Post by marktrower on Dec 26, 2015 18:40:05 GMT
CAN NOT RIDE THEM SO IN FULL SWING ON REBUILDS,THE PAIN I AM HAVING WITH NUTS AND BOLTS.THE BIKES ARE BRITISH AMERICAN AND JAP .THE OLDEST A 1949 MATCHLESS TO A 2004 HARLEY .THE TRIUMPH AND THE TWO HARLEYS ARE UNIFIED THAT MEANS UNC UNF UNEF AND UNS THEN THE 3 OLD BRIT BIKES ARE BRITISH STANDARD THATS BSF BSC AND CYCLE AND THE JAPS DO NOT MAKE IT EASY WITH METRIC WITH 1.0 1.25 AND 1.50 AND ON THE TWO 60s HONDA,S THEY CHUCK IN JIS THE PROBLEM IS FINDING GOOD QUALITY FASTENERS AND BE WARY GOING DOWN THE STAINLESS PATH A LOT ON AUCTION SITES ARE NOT HIGH TENSILE SO STUCK ON SOME REBUILDS JUST THROUGH NUTS AND BOLTS
I've used stainlessmiddleton.co.uk for fastenings - he's been going donkey's years, specialises in Brit bikes, but does metric as well as BS, UN & Cycle threads Not the cheapest, but it's quality stuff & he has metric bolts with a slight domed head of the correct size - 12mm for M8 & 14mm for M10, not the 13mm & 17mm heads used industrially - which look much better in visible places like caliper & engine mounting bolts.