Category: Bikes
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Superdream 250
We purchase a running CB250 for the lad for when he’s passed his A2 licence. It needed a few little jobs doing which rapidly expanded!!….. The first issue being an oil leak which seemed quite bad from the head joint. It transpired that the head was warped to the tune of 0.003″ So, with some…
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Matchless G3LS
This bike came to us with some problems leading to it being stood up for several years….. We embark on recommissioning the bike for road use. We encounter issues with the clutch, the magneto and the dynamo, oil flow and fuel flow.
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Harley Davidson XLH Sporster
Same as the T100c, this Harley came to us directly from the importer as a non runner. After an initial looking over there were several issues with it. Electrically, there was very little power getting to the ignition, the bike had stood some considerable time so the carb was blocked with old fuel residue. The…
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Tiger 100C
This project came to us fresh from the importer as a non runner. The brief was to get it running and ready for the road and registered. Running: We put 12V to the bike to determine what we had. Despite the wiring being in a bad way, there was a spark. There was no fuel…