I agree with David and always set the rim offset with/to the bike. After initial truing of the wheel/s. With the front, centre the rim to the steering head. With the rear, I always check the final drive chain line, sprocket to sprocket, first, using a taut fine string or hand held laser - it nearly ...

WOW AGAIN! I wouldn`t dare post a picture of my alleged 1947 alleged 4G, unless I had a large whiskey ready.

I do not see powder coat to be any less grippy to the tyre bead than nice new chrome, stainless or paint. The guy who did mine does hundreds of rims, which many are not tubeless. I have never had any trouble with tyres moving on the rim whatever the finish, but having said that I am not a hard rider...

I have had this dilemma a couple of times in recent years with rims that are not tidy, but otherwise sound, round and true. These old, but good quality rims needed sprucing up and re-chroming was discounted for the reasons already given. In the first case I had one set sandblasted and powder coated ...

I have "fettled" a few Altette horns and the vibrating plate is not flat, but pressed slightly into a crimped double disc, to allow it to vibrate. Will be interested to hear how it sounds or not? You may have to not totally tighten the case screws to give it freedom to vibrate and operate ...

I always true the wheel first ie. make it round and run true. Then if I know the offset measurement, I will do that also in my jig, or alternatively fit the trued wheel into the bike and move the rim right or left, to suit the centre line of the machine coming from the headstock. With a rear wheel I...

I hope I am dealing with the same 8 inch BSA single sided front brake. If I am I can help as Central Wheel Components have always supplied a couple of spares when ordering a set of spokes and I have them here in front of me to measure for you. First lets check we are talking about the same brake. I ...

Try RENOVATION SPARES - mudguard specialist. Advertises in Old Bike Mart. I used them for some plain c - section in steel and they were fine. Telephone 07976695435. 13 The Meadway, Redditch, B97 5AB.

I have now done about 350 miles on my rebuilt 1947 4G finished some months ago. Most of the mileage has been done on steady runs of about 20 miles to bed in the newly built engine. On the last three runs the engine has begun to misfire badly after about 15 miles, especially at lower revs, leading to...

I met exactly the same problem with my 1947 rigid teles 4G. I found that if I fitted the big kink to the right and small to left, the right exhaust fouled the rear stand and left badly fouled the clutch cover. I, in the end fitted big kink left and small right. That way the left exhaust just touches...