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discussion: http://www.oldschool...=26843&start=20

1937 ariel red hunter 350, early/mid 50s motor,
not much else to say really.. my first foray in to the world of roadgoing two wheelers
photos from tardme were better than what i could force out of the point'n'shoot i was using. so yeah
note back seat for fizzing up beers/girls


moonshine in ya face
now if only i was allowed to use it..

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rear wheel had serious waggle technology in use, and the taper roller bearings are a 75euro each (made from unobtainium), not to mention needing a new set of nuts and new axle. so they went flying and made a new axle, spacers and nuts out of readilyavailablex, sleeved and slammed in some sealed metric ballbags.

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narrowed the big boy tractor saddle and moved it back, ditched springs to move it so ride is suitably rougher.
replaced that shithouse clutch cover with a chopped hubcap

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just jamming some reference here..

gearbox lube - penrite semi fluid grease NLGI 00 http://www.penriteoi... ... 202011.pdf

motor - penrite 25-70 yeah

fork oil SAE 30, filled to 17-18" below top plate, bike upright, unladen. oldschool or what



gearbox info links

http://www.voc.uk.com/net/burman.pdf

http://www.mmcoa.org...rman_Tranny.pdf

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these biker buildoff chaps have everyone thinking about bikes, myself included. so time to play with the bike!
relocated plate and light, ditched the frankenseat for a brooks saddle and leaf spring - thank you falcon leaf pack. chopped and welded the bars, perhaps a little too enthusiastically, but theyll do for now.

thoughts and abuse please!





********* UPDAIGHT **********
bars and seat got the flick again haha! stole the sprung seat off mk1 monnshine haul bike. it's pretty much a scale version of the original wide-ass enfield saddle, and got some norton flat bars on there too, same as pictured but with a milder bend. much easier to use, same look

primary chain tension issues seem to have settled down as i've returned everything back to sloppy. should have know it was the only way it would work. british engineering - never tighten anything up