Salt Flash. A Bonneville Beezer.

[Old Scrambler]

The train is still on the tracks................just running a little late :x :x

I'm on my third source for valves and 4th for an affordable ignition system............and apparently someone else bought the last Bridgestone tire of my particular need before I knew they quit making them.  But I've got more time than you

With all you have accomplished so far..............you'll just have to 'git 'er done

[Briz]

Whew! Farndon sound like a nightmare to work with Slim! I'm impressed that the US embassy is prepared to intervene in such matters. I'm pretty sure any UK embassy would tell you 'thats your problem, get lost'!

Finally!!! after 10 months, about a thousand miles of driving about and WELL north of a grand...we have a crankshaft! Thanks to Dave Branch for making it, Basset-Down for the quick balance job and Cambs Rebores for the (also quick) final grind. And a big raspberry to Gosnays for being obstructive time-wasting jobsworths!
Now we can get on with things.

[wobblywalrus]

Briz, I was reading some of your earlier posts.  Our Hinckley triumph Bonnevilles use 41mm fork tubes and we toss the thinner tubes and put on ones with 3.175mm wall thickness, made by Forking by Frank, in Evanston Illinois.  The price is reasonable and the thicker tubes get rid of a lot of flex.  They are 27% thicker.

[Briz]

Dont think flex is an issue with ours WW. We used these same forks on the Weslake last time and had no handling issues.
Forking by Frank seems to be the only game left in town for custom tubes. I used to make them here, but the cost of hard-chroming made it unviable.

[Old Scrambler]

Precision Crank..........and its pretty too 8-) 8-) 8-)

Custom forks can be sourced from numerous shops...........including manufacturers of hydraulic-rams.  One shop in Milwaukee just refinished a set of pitted Ceriani units that now look like new. 

Briz......my brother-in-law is a BIG BSA fan......mostly A10 models. He will be looking for you in the pits.

[Briz]

Cool; we'll look out for him!

Getting there; not plain sailing! Sometimes seems like every last bolt is fighting me!
David got most of the wiring done today. We just have the fluid lines & the cables to do really. Waiting on fittings.

[Old Scrambler]

WOW

That was a fast assembly 8-) 8-) 8-)

It's going to fly..........in more ways than one but hopefully in the right direction

[wobblywalrus]

It can be seen that you have been working on bikes for a very long time.  Nothing is amateur about this build.

[tauruck]

Briz, that's just fantastic and even without Bo's comment it shows you know your stuff,

What gave it away?.

The bottle of blue Loctite in the foreground.

Great build man, great build.

[lsrjunkie]

Looking great Briz! Such a cool scooter. Top notch man! Can't wait to see it on the salt! 

[Briz]

Thanks guys! We used red, blue & green loctite on this build!
We got a good deal done this weekend. About half a dozen small tasks to do before we try fireup.
Some pics:

[Peter Jack]

Sometimes a motorcycle just looks right!!! 

Pete

[lsrjunkie]

I agree PJ! That thing is cooler than the other side of the pillow! 

[SaltPeter]

Wow 

Pete

[Briz]

Things aint looking great.
We had it running a few times. We cant stop it flooding.
Dyno session yesterday was abortive.
Amal carbs dont like fuel pumps! even adjusted down to 1psi or less its hit or miss. Reducing float-needle seat from 4mm to 2mm hasn't helped. We could go down to 1.6mm but I dont think thats enough to feed a blown methanol engine.
Floats are too small. Not enough buoyancy.
If we cant fix this, we're not going to make it for this year. Container loading date is next wednesday.