15/01/12

22/07/11

21/07/11

04/01/11

Anti-freeze added to the cooling system. Stainless steel spokes ordered for front wheel. Some carburetter parts ordered.

01/01/11

Work started on moving my websites to an external server. New address will be www.jgweb.org/velo - should be up and running within a week.

01/01/11

Engine-related rebuild info moved from "Reassembly" page to "Engine" page

31/12/10

Carburetter problem solved, engine runs well. News from wheel builder is new spokes required.

28.12.10

Engine started for first time.

23/12/10

New front tyre etc arrived.

17/12/10

Front wheel removed, tyre removed and offset found to be wrong. New tyre, tube and rim tape ordered.

29/11/10

Headlamp re-fitted, fiddling with petrol tap again.

24/11/10

Body re-mounted on frame, all wiring connected and tested. Clutch, throttle and speedo cables connected.

10/11/10

Petrol tap modified & re-fitted. L/H footboard re-fitted. Wiring diagram started.

31/10/10

Front forks assembled, rearlamp wiring put in place, gaskets made for rearlamp. Some more bolts ordered from Silent Stainless and another new footboard and rear brake cable ordered from Bullers End.

30/10/10

Rear suspension and radiator reassembled. Quite a lot of wiring completed.

25/10/10

Headlamp cowl and legshield tops painted.

24/10/10

Re-assembled top & bottom yokes. Started to wire in fuse box.

21/10/10

Fuel tank and steering head re-fitted to body. Regulator mounted under battery compartment. LED insert assembled in rearlamp.

19/10/10

Ordered LED rearlamp insert from Paul Goff to reduce power consumption. Made a start on re-wiring ignition and alternator.

17/10/10

Made a bracket for mounting new ignition coil. Drew up new electrical diagram.

11/10/10

More re-assembly work, re-painted stand and primed parts missed

06/10/10

Started re-assembly of engine components, etc

18/09/10

Finished painting body parts

11/09/10

Applied 2 coats of colour to body parts

09/08/10

Two coats high-build primer on all body parts

06/08/10

Legshields stripped

04/08/10

Small parts cleaned and painted with silver Hammerite

02/08/10

Website updated

01/08/10

Clutch thrust rods sorted out, clutch operation tested. Horn re-assembled

May to Aug

Limited time available, but quite a lot of work done on body and preparation for re-painting.

09/04/10

Parts collected from shot-blasting

03/03/10

Painted parts, etc taken to the shot-blaster.

26/02/10

Valves, pistons and barrels serviced and re-assembled.

25/02/10

New barrels stripped and cleaned.

24/02/10

Another visit to Bullers End to pick up two second hand barrels.

20/02/10

6v regulator and twin ignition coil received ready for re-build.

19/02/10

Cable, fuse box etc received ready for re-build

18/02/10

Arranged to take parts for shot blasting on 2nd March. All parts got ready and photographed.

17/02/10

Collection of s/h piston rings received from Alf Snell but none useable.

12/02/10

New clutch plates arrived and fitted. Bell housing and gearbox re-united. Valves ground and L/H cylinder re-assembled. Broken ring on R/H piston. Damn!

08/02/10

Finished cleaning up main engine casings. Stripped and cleaned stator plate and checked coils etc. Contact breaker points are useable, polished up. One coil is open circuit, so new coils needed.

07/02/10

Ordered new clutch plates from Bullers End

06/02/10

Received some interesting bike details from club historian.

05/02/10

Re-assembled starter segmant and reduction gear mechanism and started to assemble clutch. However on close examination, several of the ears on the friction plates are broken off.

03.02.10

First visit to club spares depot at Bullers End in Walsall. Obtained everything on my shopping list.

02/02/10

Dismantled starter segment shaft and clutch assembly, cleaned up clutch housing and gearbox casing.

01/02/10

Access to technical notes. Huge amount of information here!

31/01/10

Sent a message to club historian to seek info on my bike. Requested access to the technical notes.

30/01/10

LE club membership received - now I can order parts, etc.

23/01/10

Remainder of bodywork stripped down and a shot-blaster identified to clean it all up.

22/01/10

Heads and barrels removed and corrosion found in bores. A lot of cleaning up of parts, but still plenty more to do.

14/01/10

Electrical parts received from Paul Goff

13/01/10

Agreed to buy starter segment, pinion and reduction gear assembly from a club member. Also a new centre stand as mine seems to be too short.

11/01/10

Mainly dismantled, engine removed and split from gearbox. Broken starter segment identified.

09/01/10

Received and fitted kick-start pedal & shaft, but it doesn't turn engine. Decided to begin full strip-down.

08/01/10

Ordered various electrical parts from Paul Goff

08/01/10

Agreed to buy starter pedal and shaft from a club member.

04/01/10

Removed starter bush and established what is missing. Question posted on club forum

01/01/10

First opportunity to examine the bike properly. Tyres pumped up and photographs taken

31/12/09

Applied for membership of the LE Velo club

30/12/09

Collected the bike from the seller and made space for it in the garage. The project begins!