Ron

Roy Van Dorp in Netherlands copied my original and made a few. One here on my Velo MAF.  

roy206@hotmail.com

Ron

We used to bang 4" nails into a plank and bend them round pram wheel axels!!!

I've been a groveling on the floor with calipers again!

External spacer 36-8-H16 is 3/8" long

Spacer 10086 is 1" long 

Ron

Brurry Irriott cooky boy!  Hill's Angels were good too.  Ron

Pawel I think end float for the crank is academic as it all pulled over to the left with the engine cush drive. But I think it's important to have the correct size bearing spacer.  Ron

More like Blitish Reyrand in China! 

Here is Lex's living room. Ron

I just replaced my Clearhooters with a WW2 Lucas Altette as per the parts list for my contract. . Ron

There is an important spacer between the the bearings. #E510 Brian has made them so he said to email him for the dimensions. A seal was added to the 3HW main bearings which is always destroyed and no replacements available. However the outer bearing could be a sealed type with the inner seal removed.  

From memory the forks have no bushes for the spindles? Don't they run directly metal to metal?  If the forks wear, I guess they can be bored out and re-bushed, or maybe some slightly oversized spindles could be made as a compromise?  Ron 

Henry's post was referring to fork spindles. Ron

1 hour ago, welbike said:

  re. Indian controls, there was a batch of 50 modified with Norton bars and controls, but never seen one, or a picture.

Lex

And I've often wondered what that might have been like and what the Hell difference it would have made??

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I did wondered if their strange riding position habit was to try and replicate the riding position of the Indian's and Harley's that they were more used to? But seeing that 741 rider has got me beat!

But a piece of sorbo rubber on the tank did give them the facility to carry two Dutch lady passengers at once.   Ron   

The Canadians did like their lamps and mirrors and sitting on the tank???? Ron

They never seem to sound as good as an Altette!  Ron

Further to our debate about the horns, I have now acquired (at great expense) a genuine WD WW2 Lucas HF 1235 for my early G3. Therefore the working Clearhooters HF 180 is up for sale £175 plus post. These were fitted to later G3/G3L, RE WD/C, WD Velos etc. PM me if interested. Ron

It's a theory Philip. But with B&W pictures it's hard to tell. But I stick with my theory that since the war is probably over, they just repainted the left tank in shiny RAF blue/grey. As a token to reverting back to their own colours. The war had decreed that RAF vehicles should be in service green or brown.  Ron 

Same contract as mine. The correct Royal Enfield font and size stencils are now available from Axholme signs. Reference "Jan Vandevelde" if you contact them.   https://www.axholmesigns.co.uk/

The paint code is BS 499 Service Brown. Paint conversion to nearest RAL number can be made here from colour range BS381C

 https://www.e-paint.co.uk/Colour_alternatives.asp

Ron

Quite a few in Google images Chris, around 1938/9 Lots with the HMH prefix. Ron

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=1938+bren+gun+carriers&rlz=1C2CHZL_enGB780GB780&sxsrf=ALeKk03qjXUqapeG8vPeyH6j6dpUS7pq1w:1604600998527&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiezJfEhOzsAhURrHEKHf4nB40Q_AUoAXoECAYQAw&biw=1280&bih=625#imgrc=ZrWVVVTlB5ihnM

And the previous owner did make a lash up of fitting it!  Ron

Well the picture I posted was from Hitchcocks website. They said they only had two of them, but the one they sent me does have the lip. You can see it on my C in my previous picture post above. Phew!!  Ron

I obviously didn't swivel my head enough Chris. Here's the NOS front plate that I acquired.  Ron

Your brake plate is an aluminum plate as fitted to early WD/C's and probably pre war. Ron

Not yet Chris! I'm still looking for one of these six😏 Ron

I own and have handled quite a few original pannier frames and bags and from memory I've only ever seen one date stamped frame and at least one bag from a pair (Might have been both of them?)  Ron