Nothing wrong with that magneto; one of the best from those days. The device is half a cush drive coupling; there was a fibre disc and a mirror image on the...
Have just uploaded 3 photos of my 1929 model two just completed, yes I know the brass lamp is a bicycle one but its just for show, to upset the rivet counters....
Craig I have put 3 photos in the photo section in an album but there is a second album one with just the first photo and I cannot delete it, can you please...
Bike looks great... Well done. Maybe I'll get to see it some day? Made me deeply jealous, especially with the fine weather we've been having... Grrr.. Mine...
The tank was already done and the crank shaft in front,in picture 1 the bigend was done by alpha bearings, you can see in the first picture 1 fork springs are...
I have done just this Paul, for my Velo - not a cheap exercise as I had to buy 3 MLs to get the full set of parts - and then pay for the finished collection to...
That is VERY interesting... What is/are your experiences of the Flowliner paint process. I've just had a look at their web site and I'm very tempted to give it...
The finish is in the primer which has a heavy pigment and a ispon fine filler to fill any pitting or imperfections this is then rubbed down with 400 grade...
Hi all, I am tempted to give hand painting a go on my Velo frame, so it's very interesting to hear your experiences Clive. There are some other suppliers of...
Great "local History" link. I enjoyed reading that. Though I've absolutely NO intention doiipng my frame in anything that turns my hair white !!! As for...
I spoke to Keith Hamilton in Oz who died recently, about stove enamalling bush mechcanic style. he used a large tin wardrobe that had double doors just large...
I'm a 1945 model with a 1930 Model 9 Sunbeam approaching completion in Oz. I had a problem like many others getting Valve Guides & eventually sourced...
... Correction. I am going silly in my old age. Re the HD main bearing rollers mentioned, they are of course SMALLER (3/16in) than the Sunbeam rollers...
I just wondered if anyone had any experience or trying to repair Mazack (which from now on I believe should be referred to as "Wensleydale" due to its...
Here's details of a rideout I'm organising in and around the New Forest. Though not strictly a vintage bike run anyone and everyone is welcome and due to speed...
I recently bought the first edition "Book of the Sunbeam" Heathcote/Pitmans Pub 1932. This edition has much more information in it than later editions,...
As someone who scribbles a bit for cash I can say that the copyright thing is a minefield. copyright exists for 75years after the death of the author; how this...
Perhaps the answer is to split it into chapters and upload it to another web site then just add a link in the files section? I'd assume that would circumvent...
'Fair Use' under the Copyright Act includes using materials for Educational Purposes. Loading your files onto the Sunbeam site would probably fall into this...
the bms servics series code merry/1616 sunbeam four stroke singles1928-1939 together with illustrated spare parts list code delos/404 covers all the models...
Does anybody know where to source a right handed / off side 7/8" prop stand to beable ot fit or modify for a model 2 with the crss over exhaust please...
On a dry sumped bike with an oil tank, knowing a specific oil capacity isn't such an issue, as you simply need to ensure there is enough in the tank to cover...
Sorry to hear that none of the usual suspects were able to help on the carb. There is an issue for the older bikes that the literature assumes you know...
I put about I/2 pint of SAE80/90 gear oil in the gearbox, and SAE50 for the engine total loss system, and 50SAE for the p/Case, just touching the chain but...
-SAE 50 is way too thick for the chaincase, SAE 30 or less or you will get bad drag and sticky plates which will not do these fragile gearboxes any good. Nor...
Well... My Pitmans rather charmingly suggests... "Also put half a teacup full of engine oil into the gearbox" Not sure if the missus would approve if you used...
It was Morris oil technical chap that said sae 90 was listed for the gearbox and 50 for the engine according to his records for the model 1 & 2 when I ...
When I phoned for my 1929 model 8, Castrol said there records said straight 40 in the engine and gearbox, but they had no record for the chaincase. Interesting...
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