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Loom : Fitting and testing

June 5, 2021 Raymond Briddock Leave a comment

Well I was rather hoping that I would connect it all up and everything would work.Silly me! The connecting everything…

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Temperature sender repair

June 4, 2021 Raymond Briddock Leave a comment

While waiting for various parts to arrive in the post, I thought to overcome a small problem that I’m sure…

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Electrics : Loom repair

May 24, 2021 Raymond Briddock Leave a comment

Notable work needing to be addressed on the donor bike loom. The fusebox is missing There is an extraneous connector…

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Electrics : Loom routing

May 22, 2021 Raymond Briddock Leave a comment

After initial evaluation, and identifying which pieces of the loom need replacing or repair, I thought it would be easier…

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Electrics : Headlamp

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The headlamp is a horror show. Somehow, i had convinced myself that it was original, but the plastic housing, while…

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Electrics : Loom evaluation

May 15, 2021 Raymond Briddock Leave a comment

A few posts ago, I posted pictures of the two looms I have available, one from the donor bike, and…

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Brake caliper : Part 2

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When I assembled the brake caliper, I had thought that the piston was a little cocked in the bore.Naively, I…

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Electrics : Clocks

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In order to complete the wiring loom endpoints, I still need to fit the instruments and the handlebar switches to…

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Electrics : Switchgear and indicators

May 5, 2021 Raymond Briddock Leave a comment

Here are the left and right switchgear from the donor bike. Straight away we can see that I am missing…

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Bracketry complete (Frame is now the right shape)

April 25, 2021 Raymond Briddock Leave a comment

Success! Carefully increasing the jack pressure by a few millimeters at a time and then slackening off, I crept up…

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Bracketry complete (Or is it. Frame is the wrong shape!)

April 22, 2021 Raymond Briddock Leave a comment

After spending so much time filing, sawing, and drilling rusted bolts out of their sockets, I decided not to prioritise…

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The Parts Box

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I have realised that i have been referring to “The Parts Box” on many occasions, and it behooves me to…

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Electrics (Part 2 : Bracketry)

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From the last post, we established that we need to prepare some parts to fit to the frame, in order…

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Electrics (Part 1 : Prep.)

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Now that the project is up on it’s wheels, It’s time to look at bolting things on. Rather than approach…

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Milestone : Up on her wheels!

April 5, 2021 Raymond Briddock Leave a comment

So much cleaning!Cleaning of wheels, plastic bits, electrical bits; cleaning of everything which came off the bike and will be…

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Yokes and Head race bearings

March 19, 2021 Raymond Briddock Leave a comment

These are the bearings I have used The second hand bottom yoke I had, arrived with the bottom race still…

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Reassembling the brake caliper

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“Lubricate the inside surface of the caliper with fresh brake fluid and install the pistons. These should slide in with…

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Assembling the fork legs

March 17, 2021 Raymond Briddock Leave a comment

At long last, a post which talks about assembling rather than dismantling or cleaning!all of the elements of the forks…

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All about cleaning the brake caliper

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The paint on a brake caliper is quite hard to remove.It requires multiple applications of Nitromors, followed by application of…

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Cleaning the alloy fork legs

March 15, 2021 Raymond Briddock Leave a comment

Last week, I attempted to clean my alloy fork legs with a kitchen scourer and some WD40. I had seen…

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