Pre-65 Bikes

Hi everyone Does anyone know the crank oil seal sizes for a 32a engine ?????? ...Thanks in advance

Hi i have a bit of a problem with my enfield crusader framed triumph with billet yokes.The front end tends to tuck in on tight turns worse when riding over small rocks as in river beds.Any advice thought about fitting leading axle forks.

I know its not a trials event but this forum seems like a good place to tell people. This event has been cancelled following a site visit today.due to the flooding on site.Its been put back to the 2nd sept and all passes will still be valid. http://www.thetaverners.com/

A few of us are heading up to the wood at Youlgreave tomorrow morning, Sunday 12th. (Where Peak Classics have their next event.. about 1/4 mile north of the village opposite the junction for Middleton) for an hour or two of practice so if anyone fancies coming along we'll be there from about 11.30 Andyrew

I'm thinking of building a spare rear wheel for a 1958 T20c, would this have had a standard or wide rear hub? Or could someone please tell me the width of each so I can measure what's in there to get another one the same size.

Hi, Does anyone have any info on suitable mods to improve the 175 Bant power with revised port timing. Im from a road racing background but after a quick look, it seems to me the transfer timing is quite short on the standard barrel, particularly for a trials engine. Any ideas folks?

Trying to re-furbish a set of Ceriani type forks, probably from a Greeves Griffon.Does anyone know the correct spring length and width? Can new ones be bought anywhere? What weight and quantity of fork oil should be used? Any help would be appreciated Thanks Geoff

Can anyone tell me what the timing (fully advanced) should be on a BSA B25? I can’t remember what I used to set it too! I’ve set it to 33° but not starting very well (seems ok when running but backfires when I close the throttle) its always been a good starter

hello I have a triumph tiger cub and just wondering about upgrading my forks ! does any one have any ideas what will fit and take my front wheel with no much hassle ???

hi im building up a dot white stregnth trials bike with a 32 a bottom end parkingson square barrell 250cc and im looking for pointers on the carb settings ive opted for a 26mm concentric using a round filter what size main jet,piliot jet ,needle and slide would be a good starting point and whats the differnce betwen a 2 stroke jet tube and a 4 stroke one ?. and fork angle on the dot as the frame was origionally a mtx bike with leading link forks the wheel base with ceraini forks is 54 inches any ideas for a good wheelbase and fork angle and good methods for obtaining it ie cutting the frame cheers jim

Hi, Just wondering if anyone has played with higher comp ratios on trials Bantams. I notice the 1980s Fantic 200s were 11.7:1 (geometric). Anyone any experience of changes? I haven't measured my standard Bantam yet but I think they were about 10:1. Also, is anyone running a different ignition timing than standard? cheers Stu

Could anyone tell me what advance I should be setting this to with an electric world ignition,should it be (35deg before tdc (6.3 mm before tdc)?

Just got my Greeves Scottish on the road (actually a 250 TAS with a 37a wide gear cluster) but having problems with the clutch lever coming back to the handlebar when riding in slow traffic and a bad bunt oil/metal smell. One thing that struck me as odd was that there is a 1/16th inch end float in the clutch shaft. I have followed assembly of the gearbox to the official Villiers drawings so I'm baffled. I would be really greatful of some advise as there doesn't seem to be any useful info relating to assembly of these engines on the web. Cheers in anticipation..

PVL Ignition advertised on E Bay from holden Engineering Item number: 7939569891 holden.eng@btconnect.com 2 week delivery apparently. I thought this might interest some of you people.

Hi Guys. Just playing with the idea of converting a magneto to electronic, for one of our bikes. Was thinking of useing A " Runtronic" unit with the sensor in the mag. As enyone performed this convertion? Would be intrested. Regards Charlie.

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Finally got my Butler running but only with the choke slides fully closed on the air filter? Ticks over and runs lovely,pilot jet at 2 turns out and it takes throttle so why is this. No obvious air draws, any ideas welcome. I've been told to try an Enfield amal but would like to get it running as original. Cheers, peter

Hi All This is not really a pre-65 topic but I'll put it out here: I just acquired a B25, oil-in-frame rolling chassis. Where would I find the frame numbers? Thanks in advance David in SA

Hi all, I'm looking for a very nice photo of a pre 65 bike. I need one that has a white background to it so that only the bike shows up. If you have one I could use please let me know. Thanks.

Hi there Simple question - what's the easiest was to wire a kill button my my Sprite 250 (Villiers 32A engine ) ? - currently nothing at all fitted cheers John