JohnLay wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:31 pm As an aside the gearbox and clutch centre nuts once the tab washers bent were back proved both to be loose, despite or maybe because of the previous hammer and chisel treatment.

Dodgy splines?

JohnnyBeckett wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:11 pm hi Simes you can get them from Geoff Brown at the clubs gearbox and clutch spares he had a batch made not long ago

As you say - I've had two sets. They are excellent.

Do we have any pictures of the last type of filter? I have a Drags one in my FH which I assume is the right one (it fits) but I'm confused by Paul's reference to a cone?

Are spares available for the 250s?

Excellent article in the February CdF on the HS.

Can someone tell me why there are two frame prefixes for 1955? Frames left over from 1954 perhaps?

JohnnyBeckett wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:10 pm hi i would get a set of cork plates off the clubs gearbox and clutch parts like i have done to my bike now it's a nice clutch with no slip

I agree, the cork clutch is excellent as are the parts available from club spares.

I'm on the home straight with my SQ4 gearbox now. In what may be the second to last trial assembly, I have 1.11 movement on the sleeve gear, gearbox in top, sprocket not tightened up. I'm now ready to make the spacer to move the sleeve gear inboard. I've currently got 2/3 of the sleeve gear spline l...

The fun bit is getting the temper right - I had two goes at that with the stand springs. The side stand clip might be easier (as it's a bit smaller) but I found controlling the temperature across the whole spring simultaneously quite difficult. I've used a domestic oven for things like knife blades ...

I'd attempt to make one. Alan Moore did some very good posts on making W/NG fields stand springs which would show you what to do.

Wow. Well done guys, it's so impressive what a group of dedicated people can achieve.