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Swinging arm in place. The gear change conversion was a little bit of a puzzle. When I refitted it it was very stiff to move. Bit of head scratching and after installing it and taking it off a few times found that it was tight on the frame. I had to remove a bit of meat from the cross bar. It must h...

Dave Some good progress happening there. I look forward to seeing the bike up and running. I've not had much time for bike projects lately so I am a little envious.... :-) Any more info on the history of you bike? G Hi G Drawn a blank at the moment on its past life I'm afraid, which is a shame. (If...

Thought I would make a start on re-building the frame while I wait for the casings to come back from the aqua-blasters.

Couple of pics so far.

Dave

Hello Dave Just getting a chance to look over the pictures of your bike. Its good to see more "new" old race stuff. A few observations / guesses, from the pictures of the gearbox I would say its a Nova one but an early type, I think the actual gears are the same as the later ones but the selector d...

Dave As long as it's soft you will be fine. G Hi G I'll give it the heat treatment before fitting it. Cheers Dave Nice job! G Hi G Thanks...its not perfect as it was done with a jigsaw...drill and some files, but its close enough I think. Thanks for the cog it arrived safely. Cheers Dave. One hand ...

Hi, The part that looks home made may have something to do with selecting the 5th gear or to stop false neutrals when changing gear. I know you could buy a part that fitted on the shift arm and I have one but it looks nothing like what you have. It's a nice bike and looks like a lot of work has gon...