I'm making the most of the current situation and taking some time having a tidy-up at my parents place, mostly my dad's stuff (as some of you know we lost dad last month).
First of all? Wash dad's Hawkstone, which was still muddy from it's last outing. I think this is the only Greeves scrambler I've ever ridden, and will be until I get either (or both!) of my Challengers finished. Unfortunately this beautiful machine may have to go up for sale, but until then I'm taking good care of it.
Meanwhile in the workshop my TFS is on the bench. The idea here is to refine the bike and develop it into a reliable competition weapon. I'll be writing more about this in Leading Link soon, but for now a little preview of some of the jobs I've been doing.
First of all, the Ceriani fork seals needed replacing. And since I had the forks apart - and the bushes were worn - I thought I'd best replace them. Very long story short: lots of things went wrong! My last weekend with dad we were working on it but didn't get it right. "You need to look out for a bit of phosphur bronze", he said. And also a variable reamer to get the size right. Well, nothing to it but to carry on by myself, and so it was done.
As above, more in Leading Link soon. However if you want any help with Ceriani bushes feel free to send me a message.
The other main job with the TFS was fix the front brake. When I rode at the Mike Kemp Trial in December the cable stop for the break snapped off the tin hub back plate, and I lost it. Dad - who'd sorted out a quick fix with a cable tie to get me going again - suggested that rather than fix the hub, I made a new torque arm with a cable stop integrated. I'm not sure exactly what he envisage, and never will know, but I hope he'd have been impressed with what I came up with!
I think the half-inch thick aluminium bar I used for this was salvaged from desks that were going for scrap at the office dad worked in years ago. Put to good use at last!
Somewhat over-engineered perhaps, but a good exercise in machining nonetheless!
Big thanks to Dick F for helping me clear up the workshop. More soon.
First of all? Wash dad's Hawkstone, which was still muddy from it's last outing. I think this is the only Greeves scrambler I've ever ridden, and will be until I get either (or both!) of my Challengers finished. Unfortunately this beautiful machine may have to go up for sale, but until then I'm taking good care of it.
Meanwhile in the workshop my TFS is on the bench. The idea here is to refine the bike and develop it into a reliable competition weapon. I'll be writing more about this in Leading Link soon, but for now a little preview of some of the jobs I've been doing.
First of all, the Ceriani fork seals needed replacing. And since I had the forks apart - and the bushes were worn - I thought I'd best replace them. Very long story short: lots of things went wrong! My last weekend with dad we were working on it but didn't get it right. "You need to look out for a bit of phosphur bronze", he said. And also a variable reamer to get the size right. Well, nothing to it but to carry on by myself, and so it was done.
As above, more in Leading Link soon. However if you want any help with Ceriani bushes feel free to send me a message.
The other main job with the TFS was fix the front brake. When I rode at the Mike Kemp Trial in December the cable stop for the break snapped off the tin hub back plate, and I lost it. Dad - who'd sorted out a quick fix with a cable tie to get me going again - suggested that rather than fix the hub, I made a new torque arm with a cable stop integrated. I'm not sure exactly what he envisage, and never will know, but I hope he'd have been impressed with what I came up with!
I think the half-inch thick aluminium bar I used for this was salvaged from desks that were going for scrap at the office dad worked in years ago. Put to good use at last!
Somewhat over-engineered perhaps, but a good exercise in machining nonetheless!
Big thanks to Dick F for helping me clear up the workshop. More soon.
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