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Hi everybody , since I bought this motorcycle Iīm having this problem, and I wonder if anyone can help me.
When I kickstart it 3 or 4 times the pedal gets stucked and only after I  engage 1st or other and move the wheel a little and  pressing the kick pedal it gets free again. I donīt understand anything about gearboxes.
please help me.
Many thanks

Hi Brett, excelent photos, I think I can manage to make a new one from it. Thanks a lot!
by the way, if itīs not too much trouble for you, can you show me the mount bracket for your stop switch?
You are bulding a red BSA? thatīs a new one for me, I canīt say much as I painted my tank with green... hehehe
good luck witrh your restorations. I will post a photo of my filterbox, problably from other BSA then mine. I may even trade it .
Antonio

Hey Brett, thanks for answering my topic. After all the help from the other members I changed the "aligment" between the hub and rim  like you said with the ruller , worked well with the rear wheel but with front I had to add 8 mm more to make it centered with the forks and frame. Yes, I had  a lot of trouble finding the right yokes ( seems that only that year or so had the longer yoke(1 inch app.).I only found it in USA ebay ( believe it!!) after consulting every shop in UK I found In the Classic Bike guide magazine. I have a parts list for the 1947 year but some itens in Uk ebay donīt have part numbers listed.
Since you asked , I would like imensely if  you show some pictures of your filter box. In 4 years I never saw  one to sell, so Iīm planing to " build" one for my beeza.For now I just have bad drawings from my parts list.
I imagine it has the same form of the oil tank  by side but the rest I dont have any reference.
I took some pics after I changed the wheel ( changed the spokes but still from a honda with a litle bend).
As you will see I bought this bike in pieces and as a newbie I didnt notice the supension adaptation at the rear wheel. At some point the previous owner got tired buns and changed the rigid to a plunger using JAWA parts ( as a friend told me).
Andy I had the cover made , show you latter how it became.
Anyway  as you see in the pics I still have a lot of work to do and parts to find.
THank you all for your great help
By codfish25 at 2011-02-12

By codfish25 at 2011-02-12

By codfish25 at 2011-02-12

     First of all , thanks Rex,wetdog, Andy and John for your fast answer!
So If I understand right I should first align the chain and then ajust the rear rim to the center of the frame and then put the front wheel at the rear and ajust the rim too.After that I should put the front wheel at the front and ajust it with shims to make it centered to the frame.
     Andy there isnīt any straight spokes  in Brasil but I will buy some from Uk to to make it right!
In my ignorance I thought the BSA A7 1947 wheels were assembled with the rim centered to the hub but I think even if I change that It will be "possible" to interchange the wheels as the rear brake drum  is it the oposite side.(180 deg).
     This motorcycle came to me almost burnt and in pieces to me so I had to start from scratch.Fortunately I got a lot of help from you felow bikers which do not  have any problem in sharing information and a provision to answer my questions.
Thank you.
Antonio

Hi, 33d6 and norton 55, thanks for your fast answer!! I was really stupid to mix raised numbers to stamped nrs!!after your great explanation (I printed it) my knowledge  is enhanced!
I finaly founded the number:
B3 12xxx Q 79x100 1947
and from what I found itīs a 18 model from 1947 with quietening ramp cams.
I have two frames 10XXX. Do you know if itīs right (historic) to fit this motor in that frames?(one is swinging arm and the other is plunger)
Thanks again for all and sorry for my broken english.

Hi, can any one please help me with this engine, I found it with the numbers misaligned and I canīt id it as it is writen (with the number 1 out of aligment).
itīs writen E 1 8xxx .I didnīt measured the bore yet as it is out of my hands. Tha other parts are from different years ( like the frame is 47-48 year).
I can tell the year but I canīt find the model and the number( 8xxx) doesnīt match with the year letter (E)
Thanks in advance.

A really good loking motorbike ( I found its photo in this nice website http://home.planet.nl/~motors-20th-century/motors.html) but I preffer to mantain the original as it will be with the triumph!But Iīm finding only 193~ photos of the triumph speed twin , no photos of the 1958 model!!