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Post by marktrower on Sept 14, 2020 15:17:25 GMT
Press on the way will post pics when I install
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Post by buster on Sept 14, 2020 19:25:01 GMT
I so want a big press, been watching Allen Millyard on you Tube, Z1 super six build, bloody amazing this one?  |
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Post by marktrower on Sept 14, 2020 20:16:38 GMT
Guy nere me has one of his h2 4 cylinder strokes every time I see it i try to see were he joined it and I can't find it.then he told me its two engines with a pot removed .he is a nice guy last time at the iom he was in the hotel next to us very aprocable person he was on that big aro eng bike he was telling us about the honda 6 race rep he was building
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Post by JonnyHonda on Sept 15, 2020 6:31:29 GMT
Yep, that's the one buster, The guy is just a natural genius, but it good to see you don't need masses of kit to produce a result. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 2:03:36 GMT
Last night as I put the Bonneville on the centre I forgot that the disc lock was on.....suffice to say, the lock whacked against the L/H fork slider chipping the paint. Annoyed with myself of course.....but will not dwell on it. It's also not the first time I have re-finished the sliders on this Bonneville.....but luckily I still have some of the paints left to correct this mishap.  Getting there. Should be completed by tomorrow at the latest.   |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 2:07:36 GMT
It has been a fork themed day. After a week of so, I have now got my forks back from a (very reasonably priced working from home) professional vintage motorcycle fork specialist so that I can put back together the front end on my BSA A65. New chrome stanchions, new internal and external seals, dust covers and of course new oil.....not forgetting new decals for the fork nuts (the devil is always in the detail). I wonder if any of you older folk recall the names of any of those recommended fork oils......    |
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Post by marktrower on Sept 16, 2020 10:13:21 GMT
you will be swimming in it over there nick its just auto transmission fluid most are still on sale
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Post by marktrower on Sept 16, 2020 12:14:32 GMT
thats strange just looked at the fork top on the triumph and it holds 40cc more and are the forks the same as the triumph nick.it may be to make my front a bit stiffer ![]()  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 17:02:45 GMT
Maybe Mark but I am guessing your bike is at least a 1975 onward so there must have been some internal change if not evident from the outside. Does your bike have the conical hubs? Here are more shots of mine:   |
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Post by marktrower on Sept 16, 2020 18:50:21 GMT
it is a 74 and has a front disc but bar a caliper mount they look the same but have now found out the fork stations are different on the hub brake and disc model so they look the same but are not.changed the stations on mine last winter got as a complete kit from JP williams,things to look out for when chasing parts
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 19:02:47 GMT
Yours must be RH gear shift being a 74 (like mine).
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Post by marktrower on Sept 16, 2020 20:19:51 GMT
All my brits are right hand thats why I have trouble having lost alot of my right foot
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2020 5:21:26 GMT
Rubber disintegrates folks.....something to be aware of.....but you all knew this....(new ones on left as if it was not obvious),  |
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Post by marktrower on Sept 17, 2020 18:04:10 GMT
well the press came today all built up and christened ,This is my opinion of this press well at £125 delivered i was not expecting top quality and it is not, i got the 20 ton because i knew it would be exaggerated and was not wrong.the clark one that i am compairing it with is £300 more .the gauge of steel is thinner 4.4 fasteners the clark 8.8 .it would be nice to be higher.but fore the cost i can adapt to suit my needs and works fine.i just do not need a higher spec one for what i want and made a little job today a lot easier
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Post by marktrower on Sept 17, 2020 18:05:22 GMT
forgot the photo  |
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