Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

One thing leads to another!

Something I haven’t written about much is the small, almost constant revisions required along the way.

The eagle-eyed among you will have noticed some of the things I’ve had to do as the photos aren’t always quite in build/development sequence. I think if I detailed everything I’d be writing for the next 10 years! Basically, once a part is built or fitted the next part can be sorted, but with the best will in the world not everything fits as planned as the next part is developed.

Having got the front fairing fitted with the headlight I could move on to the dash. As a road bike it has to have a device to tell the speed: a speedometer! It is water-cooled, so a temperature gauge, and it has

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