APRIL 17 – 2016

Fork legs came back from Canada and this time everything lined up. My local CNC machinist made me the two brackets needed for the steering damper – one to attach to the front fork left leg and the other to hold it to the frame tube. The brackets are made of aluminium and therefore I…

March 10-28- 2016

Wheels came in and I went straight to my flexible rubber man and he put on the AVON tyres that had also just arrived. The rear axle was drawn up after a lot of head scratching. My frame maker had made me decide on a 14 millimeter diameter rear axle as that was the maximum…

February 13 & 14 – 2016

The frame, engine plates, footrests, tank and a few other items have arrived and added to the pile of things that need to be assembled. I was a bit disappointed about the frame. It did not have quite the finish that I had expected. When looking at pictures of frames built by Roger Titchmarsh, his…

January 23 – 2016

January 1 – 2016

Email came in from Denny Barber, the frame guy, advising that the frame is ready except for the rear wheel adjusters so I guess I will have to arrange for shipping it over here in the next week or two. Denny has also made the engine plates in 8 mm Dural and he is offering…