From Whitehaven down the West Coast Road, up past Windermere, over Kirkstone Pass, on up past Ulswater then the A66 & A595 home....

I've been working slowly on the forks for the past few weeks. A lot of distractions lately, but things are still moving. From an appearance point of view, I knew I'd be repainting parts, but the cur...

I've decided to publish my blog in short parts for your convenience. I think it would be boring to read a restoration blog the size of "War and Peace" :) Measured the oil clearances of the main and c...

Hey I've recently had problems with idle and an oil leak, fount that the front right coil has oil in the tube, anyone knows why and what seals should change? Could this be the cause of the bike not be...

I just changed the clutch it was my first time 4th gear is still slipping it stay but once you add throttle, it drops back down to three before the clutch change it didn't even recognize 4 I would hav...

 Trying to get a bit of lift with this and a set of links...

Last ride of 2016 ?...

I posted earlier that one of the studs where the seat hinge bolts to the frame was broken off when I got the bike. I drilled it out, found a suitable bolt and tapped some threads into the hole. Probl...

I started by completely dismantling the motorcycle into spare parts, taking into account the convenience of their subsequent maintenance and painting. This was not difficult and was done almost with m...

I have a 16 month old Big Crank AGM battery. I realized after my last ride that I left one of the lights on and it drained the battery. I tested it with a voltmeter and it was down to 1.6v The only ch...

Having removed the knee, one can rejoice, the inserts look good, no rotation detected)...

But I don't have a lot to budget...

With the cylinder off and a little time to spare before parts arrive, I took the opportunity to clean more of the carbon deposits from the front of the engine....

I've got big plans for a road trip to Oregon next month so I've been spending some time with the Big Red Bitch getting caught up on maintenance. New air filter, new front brakes, also changed the fina...

Next, we remove the motor chain guide screws and then the chain itself....