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Fitted a new fuel filter and went for a shakedown run. Difficult to start and to keep running until it's warmed up a bit. I suspect a blockage in...

Went for a 40 mile ride to my mum's in North London. All good through Stevenage blasting round the roundabouts. On to the A1(M) and gradually a...

Champion N3C / OE068/T10 COPPER PLUS Spark Plugs which I saw recommended somewhere. The PWK carbs are cheap £25 ish and really good having chrome...

What an idiot! The primary drive chain tensioner already has a cutout and I was fitting it the wrong way around. Duh! New clutch springs arrived...

Thanks! I have to get the primary chain tensioner on. I forgot to fit it before the Electrex World electronic ignition stator and rotor. Tried to...

Removed the sump plug to check for debris after yesterday's break-in run. As you can hopefully see from the photo there were some iron fillings in...

Thanks. The Blazer will be on the stand next. It's stuck in 4th gear with a broken gear selector leaf spring. So much work has gone into that bike...

Nice weather this Monday morning so got the bike off the stand and ready to go. Odane came round for the start up. I was confident it would go in...

Ready to run tomorrow! I've left the cover off the primary drive so I can adjust the clutch and fine tune the ignition timing during the break-in...

Should be ready tomorrow! Finished the tank and front mudguard spraying today in not ideal conditions as it was damp weather. Some bloom in the...

Almost finished. Just the tank and front mudguard to spray. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

The valve spring and collets arrived so I built the head up with everything polished and ground in. The valve guides are perfect having been...

Got so much done today. As well as the electrics I fitted a new DID drive chain, got the back wheel on, chain guard, foot pegs and back brake...

Got all the electrics sorted. Most of it is in the headlight shell including the indicator flasher, horn and accessory socket. To keep the wiring...

Fabulous. Love the colour!

Spent a lot of time today messing with the primary drive. Some years ago I bought new clutch basket, duplex chain and crank sprocket. The sprocket...

The four 1/4 BSF threads in the cylinder head were weak and one of the screws could not be tightened so I Helicoil'd them all. I had 10 coils left...

Got the barrels on. Always a horrible job getting the rings into the bores so I thought outside the box and put the pistons into the barrels on...

Helicoil'd all the 1/4 BSF threads in the gearbox and got it all back together. The mating surfaces are a bit chewed in places but there's...

It's been a difficult week. Last Friday I got a call from the blood donor service who wanted me to donate on Monday. As I felt ok after having a...