I was contacted by the owner, Pieter, who heard about me through a business contact his brother Casper uses, the company I use for all my chroming & electro plating.

Apparently they had got somebody else to strip, chrome and rebuild the front wheel to...

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This would be my 3rd Century run, missed the first 2, the combined ages of you and your bike must add up to 100 & over.

It did not start well for me; as I was getting my 1972 BSA A65 out there was a strong smell of petrol, on inspection I noticed  that...

My club, the Cape Vintage Motorcycle Club, holds a breakfast runs on the first Sunday of the month, this Sunday the venue was especially chosen not only to have breakfast but  to allow us to see a vintage car and bike run along the coast through Simons Town.

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The bike had been refurbished but came to me because it was seized. The finishing, paint, chrome, aluminium etc. is very good except for the rear wheel rim and a few minor items that need re-chroming, due to the bike standing for quite some time.

 

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The last part is often the most difficult, tuning, getting the bike to run as you and, more importantly, as the customer expects.

Well this one was no exception, I fiddled and fiddled with balancing the carbs,I tried the wise way, with pressure gauges,...

This bike is certainly a vintage and has at some time been registered with the South African Veteran & Vintage Association, due to this I decided to take a lot of pictures of it’s condition.

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We all met at the usual place, well, 3 bikes and 3 cars, it is winter after all. Rai asked me to lead, but when he asked if I knew where the Airfield in Stellenbosch was I could see he knew he had chosen the wrong person. So when we gathered for the usual briefing...