Before I start I like to know as much as possible what is likely to need doing. This time on my 69 Bonnie the prime reason was oil leaks, I suspected the pushrod tube seals but it can be hard to tell where the oil is coming from. No smoke from the exhaust at all …
Hold Onto Your Head Handy tool for working on your head, just weld a piece of 25mm RHS to an old spark plug, screw into the head and clamp in the vice. The first one I made use a bit of 25mm water pipe, and it worked okay until I lost it or lent it …
Here’s a good one to try – on second thoughts if you like scraping your footpegs on your OIF Trumpy read no further or it will only worry you. Shaddy’s new to these, he’s been riding Hinkleys for years. Round in his shed he showed me this on the 72 Bonnie he’s doing up. With …
True surfaces, new gaskets and new oils seals properly fitted can result in an oil tight motor, particularly with the later 650/750 twins. Nigel Sprocket was working on a revolutionary solution to oil leaks in a secret department at Meriden and recalls – “after years of intensive research we discovered that the polarity of …