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  • Members: 1862
  • Category: BSA
  • Founded: Sep 2, 1998
  • Language: English
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Welcome to the meeting place for all BSA motorcycle enthusiasts, whether they are owners or not.

If you have an interest in BSA motorcycles, need help or advice, or just like to talk about these great British bikes, this is the place for you

Featured wall: Artwork outside Russell Motors, Clapham, in 1977 - they still supply M20 spares - has the wall has been repainted yet?

Moderator: Martin Walton, Southampton.

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Re: B40 Frame Repair
I'm trying to drink some Black Sheep Ale here, Pete.  That put me off for at least 0.005 sec.    Cheers,      Dave. ... From:
Posted - Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:07 pm
 DAVID HOPWOOD
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Re: too much tappet clearance after rebuild !
You do have the Rupert Ratio book, I hope..... If not, get a copy,and that will tell you.  Don't start on a BSA Unit Single without a copy !    Cheers,
Posted - Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:05 pm
 DAVID HOPWOOD
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Re: too much tappet clearance after rebuild !
Hi Bryan, The bike is a B40 The old valves were very carbonised, lots of wear(so possibly 'riding high'into valve seats?) I stripped top-end and sent off to
Posted - Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:15 pm
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Re: too much tappet clearance after rebuild !
Hi pierre, Different length. Bother! Thanks for this. Mystery deepens. But it doesn't seem that one is too tight and the other too loose. I'll take them out
Posted - Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:02 pm
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Re: too much tappet clearance after rebuild !
mate you wouldn,t be the first to get replacement parts that arent...quite the right size...for a 40-50 year old bike that has seen a heap of owners and
Posted - Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:22 am
 Kevin Linville
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2009 194 226 187 259 319 324 92
2008 264 175 249 294 317 399 322 235 271 205 315 188
2007 218 216 228 151 136 119 140 176 234 246 181 171
2006 494 319 346 306 283 255 295 263 269 269 330 278
2005 609 649 408 536 419 435 328 295 347 403 304 318
2004 671 602 528 460 413 517 430 330 472 471 543 606
2003 683 477 315 410 550 619 634 415 1089 385 648 380
2002 440 277 252 288 257 242 309 516 411 378 404 581
2001 351 710 549 547 361 217 269 227 262 352 304 303
2000 155 416 359 237 143 194 246 181 217 288 469 480
1999 38 29 42 20 37 11 57 26 114 50 202 112
1998 30 24 53 27
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