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Tuning For Need, Part 2

15th November 2020 RowenaH Features, Workshop Leave a comment

Paul Friday continues his quest to make his old banger sizzle. In this episode, your hero tries to find an ignition system to fit his single-cylinder Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone… Electronic ignition systems are so common now that they are taken for granted. It’s a box with some wires that makes the plug fire. It either works or it doesn’t,…

Tuning for Need, Part 1

5th November 2020 RowenaH Workshop Leave a comment

Paul Friday’s industrial relic – a Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone – produces a lot less power than it could. In this series of features from the RC RChive, he embarks upon a quest to make the old banger sizzle… Moto Guzzi’s big single is a popular choice for RC regulars.Here’s Editor Westworth aboard one he owned a few years ago……

Pazon Electronic Ignition for Laverda 750

31st August 2015 Classic Bike Hub UK Workshop Leave a comment

Stu Thomson wanted to improve the low-rev running on his Laverda 750 twin. So here’s how he fitted a modern electronic ignition unit to it… I have fitted a Pazon Surefire ignition to my Laverda 750cc SF1. I used the unit designed for the Triumph, BSA and Norton twins. I am a retired engineer and made some parts for this…

Techniques: Using a Dynabolt to Remove a Blind Bush

31st August 2015 Classic Bike Hub UK Workshop Leave a comment

Philip Packham shows us how to use an anchor bolt designed for construction to remove a worn bush from a blind hole. Norton Commando kickstart shaft, anyone? A Dynabolt is an example of an anchor bot that uses a wedging effect to expand itself to grip the inside of a hole. Typically used in building construction and civil engineering, RealClassic…

Classic Saddle Repairs

31st August 2015 Classic Bike Hub UK Workshop Leave a comment

Dave Wooding’s saddle split and he didn’t want to pay top dollar for an inferior replacement. The solution was a leather saddle cover for less than a fiver… Problem? The fabric cover on the new Indian-made single saddle split as I fitted it to my old Enfield. Gaffer tape made a temporary repair, but would I buy a new cover…

Magnetos

31st August 2015 Classic Bike Hub UK Workshop Leave a comment

The Power Behind The Bang Behind The Clutch Behind The Rear Tyre… Dave Minton explains about sparks… You may have grasped that I have, through probably crack brained deliberations, become the owner of a Velocette Venom. As to the reason why, rather than repeat myself or leave insufficient opportunity for further tales of the drive towards yet further masochism, I…