Mikey
got muscles in his head that ain't never been used
with that kind of rear suspension she's gonna ride like a lumber wagon
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'68 BSA Victor Build..... Bloody 'ell mate... You 'effin daft or sommat?!?
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Fuckin' Indian garbage....
In a british accent "the sembly boys ll fix et"....First, let me say that your skills and persistence are enviable.
Now that I've stroked your warm fuzziesI have a question:
Is it the camera angle or is the position of the rear tire in relation to the rear fender somewhat...uhhhh...less than aesthetic?
I will say that the picture bike with all the bits tacked on looks better. Perhaps it'll hide the offset?
Possibly. I do have the rear axle pushed forward all the way into the swingarm saddles, so moving it back after a chain's on will help somewhat too. We'll see.
John Regular
dumb ape with a hammer
I washed out of engineering school so needless to say....but i did take a wire feed class at the community college and all those welds look good to me.
Kinda hard to shoot and hold a fender at the same time, but here's an original rear fender compared to the Indian knockoff. The OEM is 5-5/8" wide vs 6-1/2" wide for the repop... almost a full inch. And near as I can tell, sits almost an inch and a half further forward.
This one will need a repair at the front and go out for new chrome before it's usable, but unless I find a better one in the meantime, this is what I'll end up using.
This one will need a repair at the front and go out for new chrome before it's usable, but unless I find a better one in the meantime, this is what I'll end up using.
Mikey
got muscles in his head that ain't never been used
I took a back rest to a chrome shop local and they wouldn't even do it ( they must only do large projects )
But they said it would probably be $600 elsewhere WTF
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But they said it would probably be $600 elsewhere WTF
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Key is to do all the polishing work yourself. Get it as shiny as you want it, then give it to the shop so all they have to do is plate it. Keep in mind 90% of the work in chrome is the prep. Do that yourself and it's affordable.
Trick is to find a shop that will work with you. For me, there's one just across the Kansas border that @halfmile uses. They'll work with you.
Trick is to find a shop that will work with you. For me, there's one just across the Kansas border that @halfmile uses. They'll work with you.
Thinking out loud .Is it possible to rotate the fender some --Having spacers at the rear 2 mounting points
Maybe aluminum pipe .. soft for adjustment ....sledge hammer .
Perhaps not stock but if chroming is slow Giving time finding another stock fender.
Maybe aluminum pipe .. soft for adjustment ....sledge hammer .
Perhaps not stock but if chroming is slow Giving time finding another stock fender.
Cold weather is almost upon us, Jan. This build will slow to a crawl then... I'm retired, I don't do cold anymore.
It'll likely be spring 'fore this gets done. Meantime, that'll give me all winter to keep an eye out for a good replacement or roll with the "fix what I have" plan.
It'll likely be spring 'fore this gets done. Meantime, that'll give me all winter to keep an eye out for a good replacement or roll with the "fix what I have" plan.
John Regular
dumb ape with a hammer
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I was looking for pictures of the mud dauber nests on my A50 and discovered this hole. That doesn't look factory, more like uh'oh'. I know very little about BSA other than they have that one bearing that's no bueno and I they're F'n cool. I bought this one right after I caught the bug and have been lugging it around with me for about 14 years, one day.....
John Regular
dumb ape with a hammer
I know this is completely unrelated to this thread but it jarred a memory of the first time that I saw this logo. I was watching Mtv probably 12years old and the video for "Faith" came on and George Michael is dancing around in leather jacket with a BSA logo on the back and I thought "WTF does this British pop singer have a Boy Scouts of America logo on his jacket?" It really creeped me out. There was no internet and I was only familiar with the Japanese motorcycles because that's what my uncle had so I didn't find out until years later what it actually meant. I was kind of relieved and thought oh Ok that makes sense now.
Zonie
XS650 Addict
This may not be a priority right now but there is a guy up in Iowa that rebuilds Smiths instruments. His website is smithswerk.comBut but but.... but... it spoke to me...
'Sides... I ain't got enough projects.... yet.
It's a '68 BSA Victor Special (B44) Scrambler.
Came up on Craigslist a little over a week ago. I even put it up here. Figured it'd be gone within a day. Last night it was still listed. Memories of the early 70's... tearin' up the Midlands on a Victor... had been gettin' stronger all week... it called to me. Spoke to the guy over the phone... back and forth several times. We struck a deal.
Gassed up the truck this morning and off we go to visit Dorothy and Toto.
Sittin' in Butch's garage. He's 74. Picked it up out of a barn a few yrs ago with the intention of restoring it. A stroke about a year ago ended those dreams.
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Loaded in the Blue Bomber....
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... and unloaded by the driveway wood pile.
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Only 3,173 miles on the clock.
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Original title matches the engine and frame numbers.
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So... where to begin....
Do the old girl justice and make her shine.
Zonie
XS650 Addict
Who do you get your parts from? I have used Draganfly in the UK in the past for my BSA.Backordered bits are slowly dribblin' in. Clutch basket... chainwheel in BSA parlance, showed up today. There's a rubber cush setup that has to be transferred to the new one. There's 4 philips head screws holding it, all 4 of which have severely buggered heads. Managed to remove one with a screwdriver, the other 3 took a drill and easy out.... sorry Togl...
They're Whitworth screws and still on backorder unfortunately. I'd read earlier on a BSA forum that they're identical to a metric M5 X .8. Went to Ace and picked up 4 allen heads. Sumbich, they are the same.
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The cush drive rides on 25 little roller bearings. Talk about a fiddly little bugger.
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Soaked the new clutch plates and put it all back together.
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The adjustment screw is all buggered, new one is backorder. I'm gonna hold off on installing the cover until it arrives.
Guess you haven't got to the post (#607) where I cleaned up the speedo.
Draganfly is my go to source. Shipping is very reasonable and they're a small mom and pop business.
Zonie
XS650 Addict
Lucas could make and do make good products. The problem was that motorcycle manufacturers were too cheap to spend the extra money to get a better product. Just like Amal.After all, they dont call Lucas "The Prince of Darkness" (and warm beer) for nothing.