here's a pic of the old rust bucket today at the set up of of the bike show:
It's a '52 B33 motor with a latter big fin head, Goldstar scrambler cams but standard compression piston and pre-war Amal, the frame is an old modified '47 B series rigid which I swapped for a bottle or rum, rigid/plunger model gearbox with a 4 spring triumph clutch with the cush drive centre, the forks are new hard chromed ones with matched phosphor bronze bushes, Eddie Dow damper rods and progressive springs, early unit A series 8" brake with air scoop that was on an old Goldstar racer that campaigned in NSW in the 80's, front rim is an early Akront, the rear wheel is a 50's Triumph hub on a new Morad and i'm using an old misc front mudguard as a rear guard, the seat is new, it has a Lucas N1 maggy and the tank is from some '70's japanese dirt bike. the handlebars came off a KR750 Harley. the brakes don't work yet and I haven't turned up a proper rear axle yet or shimmed the primary in line. The bike was once raced in Tasmania then turned into a club run bike in the 80's, after the previous owner passed on I picked up the bike from a shed and began assessing what was salvageable and what was not, i've tried to return it to some kind of 50's race bike and will hopefully get it on the Broadford Dirt Track soon enough. I have a 21" Morad in the shed i think i might swap the front 18" not sure yet i'll get it running properly then decide.
I also have a half complete M21 which I want to do a proper restoration on but I need to get my own lathe and learn to weld first, small steps, I'm getting there slowly.
-Nick
