98cc
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No worries! Looking forward to seeing your vast collection of reel mowers one day!
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I have never replaced a UJ but can bring out a full tool box and jacks and stuff and give it a go?
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Cheers nacnud! I have a couple of minor things to finish off and then I will put some pics up here.
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As of tonight the bike is about 95% finished and loaded in my van. It has been a week of midnighters to get it to this stage but im extremely pleased to have it all together for the show this weekend. It was to dark in the shed tonight to take any pics but i did get one earlier of the carb trumpet, another high performance Austin 7 part from my dads special This is a really good event and heaps of cool stuff turns up, i will probably be hanging around there for most of the weekend.
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Yes just an open megaphone at the moment, have just styled it off that picture a few posts up. I would like make a proper tuned pipe for it in the future though.
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Pipe finished, only forgot to put the nut on once before welding on the megaphone haha Wheel trued up pretty easily The trimmer sent me a pic of the seat today. Really pleased with how it's turned out, will chuck a pick of it up tomorrow once I get it
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3 days to the show.. Might be pushing it but i think i can get there. Original exhaust was pretty pitted so got some tube to make up a new one, The megaphone was off my dads Austin 7 racer he built in the 80's. It was so loud that he had to take it off and its been hanging around ever since. Hub parts painted And wheel laced up with the new stainless spokes, will try and true it up tomorrow night I also got some of these rubber ties from a bantam place in England, should be a bit nicer that zip ties to hold the cables to the frame
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Front forks and rear suspension all assembled up. I masked up the tank tonight so will get the tank insert painted tomorrow. Have dropped the seat off at the upholsters, hopefully that will be ready early next week. Also Tom Morris from wheel and spoke services has made me a set of stainless spokes for the front so will lace that up next week. Have just realized that the classic bike show is in a couple of weekends time so if i can get this looking some sort of finished i might take it along
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Top coat on, terrible phone pics but you can get the idea... Sat the engine in And all the bits have come back from the platers. Thanks to Phill at Electroless Coating Systems Next up is getting the front wheel sorted, Seat covered and the cream insert painted onto the tank. Then the fun part, bolting it all back together!!
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Kimjon, good question! I've given that very little thought so far haha but sould be able to make something work. They are single leading shoe, with a single trailing shoe. It might involve moving the pivot point of the shoes to mirror the other (original) side. Thanks Karl! Do you ever get out Ardmore airfield way?
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Pic for inspiration!
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Got all the nuts and bolts polished up ready for the platers The last big thing that had to be sorted out was the front brake, my original plan a few years ago was to use this super sweet Benelli item With my plan now to try make a period style racer it was a bit out of place, i remember finding a picture once of a bantam racer from the 50s that had a twin front drum made out of bantam hubs, i think this would look pretty cool as well as hopefully adding a bit of braking performance. A friend sent me a couple of spare hubs he had.. Bit of hacksaw action Faced true Clamped and tacked, I turned up a tube to go through the center of the 2 half's to ensure good alignment before welding Should do the trick
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Thanks Stephen! No the flyer hasn't run in a couple of years, it's currently been retired to the bedroom!
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All of the frame mods have been sorted now, started buy cutting this piece of yuck out New tube in Thats better, cut off a few other unneeded mounts and tabs as well Then this happened, cleaned the bits up and got some Durepox primer on it. Evenings entertainment this week is to get it all sanded down ready for some top coat, Excited!
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Cheers Al, really appreciate the comment! Update tonight....
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Choice! is the engine ready to run now KimJon?
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Yep Im going
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Will send you a pm about bits SOHC, a new hub would probably be a bit good for what I'm planning on doing with it though. Thanks for the comments LG and Toucan!
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Thanks Kimjon! Just need to keep the progress going like you do and it will be finished in no time haha. No I don't have any other flywheels sorry SOHC, I'm pretty sorted in the engine department I think, do you have any ignition bits? A mate has just brought a bantam but it's missing all of that stuff. I may need to find another front hub assembly though if you had one of those though?
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The bike is pretty much ready for stripping down and painting now, just have to finalise a couple more details
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welded on a little pad and tacked the pivot pin on, should work
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Turning up the pivot And tapping out the original passenger foot peg mounts 7 1/6 unf for the new pegs to screw into
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As the original bantam pegs and foot controls are in the wrong place for the new seating position i need rear style pegs and controls Making the new brake lever, 4130 sheet. Original on the right Pivot boss welded on
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Made up a transfer pipe as the original setup only fed from one half of the tank leaving a far bit of fuel on the other side trapped, not ideal on a racer. Found a nice fuel tap and welded all the bits on
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Fuel tight (hopefully)
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