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British Bikes / Re: She's hot
« on: June 03, 2022, 10:32:00 PM »
Leon, thank you so much for your detailed response, I really appreciate your time and effort to share your expertise on old bikes. I’ve printed off your response and placed it in my BSA ring binder.
Before reading your response I completed my top end overhaul, which included torqueing the head bolts several times, when cold and after running the bike to get it warm. The bike now seems to be air tight at the cylinder head. On my 3 mile ride today it is now pulling strongly up the hills where I live, however this was not long enough for me to satisfy myself that I’ve completely resolved this issue. If the problem of overheating continues to happen I will follow the steps you have outlined.
There are other issues I’ve been working on with the advice from you and others such as how to ensure the ignition lever has enough friction to stop where I’ve put it, currently I ride the bike with one finger rapped around the ignition lever, which results in hand cramp after 10 minutes. Also getting it to idle just right, but these are all problems I will persevere with overtime.
Thank you again for any ideas and advice you may have given.
Before reading your response I completed my top end overhaul, which included torqueing the head bolts several times, when cold and after running the bike to get it warm. The bike now seems to be air tight at the cylinder head. On my 3 mile ride today it is now pulling strongly up the hills where I live, however this was not long enough for me to satisfy myself that I’ve completely resolved this issue. If the problem of overheating continues to happen I will follow the steps you have outlined.
There are other issues I’ve been working on with the advice from you and others such as how to ensure the ignition lever has enough friction to stop where I’ve put it, currently I ride the bike with one finger rapped around the ignition lever, which results in hand cramp after 10 minutes. Also getting it to idle just right, but these are all problems I will persevere with overtime.
Thank you again for any ideas and advice you may have given.