, 2021, 07:50:33 AM »
Don't understand why a lot of people rubbish Villiers. I have had a few (still have one) over the years and found them to be, if looked after properly, to be a reliable engine and mostly easy starters. We had on our farm 2 and 4 stroke engines running pumps, air blowers and lawn mower as well as bikes. The Wolverhampton factory at one time employed over 2,000 people so they must have been doing something right. There was even a factory in Ballarat, Victoria in Australia that employed many locals in it's 20 acre factory.
Here is the utube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq2XfKCDA6k
Here is the utube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq2XfKCDA6k
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British Bikes / Re: Remington - another British-made 'Australian' bike
« on: July 16, 2021, 08:37:14 AM »
Please put me down for a copy when done, thanks.
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British Bikes / What was used on 1930's BSA wiring
« on: March 26, 2021, 08:07:58 AM »
One of my friends today asked me what should he use on his 1931 BSA to rewrap the wiring in as the bits he has done with plastic insulation tape look crap. He has done a great job of keeping the original patina, just rebuild bits to keep it going and riding, but the wiring wrap just makes it look off. Any suggestions I can pass on to help him make it look better please.