Ok. We tried to update the forum to resolve the issue with notifications. The update failed and I have restored the forum, unfortunately to a version a few days earlier. Drags and our forum are NOT linked, but folks can post images from the drags site here (and if the link fails then it won't show) ...
I have a wng. The front brake is so poor that you can push the bike against it. It's got possibly unused original linings riveted on. As I have no lathe, ive done my usual trick of lining the drum with sticky sandpaper and rotating the wheel with the shoes slightly on. I then use chalk to identify a...
Anyone in the UK interested in swapping their rigid/plunger VH for my plunger KH ? Mines been on the road for a few years but woefully underused. It has the panel tank that doesnt have the speedo cable hole and the associated transition top yoke/speedo mount. It's on original tin wear too and silenc...
I would say that your first picture above, shows the brake arm aligned pretty much where mine are with the brake rod holding them where they want to be in use (just about to engage the shoes). This seems wrong to me as your spring won't pull the brake off, or return the pedal, at all ? When I backed...
I have three wngs on the road, although one has a concentric. The other two are exactly the same in components, but one has a sooty NGK plug which eventually needs to be replaced. I cleaned everything a few times and tried fine tuning the carb with the idle screw which didnt do much . Moving the nee...
I remembered I had the remains of another - so I turned the workshop upside down and found the spare with the damaged case (but good gears) and that was also CCW out :D :x . It had a spare gear (12 tooth) CW gear in the bag, but not the other CW gear which drives it. :( Anyone want to swap an Ariel ...
Almost the last bit to be fitted is the jaeger speedo cable, only to find that the hub mounted speedo gearbox is driving counter clockwise and not clockwise. .. :( It looks the same as my other ones but obv ain't... :( :( Am I right in thinking that the gears are no longer made anywhere to change th...