Thanks for your suggestions. Re Brian: At first I thought the same as you Brian, it did sound like a pushrod was either catching or finding its way into its position at the rockers. However I have set the clearances accurately and even kept my finger on the rocker arm to feel if the clicking was coi...

Hi Will. yes it's the one with the painted head :)...Although now most of the very thin paint has been removed by me with a green abrasive dish washing scouring pad...most of it has actually cleaned off quite easily and no hidden horrors have been revealed...phew!... I was thinking I would film it w...

I was just going over everything on a newly acquired 58 VH. I noticed that if I slowly positioned the piston near TDC with the kickstart and prodded the kickstart to rock the piston on the compression there is quite a loud metallic clicking noise seemingly coming from the top area of the engine. If ...

Thanks all. Yes it is an ally head so makes no sense, but then again some engines do have aluminium barrels sprayed at the factory. It does worry me slightly though, thinking something nasty might be revealed when all the paint is removed....I'm thinking JB WELD! :( ...filed to look like a fin or to...

Hi All. I have recently acquired a late 50's VH. I'm intrigued that the cylinder head which shows no welding work and is not damaged, "seems" to have been sprayed at some time with a grey silver coloured paint. It is flaking off slightly, mostly at the edges of the fins and not very thick,...

Wow. What a great bike get-together. Really wish I was there. Here in West Somerset, there seems hardly any decent size classic bike meetings, most are for modern bikes. I've tried very hard to arrange similar events but there seems to be complete apathy with the few classic bike owners down this wa...