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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
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<blockquote data-quote="Peter Holmes" data-source="post: 131691" data-attributes="member: 302"><p>When I purchased my Rapide in 1965 the cams and followers were very similar to Bellboy's, if anything a little worse if that is at all possible, so bad in fact that one of the previous owners had ground away a fair portion off the top of threaded bulb on the rocker arm to enable enough adjustment to compensate for the wear, so how did it run in that state you may well ask, the answer is surprisingly well, especially when all the other extreme wear within the engine was taken into account, and the Amal Type 276 carb slides rattling around like the proverbial...... incredible really.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peter Holmes, post: 131691, member: 302"] When I purchased my Rapide in 1965 the cams and followers were very similar to Bellboy's, if anything a little worse if that is at all possible, so bad in fact that one of the previous owners had ground away a fair portion off the top of threaded bulb on the rocker arm to enable enough adjustment to compensate for the wear, so how did it run in that state you may well ask, the answer is surprisingly well, especially when all the other extreme wear within the engine was taken into account, and the Amal Type 276 carb slides rattling around like the proverbial...... incredible really. [/QUOTE]
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