Cubpost 7

Whilst I have been on holiday for most of July, good old Dad had been busy at it working on my Cub to sort out some of the small niggles that were present, also after a few months riding the Sprite I wanted to get the riding position the same on both bikes which meant lowering the footrests by about 1.5 inches.

I had recently had some Marzocchi internals put into AJS Matchless lowers and some machining to use a Yamaha brace/mudguard stay so with those forks fitted the bike was back on 2 wheels and the list of requirements was handed to the 'Factory Mechanic' AKA Dad, whilst I jetted off with the Family for the USA for 3 1/2 weeks.

The list included;

Lowering the footrests

Making a new rear brake pedal to suit the new footrest position

Making a side stand
Making a new bash plate

Doing a modification on the clutch to make the action lighter - this is produced by Duncan Macdonald and also required some machining of the engine cases to fit.

Fitting a new Alloy Tank (incl moving the mounting point on the oil tank)

Stripping the subframe and swinging arm and having them powder coated

You can see from the pictures that all of these items have now been completed and the bike is looking in top shape for the start of the winter season. Thanks must go to 'Factory Pete!!'

I will have to try my best to do the bike justice when we start riding again.

By the way, note the natty horn on the bike (not a permanent fixture but my local MOT station have become rather pedantic about the location of the horn so it was required to get the bike legal for another year).