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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: ANZAC Day.
« on: April 26, 2025, 11:15:31 PM »
Lest we forget.
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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: Locknut
« on: March 16, 2025, 08:39:52 PM »
Thank you for the replies. I am putting tapered roller bearings in the headstem and need a locknut to hold the tension when fitting the top plate.
Thanks Rex but I would hate to think of the price of a tap to use once. I will cut a thread in some bar stock with my lathe.
1951 G2 Bullet trials.
Thanks Rex but I would hate to think of the price of a tap to use once. I will cut a thread in some bar stock with my lathe.
1951 G2 Bullet trials.
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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: Locknut
« on: March 15, 2025, 11:17:38 PM »
Thanks for the reply. Modaks cannot help, didn't know about BJ's in Brisbane, will ring them tomorrow. Hichcock's it yet to be explored as thier listing does not show the nut. May have to make one yet (I checked my lathe and it can do 26tpi).
Do you know what angle the BSC threads are please?
Do you know what angle the BSC threads are please?
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The Classic Biker Bar / Locknut
« on: March 09, 2025, 06:30:18 AM »
Anybody have any suggestions on where to buy a 1"x26tpi nut in Australia please. Need one for my RE model G2.
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British Bikes / Re: Waratah on fleabay
« on: February 04, 2025, 09:29:10 PM »
Too many '0' in the price for a 'display bike'.
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Japanese Bikes / Re: Marusho Lilac Le Mans
« on: January 01, 2025, 08:53:11 PM »
Bit of dribble here on the Marusho.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfFF_LvqobE
Bloke I once met in Newcastle NSW has one and it has a little sign on the back that says 'when they wanted a better BMW they made it in Japan'. I know he bought it from an auction place in Brisbane in about 2011. Never heard it run but looked complete.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfFF_LvqobE
Bloke I once met in Newcastle NSW has one and it has a little sign on the back that says 'when they wanted a better BMW they made it in Japan'. I know he bought it from an auction place in Brisbane in about 2011. Never heard it run but looked complete.
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British Bikes / Re: Villiers chain ?
« on: August 11, 2024, 11:35:34 PM »
I asked the boss at my local bearing shop about the chain, and best he could come up with was O8B chain which has the right roller dia, but wider between the side plates. He said about $6.00 per foot. Some here to compare sizes.
https://www.nitrochain.com/08b-metric-roller-chain-10ft
https://www.nitrochain.com/08b-metric-roller-chain-10ft
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British Bikes / Re: Villiers chain ?
« on: August 08, 2024, 11:38:54 PM »
Looking at the Renolds website the GY08B1NA is the only one close to what you want but is a couple of mm wider than the 110044.
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British Bikes / Re: Brookes toolboxes
« on: April 17, 2024, 10:37:14 PM »
Many years ago I found some old boots of my late grandfathers that had dried up like your toolboxes and an older bike friend said to fill them with cheap vegetable oil from the supermarket. I did this and after a month or so they had swelled and softened up nicely. I left them to drain and filled with absorbent kitchen paper. Left in the summer sun they dried enough to polish with boot polish, and after all that they were too small for me to wear and I gave then to a cousin. 
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British Bikes / Re: Choice of tyre brand and size for 1970 Tiumph 650cc twin
« on: April 15, 2024, 11:16:37 PM »
Avon roadriders.
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European and Other Bikes / Re: MY RARE SOVIET SCOOTER TULA TULICA 200 (1982) !!!
« on: December 24, 2023, 05:58:11 AM »
Dude, you really need to downsize your pictures. All I can see in most of them is a back wheel.
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British Bikes / Re: Spark, Bownian, Warrior, Torpedo... who made the frames?
« on: April 19, 2023, 10:56:43 PM »
"Someone could pedal over there and have a look."
I plan to go there in the next month or so but I don't think I will 'pedal' over there. You do realise there are a couple of bumps between inland (Tamworth) and the coast?
I plan to go there in the next month or so but I don't think I will 'pedal' over there. You do realise there are a couple of bumps between inland (Tamworth) and the coast?
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British Bikes / Re: Panther M100 engine with rust frozen bearings
« on: December 03, 2022, 06:33:09 AM »
I have had success in these type situations by heating the cases until a match wood will burn when touched to case and then spraying the bearing with aerosol freeze spray to shrink the bearing and break the bond between case and bearing. I think the press would be far more than needed for this job.
This is the one I used.
https://crcindustries.com.au/products/crc-freeze-spray-300g-2039.html
This is the one I used.
https://crcindustries.com.au/products/crc-freeze-spray-300g-2039.html
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Autojumble / Re: Honda CX500 tank wanted
« on: November 06, 2022, 08:57:22 PM »Good luck trying to find a fifty year old Honda tank without a base like a collander..Sorry, forgot you are in Pomland (rustland?).