What have you done with your bike/s today?

[limeyrob]

Can you slide some heat shrink over the split in the cable sleeve?  The cheap e-bay stuff is thin which means it may just slip under the nut.

[Worty]

Cheers Swarfy.  The spindle carrier looks brass rather than mazac, but I'll check it.  I like Rob's idea of shrink fit, worth having a look and fiddle about.

[berger]

i fitted the brass bit in mine with some sealer and a fibre washer and some more sealer up to the case with the nut, this stopped that leak but as you said worty it then finds it's way out of the cable even if the outer isn't damaged it creeps out of the crap crimping on the new cables . i manged to heat shrink mine and up to now haven't had a problem , but i have the heat shrink up the cable above the gearbox oil level because my first attempt with a few inches of heat shrink failed after a few weeks.

[Greybeard]

190M  - wow!

Yeh, but he means metres🙄

[Swarfcut]

 Jeez...Give the fella some kudos. Almost 200 miles on the best MWAS and the assembly acumen of another esteemed member deserves  an accolade of the highest order.

 Swarfy.
 
 

[Worty]

Jeez...Give the fella some kudos. Almost 200 miles on the best MWAS and the assembly acumen of another esteemed member deserves  an accolade of the highest order.

 Swarfy.

Cheers Swarfy, I'm sure GB was pulling my leg.  What I can tell you though, is I feel I can ride out that distance with faith in the bike.  When I was having my problems, it was always a relief to be on the home leg - now I only turn back when my bum goes numb and I can't feel my fingers (VWF). 

One thing that puzzles me a bit is the bike has never smoked, not even when RM's 'build' was causing the motor to self destruct.  I think Bergs even found a broken piston ring, but not a whisper from the exhausts. 

One nice moment on the ride was going through a small village with a couple of tight corners, as I opened her up between the buildings in third, there was a very satisfying 'crackle' from the pipes - a bit like smacking a large side of beef with a spade - lovely

[Macbeth]

I cheated today  … the guilt is insufferable but it was homeless

Still have the A10 but I’m not sure she is talking to me

[Worty]

Is it a R69, or slightly later model?  I had a '59 R60/1 - lovely bike!

[Macbeth]

Is it a R69, or slightly later model?  I had a '59 R60/1 - lovely bike!

1969 R60/2. I’m putting my Steib chair on it. I was looking at a few R69’s yet of course dearer & the BM boffins reckon the /2 is prob a better chair hauler. It rides like a cloud. I sold my ‘76 90/6 a few years ago & always regretted it so here we are again 🤣

[Worty]

Those Earles forks were excellent, just wandered over bumps without a care in the world.  That 'upward' movement when you brake is so weird, but very reassuring too.  Wondered whether that system was adopted to accommodate sidecar use??  Very nice bike mate, mines on the Forum somewhere with me age 18.

[Macbeth]

Yep def designed for outfits. It’s my first Earles Fork bike & def very different. Crazy turning circle also, it turns way past standard. It’s not passing the BSA in acceleration though yet the flywheel weight is noticeably strong

[Worty]

The flywheel is huge, once it got going the odd squirt on the throttle kept it purring along nicely.  Yes, designed for outfits and touring.  As I remember, very low comp at around 6.9:1 or something like that.  I only sold it (early '90s) because I owed my ol' dad some money - been trying to locate it with a view to buying it back ever since (Reg 566 RE).  I only did around 20,000 miles on it in about 5 years, as I had other bikes and was a despatch rider for a while.

The only real issue I had was losing a cover on both carbs (main jet?) - still managed to run though.  Unfortunately, when I sold it, it was starting to smoke a bit.  The reason, some inept mechanic set the valve clearances too tight which let to a bent pushrod and some valve damage (I don't have much luck with the 'professionals').   Other than that, faultless.

[Macbeth]

One of the purchase worries is the Oil Slinger (aka sludge trap) & there no way to retro fit an oil filter so you def need some providence on them before buying re oil slinger maintenance. This one is spot on. People go putting detergent oils in them if they are older & ‘that’s all she wrote’ on the crank

But yeah that flywheel is just beautiful & you can really feel it

[muskrat]

G'day Fellas.
I've never been 100% happy with the Cafe since the blow up ( https://www.a7a10.net/forum/index.php?topic=10630.msg79189#msg79189 ). Just seemed to be a little lacking on the left side, it was the right side that blew!
I've been playing with the carbs to no avail. I never did a cc of the head after repair so "off with the head". Besides there is a rockerbox leak.
I made a plate out of a nylon cutting board and bolted it to the head. Rigged up a few bits of timber to hold the head with the spark plug vertical. With a syringe I measured how much water to come up to the spark plug hole then did the other side. Both identical at 41cc so I gaver her a valve lap (didn't really need it) and now I'll look elsewhere for the problem.
Thankfully I have a 70,000 btu diesel heater to keep me warm. Minus 2C when I came in.
Cheers 

[Greybeard]

We always think Australia is universally hot.