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Fork Rebuild continues

March 10, 2021 Raymond Briddock

My last blog entry detailed the problems I was having in removing the fork cap/plug from the top of the…

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Fork rebuild and swingarm cleanup

February 26, 2021 Raymond Briddock

Time to rebuild the front forks.I bought these new stanchions in 2018 because the price seemed right at £135 the…

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Yokes and steering

February 24, 2021 Raymond Briddock

To get to phase 1 (Bike up on it’s wheels), I need to connect the front forks and wheel to…

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Frame and forks

February 20, 2021 Raymond Briddock

Last September I sketched out a draft To Do list, which started with… I have not yet fitted the head…

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Front Brake caliper – Dismantle

February 19, 2021 Raymond Briddock

It’s time to start looking at the front brake caliper I bought from ebay. The Piston was scared and scored,…

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Some parts found

February 15, 2021 Raymond Briddock

The project continues, quietly, in the background for now. In September of 2020, I plucked up some courage and went…

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First steps

September 5, 2020 Raymond Briddock

In May of 2019, I noticed that the frame was beginning to rust.I had carefully left it in the garage…

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What type of rebuild

January 8, 2017 Raymond Briddock

In March 2015, I was just 5 years away from retirement.Having overcome the major hurdle to a rebuild, the frame…

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Frame repair

March 10, 2015 Raymond Briddock

After a couple of years of humming and hawing about what to do with the LC, I decided to rebuild…

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Return of Elsie

April 22, 2012 Raymond Briddock

She came home in a sorry state after many years of neglect and storage in non dry conditions. In particular,…

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What’s this all about?

April 21, 2012 Raymond Briddock

Sometime in the mid to late 1980’s, I acquired a motorcycle. This particular motorcycle was acquired as the result of…

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