Assembly begins
There’s an old adage in my trade as a joiner, one probably applicable to other manual trades too, which goes ‘measure twice, cut once’ and doesn’t really need to be explained. Like most people though, I’ve not always followed such sayings and regret not doing so when things go wrong. Coming out with ‘well, I thought it would be okay’, after the event, really doesn’t do any good. Luckily, however, in the case of this rebuild, the only serious problem was having to clean the ball bearings and regrease them when the problem was solved.
It’s not the easiest of circumstances to restore a motorcycle in what should be the front room of your house, but needs must. One of the major problems to halt progress is that things can’t always be left out for long periods and have to be put away, or left in
