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Offline bsaben

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BSA 441 One up, three down???
« on: May 09, 2006, 06:05:01 AM »
Hi, I used to ride a C15 on the farm I lived on back in the 60's. I seem to remember that after having the gearbox apart I put the selecter camplate in back to front which resulted in a one up, three down set up.  Does anybody know if this can be achieved with a 441 B44? It would make things easier if it was the same as my Ariel NH 350.  Cheers, Ben.

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Re: BSA 441 One up, three down???
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2006, 10:49:39 AM »
Hi,

I'm not sure, but I would say you can as the internals are basically the same. Some parts may even be interchangeable.

A.

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Re: BSA 441 One up, three down???
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2006, 12:52:00 PM »
I thought that was the way BSA's normally were - the opposite, and illogical way, to Triumph.

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Re: BSA 441 One up, three down???
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2006, 02:45:19 PM »
Late BSA's did have 'up for up' gear selection.
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Re: BSA 441 One up, three down???
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2006, 07:14:30 PM »
Hi L.A.B.

Yes it is Up for Up at the moment, I want to reverse to match my Ariel.

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Ben.
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Re: BSA 441 One up, three down???
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2006, 10:46:54 PM »
I would agree with lxmlvll after comparing parts diagrams for both types does show that both sets of selector parts look very similar.
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Re: BSA 441 One up, three down???
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2006, 02:58:10 AM »
Ben
yes I belive you can because I have a square barrel 44 Victor that we put togeather to shift one up for 1st gear down for 2,3,4.
Its easyer for me because its like a Norton.
I do know that you cant flip a  latter year A65 to shift one up ,,but the earler twins I heard you could.
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Re: BSA 441 One up, three down???
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2006, 01:42:12 AM »
Thanks Woodrow,

I am going to have a look at it soon, I will post the result.

Regards,


Ben.