Hi all, not sure if I have this in the right place but hopefully a mod will move it if not please.
My name is barney and I have a A65L I am just about to restore or start it anyway, been stood for years, and I'm just looking at it from the rear and doesn't look like the wheels are inline so just starting to check before I strip it to the frame, can't see any obvious signs of damage any where.
Any advice on where to start as I was trying to centre the rear wheel in the swing arm via the adjusters, if I do this the spindle is in a different position in the swing arm slots on both sides and also not inline with front.
I have it on a bike lift at the minute clamped via front wheel, any help appreciated as I would like a rolling chassis with wheels before the Classic bike show in April if possible
Thanks barney
This topic came up recently (see below) and, as far as I understand it, the A65 was designed in this way although, to be honest, I didn't notice the effect when I restored my A65L!
https://www.bsaownersclub.co.uk/bsaoc_forum/index.php?topic=13663.msg73469#msg73469
At some point, I'm going to put my A65L on the ramp to check the geometry but I assume I will find the rear wheel is displaced to one side of the bike's centreline and there's nothing I can do about it because of the available clearance of the tyre on either side. I would be interesting to know how far you think the rear wheel is out?
Out of interest, I've just checked my A65L and, as far as I can tell, the rear wheel spindle is positioned in exactly the same location in the adjustment slots on both sides. I also checked that my A65L has the modified front forks so that the front wheel is canted over slightly to the left which I understand was done to improve the bike's handling.
I would have adjusted the rear wheel using a straight edge to put it in line with the front one. It's a bit of a long time ago to remember the details but I vaguely remember that CWC may have originally rebuilt the wheels for me but I may then have had to adjust the offsets to compensate for finding the wheel or wheels were off centre.
If I didn't already have a bike on my ramp, I would definitely be tempted to put the A65L on the ramp to check exactly what was going on with the rear wheel :o
Thanks for the reply, I will have a read and do some checks this week
Thanks again for your time to reply