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Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« on: 31.07. 2015 06:22 »
Not mine, but the owner has given me permission to share this period machine which I had the pleasure to see today  *respect*.
There is some neat detail that I'm going to leave it to you all to notice   *shh*

Its in need of a rebuild but is a methanol short rod motor. I've offered the owner support for the rebuild. Bwah hah hah  *work*
It is clearly in a high state of tune and yes that's a crack in the cases

Enjoy. and yes it has one wheel too many  *conf2*
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Re: Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« Reply #1 on: 31.07. 2015 06:33 »
Very trick machine by the looks of it.

RR do you know where the "Jesser" name comes into it ? I used to know a Dean Jesser in Adelaide but he was mostly known for tuning Triumphs, do you know if there is any connection. He had a motorcycle engineering business called L&K Enterprises.
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Re: Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« Reply #2 on: 31.07. 2015 06:37 »
The owner knows all the history, sadly my memory is rubbish when it comes to recalling names but yes this is a historic south australian machine.
Its always been A10 powered and won its fair share of competition back in the day
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Re: Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« Reply #3 on: 31.07. 2015 07:48 »
Different looking crank end feed conversion. The left carb would be hard to tune, it's a right hand. Later 6 spring clutch so must have a s/a mainshaft.
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Re: Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« Reply #4 on: 31.07. 2015 08:18 »
Quote from: muskrat on 31.07. 2015 07:48
Different looking crank end feed conversion. The left carb would be hard to tune, it's a right hand. Later 6 spring clutch so must have a s/a mainshaft.
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Apparently close ratio box
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Re: Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« Reply #5 on: 31.07. 2015 08:32 »
If this was built by the people I think it was they were Les and Dean Jesser from Adelaide.

I never knew they ever built a BSA based motor, usually they built Triumphs  and had some very noteable bikes ridden by "famous" riders including Kenny Blake.

I never met Les but had quite a few conversations with Dean. They had a motorcycle engineering business in Adelaide and I used to get my rebores, crankgrinds etc done by them. Whenever I went there Dean would always have something interesting to show me and no doubt many others who showed an interest.

As always I wish I had taken more notice of what I was told and what I saw.
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Re: Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« Reply #6 on: 31.07. 2015 09:35 »
One wheel too many?

Please let us see the project as it progresses
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Re: Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« Reply #7 on: 31.07. 2015 10:23 »
Quote from: Graybeard on 31.07. 2015 09:35
One wheel too many?



Its not a sidecar  *fight*   Definitely cheating having 4 wheels when 3 is the optimum number for entertainment  *grins*

I do like the bsa front wheels though!
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Re: Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« Reply #8 on: 31.07. 2015 11:30 »

 Yo, and all the above re; one wheel too many... *????*

 I take it this was a  road racer..?...slightly off, but;  Back when I had to keep my Road rocket alive, I had to source bits from all kinds of places, and frequently ended up harassing guys in the speedway field who ran units in the "TQ" class- seemed it was common to run long-stroketriumph pre-units with A10 cranks (upped the capacity )...which helped to deplete the supply of said cranks..???
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Re: Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« Reply #9 on: 31.07. 2015 15:04 »

 Is that by any chance a Studebaker Avanti in the back...??
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Re: Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« Reply #10 on: 31.07. 2015 15:22 »
It does not appear so.
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Re: Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« Reply #11 on: 31.07. 2015 16:11 »

 Then what is it in the background of the bottom picture..?
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Re: Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« Reply #12 on: 31.07. 2015 18:17 »
I think it's a GM muscle car but haven't ID'd it, yet.
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Re: Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« Reply #13 on: 31.07. 2015 22:36 »
 Not importand, or BSA, just curious and as a reference this is one I 'borrowed'...http://www.classic-car-history.com/avanti-pictures/1963-studebaker-avanti-front.jpg

 
...maybe RR can find out...??
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Re: Jesser BSA - this is pretty special
« Reply #14 on: 01.08. 2015 00:09 »
Quote from: duTch on 31.07. 2015 22:36
Not importand, or BSA, just curious and as a reference this is one I 'borrowed'...http://www.classic-car-history.com/avanti-pictures/1963-studebaker-avanti-front.jpg

 
...maybe RR can find out...??

will try, I recall it was NZ new, RHD model not a converted import
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