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<blockquote data-quote="Marcus Bowden" data-source="post: 129942" data-attributes="member: 3287"><p>I never throw nothing or anything,, old inlet valves can be made into exhaust v/v's, old cylinders can be glaze busted rebored to a larger size. Ken Phelps was rescued in the S.W.a couple of years ago and brought to me with a mangled head as a v/v had let go, I only had old v/v's but it saw his UK trip out and possibly still going, just hope he is back riding again after those thugs gave him a beating at his home poor bugger. Valve springs reuse them again, the ones I have in presently have started their third hundred k !!! I have a set of new old stock Terries Springs triple springs (Lightning ?) and stand the old removed springs against these and if they are within 1/8" reuse them. post-war head spring pressure takes about 11 stone to open, series "A" which is a heavier v/v assembly takes about 7 stone to open. Now pistons, naughty really my daughters red Rap (not original but girls like pretty things) had a little piston slap so drilled half a dozen holes into each skirt countersunk them and fitted large-headed aluminium pop-rivets then turned them down till they slid up and down the liner easily. It got to 1999 international in Harvey's box trailer ridden around the TT course and card and keys given to Marty Dickerson, on the evening of the safety brief by Red Barron himself walking in Marty dropped the keys in my hand and said I think I had too much wine last night, after the meeting Johannes Hafercorn walked in just arriving on the IOM with BMW mounted as the Vincent failed him again so gave him the keys and check card, again in 2007 Ken Smith USA borrowed it for the Irish Rally as it had an electric starter by then, also pistons changed.</p><p>So Danno my handsome throw nothing. Make do and mend being a poor apprentice when I first had the bike that is what I did KiWi's are generally better at it than we are .</p><p>bananaman.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]38384[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]38385[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcus Bowden, post: 129942, member: 3287"] I never throw nothing or anything,, old inlet valves can be made into exhaust v/v's, old cylinders can be glaze busted rebored to a larger size. Ken Phelps was rescued in the S.W.a couple of years ago and brought to me with a mangled head as a v/v had let go, I only had old v/v's but it saw his UK trip out and possibly still going, just hope he is back riding again after those thugs gave him a beating at his home poor bugger. Valve springs reuse them again, the ones I have in presently have started their third hundred k !!! I have a set of new old stock Terries Springs triple springs (Lightning ?) and stand the old removed springs against these and if they are within 1/8" reuse them. post-war head spring pressure takes about 11 stone to open, series "A" which is a heavier v/v assembly takes about 7 stone to open. Now pistons, naughty really my daughters red Rap (not original but girls like pretty things) had a little piston slap so drilled half a dozen holes into each skirt countersunk them and fitted large-headed aluminium pop-rivets then turned them down till they slid up and down the liner easily. It got to 1999 international in Harvey's box trailer ridden around the TT course and card and keys given to Marty Dickerson, on the evening of the safety brief by Red Barron himself walking in Marty dropped the keys in my hand and said I think I had too much wine last night, after the meeting Johannes Hafercorn walked in just arriving on the IOM with BMW mounted as the Vincent failed him again so gave him the keys and check card, again in 2007 Ken Smith USA borrowed it for the Irish Rally as it had an electric starter by then, also pistons changed. So Danno my handsome throw nothing. Make do and mend being a poor apprentice when I first had the bike that is what I did KiWi's are generally better at it than we are . bananaman. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Camita & Red Rap01_2 2.jpg"]38384[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Camita & Red Rap07_2.jpg"]38385[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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