Mudguards and wheels supplemental

 The cycle parts of this frame were really quite poor. It was mainly a clean, strp and repaint job although I did need to weld a couple of cracks.

I used paint stripper to remove layers of old paint. This is the new stuff from thecEU regs.... doesn't work very well so you need to be very patient. I applied it, wrapped in cling film to keep it moist and left it overnight. I took a lot of scraping and several applications but it did get there in the end.








All cleaned, derusted and eventually resprayed.




























I changed the bearings in the spare hub... the cones section was sl different in design from those in the rear wheel that came with the bike. I found one set of bearings was badly corroded and had damaged the corresponding cup so I tapped that one out of the hub and replaced it with the best "used" cone from stock. I took the hub and old rim with spokes to wheelwise cowfold to have the hubs swapped.

In the meantime I swapped the 12T engine sprocket for new.... a job that was well overdue judging from the distortion of the teeth.

Old sprocket... nut removed (normal thread) using impact wrench.

Nut and wave washer removed

New sprocket fitted

Teeth compared!


That pretty much completed the resto of this bike... but now the infamous test ride... and yes new problems! No electrics at all. Testing the output from the magneto showed zero volts... looks like coil failure. Luckily I have a spare. Checked wire routing before replacing... had to solder the lead to the post onto my repl coil though. Pic taken before removal for routing...


However testing the old coil showed a resistance of 0.6 ohm


I find my digital meter cant give a consistent reading here varying from 0.4-1.1 ohm but I think anything in this ballpark is OK... just not zero or infinity!

I replaced the coil and lighting was restored. I had to fit a new horn though.

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