Beezerpost 3

A few pics from today's progress. 

The clutch arm has been extended and a bracket made as a fixing point for the clutch cable to operate from.

A brake anchor made for the front wheel. 

The NJB Trickshox have arrived and been fitted and the rear frame loops have been cut off and some blanking plugs made to go into the frame - we plan to have a bracket that attaches to the two top shock mounts and holds the mudguard in place. 

Beezerpost 2

As normal with my Dad, things get moving pretty quickly and considering that I took him the bits in the middle of last week, todays photos show the progress made already; 

I decided to go with billet yokes as the BSA yokes set the bars behind the forks and I dont like the tiller action that they provide. 

The forks are original heavy weight BSA lowers with 35mm Ceriani's fitted inside. 

The frame is a B40 with a widened swinging arm, re-positioned footrests and a steepened head angle - it has been freshly powder coated and ready to go. 

The oil tank is a super little number that is located under the seat.

Dad has made a neat head steady which also holds the coil as the HT lead was too short to reach the bracket that was already on the frame. 

I have a few bits and bobs on order that should come next week and will add some of the finishing touches - A slim line BSA petrol tank, pair of NJB Trikshocks and hopefully a thin seat to finish the look. 

I have some new 6in Renthals ready to go on and will be using white plastic mudguards on this bike as ally guards are too easily damaged and look tatty once the bike has been dropped a few times. 

Will post more pictures as the project finishes over the next week or so. We are hoping to get first shakedown ride on it next weekend so that it will be ready for a first trial on Easter weekend at Red Marley. 

Beezerpost 1 - New bike on the way!

So, after a lot of messing about I have decided that the next bike will be a BSA. I was going to go for a Greeves and was all set to have a replica of Alan Nicklins bike, however after a few false starts and failed promises I decided that there were other options. 

As I said in a previous post the choices were really around a villiers engine or a unit 4 stroke and as the 2 strokes are so fashionable at the moment they seem to demand too much money for what they are (after all a basic 40 yr old 2 stroke engine should not need to cost over £1500 to get it ready for a competitive trials bike), I decided that the way to go would be a 250 or 350 BSA. 

I had asked around and the feedback I received was that the 250 lump produced a machine that gripped better in the Midlands mud. 

After a few weeks of looking and chasing lost causes (plus a few hundred miles of chasing about) I finally found what I was looking for in Hereford (30 mins from home) of all places.

An managed to find a rather special engine ready to drop into a bike - a B25 engine with an alloy barrel and a C15 head, PVL ignition, a WD trials gearbox, bored to 270cc and totally rebuilt ready to go!  

A find that was too good to pass up, especially when many other parts for the bike were also available from the same person (B40 frame, wheels - ally rims on Bantam Hubs and a pair of forks) so the project is well under way already in the Dad the Builder's shed!

The photos are of the engine on the bench - real thing of beauty to look at, heres hoping that it runs as well as it looks!