Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Keep calm and carry on!

Last time I’d got a very basic rolling chassis put back together, so it was time to start adding the other parts with the aim to enable the engine to be fired up, checked and readied for the rolling road.

Up to this point progress had been steady and thankfully everything had gone back in place without any grief. I hoped that as I’d been relatively careful in the ‘dry build’ this would continue, keeping in mind there would need to be some fettling along the way.

I turned my attention to the engine, having laid various parts on the bike ramp that I intended to fit; the clutch was first on the agenda.

The new clutch

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