Recent content by Smeggy

Thank you to everyone who responded to my question tonight. I was looking the wrong way and was so close to fkn up there.

Yes yes yes!

Yes. That is it! Thank you. So rather than regularly tighten/untighten hard steel into soft aluminium, screw a steel stud deep into the aluminium only once - then every time you take a tappet cover off you are steel on steel!!! Got it, Brilliant. Thanks again, that was close!!

Good Evening from Scotland, you beautiful people. Long vertical studs pulling the engine together I get - but WHY DO WE HAVE STUDS FOR THE TAPPET COVERS? What is the engineering there?

The art stores asking pure fortunes for mould-making pastes, as per. Turns out all ye need is silicon and cornflour combined like you're making bread dough - nearly perfect result on first try!!

Got another question... Between the dials - a wooden dashboard? Is that normal for that version or a bit of posh upgrading from the earlier owner, who I assume knew James Bond and went to Monte Carlo casinos??

Hi 59Tebo. Checking out your table - yes yes yes - I way prefer your direct approach to they vertical leverage hydraulic over-reactions that could take your fingers off. But what's gave me a wee hard on though is your engine stand. Can you tel me a little about it? I'll be honest though, I know...

Cheers for naming Oilite, grizld1. I didn't know that name. My previous searches for 'brass sleeve' and 'brass bush' were hopeless, but when I looked up Oilite - bingo! And there's a good range available in the UK. I added a grease nipple last week so on the same page there. I'm not confident I...

5twins - yes, I agree. But there's a long story... when I bought my bike 1985/1984 it didn't have a centre stand. So I bought one off the local bike breaker - who was a c*nt. It didn't fit well, had no armature bit sticking out. I thought it was normal that I had to bury my toe up under the...

Here's my contribution to the idea pool, though prob ideas all subliminally knocked from you beautiful people and this very same web site ages ago. So fk. I try to recycle. So, the engine stand is kitchen worktop sink cutout, castors off something, tubing off a cheap office desk. Fkd up there -...

That sounds good, Scott. I'd much rather file down beads of weld than original steel. Thanks.

It's not adversely affecting my life, but after years of kick starting the bike while on the sidestand, the surfaces have worn enough so the tip of the arm has 1.5" of play. The wear is slightly concave on both surfaces. Anyone any ideas how to tighten this up? I'm trying to shape a couple of...

Thank you, 2M. I searched the site but managed to totally miss that page. It's weird to read it and see my whole recent thought process already laid out for me. So I've reinstalled it and tested it in position - my continuity meter is very happy. Thanks again.

I should have explained the bike is in bits and I'm testing things as they go back on! I thought this was a switch.