Flathead Friday

 Out with Stock

Well, now what do we plan for this.... Shame to leave it as a spare....

Piston works...

 Well after contacting Truett and Osbourne for some inf  about the Ebay win pistons, turns out they are from the first batch and required a bit of clearance work for a hot motor. Not that I am going to run it as a race bike!

So off to my good friends machine shop, a few cuppa's later and we have achieved the correct clearance. Taking 10 thou off each side and use 012" thou ring gap with a bore clearance of 005"

Bottom End

Having the bottom end balanced and put together by the same man who built the current WL power plant. He sent me this update. Still required some parts. So bit the bullet and placed an order from the EU, no we are out side it....

Info from WWW

 http://knuckleheadtheology.blogspot.com/2007/07/relieving-flathead.html

Found some great pictures from this web site about what my Stroker porting should look like.

Delivery my friend!

 Top end supplies for the WLA Stoker motor have arrived. Thanks to JWBoons.  Next steps on this lot is bore +60 and new seats for the big inlet valves. 

 Cool Knuckle...

Fit for clearance

 Today mocked up the cases and using high tech methods... pencil and scribe. Mark out the areas to remove on the mill..

Then machined for clearance, step one complete 

eBay luck

 eBay win arrived today Truet and Osborn pistons for the WLA Stroker build.

Doing the google thing could only find these being made by Graf on the WWCycles web site for €770 ish. So now have all the T&O bits. Next to save for the barrels to get bored for these beauties.

Back in the room

 Right its been a while.... New Bike in the stable,

Lost of learning has been done on the road to get here, lots still to do and lost still to learn. Hence Back to blogging.

Luck man

Look at my toys.... Very lucky

Road to London Village

Rode into town today for a brew

@ the bike shed show. Not often you get to ride over tower bridge with your buddy. Nice to see the younger side of bike building and riders.

Welding Ally

The rat as he welds....

Zero to hero...

Well this repair could have gone either way.

Nice to put the life back into a triumph for my buddy

Not very oil tight!

Ally welded back to allow miles of riding.... 

New Year working....

Got a good friends frame in to fit an extra oil bag, the planning has made our heads hurt! 

Just to prove it all flows from top to bottom, then weld on the lid.

A few other bit made also 

Everyone like a bone.....

New and old

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The new rubbers on my mates new old triumph

But you can not beat old worn bits...,

Local services...

Got a recommendation from a friend about a local company that repairs speedos. Gave it s try and we have the life back in the #67 speedo and busted tacho

#67 after an unknown time

From June 8th

To yesterday 7th Nov #67 was running again!  See Instagram video

Piece of pie..

First try to make pie cuts.... 

#67

TT pipes on the #67 a day of cutting a few more pie slices to cut but most of the way there 

Ally glue

Turbo pipe fov a VW

Big brake for a small bike conversion