putting the jigsaw back together

[cornishbob]

ok so i re routed (?) the clutch cable like we said.

to me as, it hangs, its way too close to that exhaust pipe. especially as its swinging free when braking and turning.

i suppose it could be bracketed to hold it in place but it might end up a dogs dinner knowing my adeptness with a big hammer

another optino is a longer cable if thet're availible but that is just bodging.

what i have done is, instead of it turning down behind the air filter. it now curves down from where the rocker cover ends and runs past the carb before turning  under the carb.

that has taken the more acute bends in the cable. they are now smooooth parabolas.

i'll let it run and see what happens but i wouldnt be able to sleep at night with it that close to the exhaust

[DAVE BRADY]

Hi Bob,

Try running it behind the yolk and loosely hold it with some wire/cable tie to one of the cylinder base studs and see how that sits.

Dave.

[cornishbob]

my adjustments have resulted in a much easier action.

whilst i understand why your way is  the most ideal way there is still going to be a bend whether its in front of or behind the yoke.

as i have set it now i dont think theres much diference in how the cable is lying on the bike. 'my way' is just 'your way' but at 90 degrees to each other.

i will take a photo of how it now runs from top tube to clutch. instead of it running along the top of the crankcase and curving in toward the clutch it just runs down in a gentle curve and then curves off to the clutch,
the only tight (ish curve is up at the yokes just one curves down and one curves into the tank tunnel.

i am in the process of thinking about this. it might take me a while but things are whirring

[cornishbob]

so heres the pics.
thinking about it. i need to try another clutch on another bike. when i did the swap round i tried it and noticed no appreciable difference with the action to what i've done now.

[cornishbob]

there seems to be a few schools of thought about routing the clutch cable according to those i've asked,

still inquiring

[cornishbob]

just a quickie. tidied up the bare forks left by taking off the shrouds and putting on the dominator b rackets. it left it a tad untidy so did these spacers out of a bit of tubing i had lying around. luckily it was 38mm same as the bracket body

[Gup holland]

That's a good one bob, this looks beter if you don't use the shrouds. Good idea.

Gr gup

[cornishbob]

behind an ugly duckling theres always a swan

[chrisx1]

Did your pipes fit well. I bought some recently and they were a struggle to fit, the only bracket was miles out from the frame bracket and so I cable tied it on as a test. First kick and the compression pushed the pipes strait out of the head. I've gone back to my high level pipes.

[cornishbob]

the pipes were 'on' when i got the bike . they were loose jn the head. i had the off to put the roses on. bit of a faff getting them back on with only two hands. the mounting is a little way back but lined up quite nicely.
i did put a bit of a twist in the bracket to get a bit of backward push in the manifolds but didnt have any real trouble. bit fiddly getting the shorty left side in and seating properly. i loosely fitted the right side in the manifolld along with the left in to its mount.
then got my long suffering missus to hold it there as i pushed in and aligned the mid bracket and slipped in the bolt. didnt tighten it up too much.
then i got the front 3 in situ and tightened the front joint.
it was then just doing up the mid bracket bolt to hold it all in place.

i did find if everything at the front wasnt lined up right there was a bit of tension at that mid bracket. a few taps with a rubber hammer and it all went perfick

[cornishbob]

when i was a little biddy boy
my grandad had a great big toy

its funny how you remember things from way back when.
one of my first memories of motorcycles was when i was about six. my grandad would take me out round the lanes where we lived. there weren't ant cars only an occasional tractor and two horses constituted a traffic jam.

i think he forgot i was there sometimes. the hedges were a blur and the noisey exhaust was deafening but bloody good fun.

there wasnt much room on the back and he'd tied a bit of that orange bailer twine to the back for me to hang on to..and hang on i did.

anyway as time went by and i looked at other bikes i saw an amazing thing. a loop of shiney metal on the back for the poor sod on the back to grag on to
my thoughts often went back to that white bsa and the twine that saved my life. breaking out in a cold sweat i vfowed that if i ever owned a bsa i would put a grab rail on it and guess what? yep thats what ive done.

its a modern triumph t120 grabby mounted on the seat loop with norton (commando i think) grab rail clips holding a bit of stainless with strategically placed holes.

i was surprised that the modern rail was as close as damn it the same width of the loop on the frame. think i used 2 thin washers on each mounting bolt just to take up what slack there was.

think i might might do a bracket across the the mudguard mountings just to be belt and braces. luckily i had the forethought to align the back holes of the grab rail so its a straight line with those muddle brackets . that should make it easy

[cornishbob]

couldn't get my head round that bakelite (?) steering damper knob. it had to go or at least a makeover.

so having a bit of nice billet lying around i set to work

et voila. hopefully blends in with everything and made from offcuts

[Gup holland]

Looks great, specially on your bike. Far better than the original one.

[cornishbob]

anything was better than the original one. i'd like to meet the person that designed some of this stuff

[Gup holland]

I think a very old man with a cup of tea, designed on Friday 16:30, just for the weekend