Visit
by Battlebridge Motorcycle Museum.
Usually
I go of to other museums to see what they have and what they are
doing but this Saturday those enthusiastic volunteers came to visit
us! 28 volunteers arrived by coach at opening time. It was such fun
to be with like-minded people and each adding to the others
knowledge. Does it get any better? Stories about Harry, Granville,
Irving, Vincent, Page and Turner kept us all talking for hours.
Being
the resident LE man I was able to pass on some of my knowledge about
those bikes. Would you believe I have been a member of that club for
almost 50 years!!! I took my Valiant this day, as it was dry, and
there are a few more fans of that little machine. I have now
discovered why it is not able to pull full throttle. Have you ever
seen black smoke from a small engine? Obviously too rich at the top
end so now I need to resolve that issue. Carburration or exhaust or
has there been the camshaft replaced with an LE one that has softer
timings and lift? I’ll investigate when I do the leaking oil seals
that require the engine out and on the bench.
My
LE has had some work on it too with a new hollow spindle for the rear
wheel. I had a clunk on the transmission that I thought was from worn
drive splines. They were worn and after new splines were fitted the
clunk was still there. This was because the wear on the splines had
caused wear on the hollow spindle allowing movement of the wheel
bearings. Now all is nicely firm and quiet too. Another littLE job
done.
Doing
a bit more on the Greenford Police LE I have attacked the leg shields
to get them closer to the original shape. Next will be to araldite
thin aluminium plates to the back of the leg shields to support the
cracked bits and put some metal into the mounting bolt areas so they
can be bolted on. After this a respray should make it look a bit
better but still retaining some of the “battle scars” of use. I
have now cleaned up and sprayed the oil filter and it is ready for
fitting. I need a couple of fibre washers to finish the job.
I
have been off to Falmouth and visited the Maritime Museum and
discovered there are no Motorcycle Museums around there but lots of
boats and ships. Cornwall has some great lanes to whizz around on but
too much traffic even out of season!
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