Hi All,
Just come back from a trip to Oxford on the 39 VH round trip of 140 miles today ended up working on a seized up Triumph either wrong size shells or no oil preassure the jurys out till the ovality of the conrods are checked and the shell size.
The Ariel went really well just under 2 hours to ...

Dead right Roger I just wondered if all pre war VH's are the same.

Hill all
Not a worry just a thought, I have never had good oil pressure since I have built the engine a long time ago must be 30 years it is a 39 engine I fitted a triumph oil pump it has a good gasket to suit feed holes etc., but the OP has never been very high,
when I start it the pressure comes ...

It's terrible when that happens I do the odd boot sale and the Founders day if I find one it's yours, Have never seen one before but you never know. Regards Clive.

Thanks Tony will get a NGK and try it also trying to get the carb right but thats another story the joys of a nearly 100 year old bike. thanks again Clive.

Hi all,
I have a 28 557cc SV, what is the correct 18mm 1/2" spark plug for it I have a selection but all different makes also a Champion which has the wrong thread size a slightly to small which I think is a counterfit one which has gone in the bin.
I have been onto the green company for one but ...

Hi All
Just got back from a run and noticed a small amount of oil below mag chain cover renewed washers round rocker feed and pressure valve but still had a small amount of oil at the bottom of the cover got a feeler gauge and found that I could slide the feeler gauge under the cover gasket,
Took of ...

Hi All,
Nice day out to Oxford from Stamford about 70+ miles there, the traffic is getting worse not the drives apart the two in Northampton who went over red light and nearly cleaned me up then they spent the next mile shouting at each other and road abusing each other through there open windows ...

Hi All,
When I rebuilt my engine 20 years ago the inlet valve had very slight play and the exhaust a bit more and it seemed fine no tightness unlike the first ducati V4 which suffered valves seizing up and locked engines on the first 1000 engines sent out reported in the MCN they were sorted quickly ...

Hello Kevin,
After my rebuild I took it gentle no high speed runs and no slogging in high gear up hill pop it down a gear just take it gentle and change the oil after about 500 miles and check the oil colour should be clean and check the plug colour after a few miles to make sure it's not running ...