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If it was not for air conditioning and subsidized water people would not be living in Arizona enlarged numbers.

Some great advice & tips in this one.

This tuning by aural and touch is my method too. If you have pianist hands you can 'touch tune' both idle screws with your middle finger and thumb but is best achieved with the bike on the floor.

thanks frank

You’re a very good instructor. Thank you for sharing your tips, tricks and experience.

Hi Frank ,did you replace the needle jets as these are a wearing part which is often overlooked.I also now use adjustable Amal " stay up floats" instead of fiddling with and potentially damaging the needle & seat assembly.Cheers,Russ.

Frank, it's so great to watch you work, you are a true artisan. Your customers are lucky indeed. Thanks for making the videos.

Better safe than sorry…change the tires…

I would rather have the front caliper behind the fork slider- steering inertia.

A busy day with some good progress made.

I would change the tyres. Recently done this on of my machines. They were around the same age with little wear. However, on riding they have definitely developed some non stick qualities! It was annoying changing decent looking tyres but just not worth the risk to my safety.

I have almost wrecked an irreplaceable all original paint 1974 BMW R90S due to "brand new" old tires that were just like what you have there because they were hard. They harden with age and it isn't worth wrecking a vintage bike over the price of some new tires. I know I won't make that mistake again.

I like the mods you made on your plastic oil pan. I have that same one and every time I pour oil from it I make a mess. I was wondering if one of those endoscope cameras might help look around for the c-clip, but I guess you figured there wasn't enough room. I bought one of those cameras on Amazon last year and I've been surprised at how much I use it. So good for looking around inside a gas tank or oil tank, or any tight space.

Apart from the sump filter that you have removed and cleaned, there is also a magnetic sump plug in the bottom of the crankcase. If the circlip from the sump filter actually came off and ended up in the engine, bits of it may have made their way to the magnetic sump plug. Might be worth pulling the magnetic sump plug and having a look. You should be able to save the new oil and just put it back after.

Id fully recommend to the owner that the tires be changed especially if the intent is to ride the machine............safety 1st especially on a classic motorcycle

Hi Guys,I noticed at 2.59 that the rear brake shoe lever has no spring tension when disconnected from the linkage.This is not correct and may result in a dragging or slow release of that brake shoe.I think that you are referring to the conical hub front brake which was inferior to the 69/70 unit as there was a reduction in the swept area of the shoes ( some 15% I believe ), levers that were too short and individual / difficult to access internal snail cam adjusters.Cheers, Russ.😀

Hi, regarding spark plugs I’ve had great success using NGK BKR7 EIX Iridium IX plugs in my 1972 750 Commando Combat kick start only. I’m also using Iridium plugs in my BSA A65 lightning and Matchless G12, they all start easily and run very well.

It certainly seems to spin over nicely.

Spitfire is definitely more desirable than a Thunderbolt. Weird thing to do.

Front brake on 68-70 models was the best, they called the later brakes the "Comical" hub brakes for a reason, though I hear if you set them up right and use longer arms they work ok.

Front wheel/brake is from 1969/70 model BSA or Triumph.

That bike looks great already, good job chaps. My starter always worked, but I generally used it to assist a kick anyway, to reduce load on both me & the motor. They had a terrible reputation, but I must have been lucky. Keep up the good work.

Colorado Norton works make the starter for brush just like the Sportster starter that they copied and then keep it out to toothbrush that didn't work

Hi guys, you really are early birds’ I’m 78 I wish I had the energy of you both. Thanks for all the videos. I have a 1960 BSA Golden Flash that I bought in several baskets, it is taking me ages to rebuild. Watching you two does give me hope that I will finish it. Regards Ed.

I FOUND ON SOME BIKES WHEN YOU SWITCH TO LED TURN SINGLE , IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE DASE (SOME BIKES HAVE TWO ) FOR L/H & R/H TURN THEY CAN FEED BACK THROUGH EACH OTHER. AS A FAULT FIND JUST DISCONNECT THE DASH INDICATOR LIGHT TRY THE TURN SINGLES. CHEERS

You made light work of that lot, well done.

Do you typically use the Lucas color coded wires (like brown with green stripe or white with yellow, etc) when making your wiring harness or do you use standard off the shelf and easily available wire colors?

Looking great so far, well done.

Making good steady progress, some neat jobs completed.

I did my handlebar switch clusters years ago & you made it look easy, well done. You both achieved a great deal in a short time, not least as everything is so well organised. This is a reference work, thanks from UK.

Let there be light

Excellent video, Frank, or is it Dr. Norton now?

Electrics and bar switches- double trouble.

I like your channel it is interesting and doesn't delve into a lot of the swearing and hype of a lot of other videos.

I'm working on a 1952 A.J.S. at the moment and have encountered more botchery than on any bike I've owned before - it's tragic to see, especially as some of it involved the front brake and the clutch . . . This thing was dangerous, shiny and pretty, but dangerous - weeks of rectifying have corrected things and a test run will now hopefully go well . . .

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Surely it would be easier to buy the correct size spanner or socket, than belting the hell out of the nut with a chisel? Don’t understand some people why they have to butcher their machines.

Love the Thunderfire or is it a Spitbolt ?

G'day Boy's, butchery of Classic bikes happen in Australia as well plenty of back your expertise, l bought a fully so-called restoration done on a BSA super rocket and a blind person could have made a better job, love watching your video, glad you had a great holiday, cheers, Neil.

New gators?

How does one contact you. I’m in Phoenix.

A spitfire had a splayed head That bike has a thunderbolt head

Had a commando back in the day. Cold start was full choke, tickle until finger wet then kick. I could never do a 3 kick start without tickling.

Coming along nicely.

When I was going to wire my 69' TIger I spent the extra $150 to get an OEM NOS harness. Glad I did, it was more or less plug and play. I wonder if the harnesses from British Wiring are any better than the Lucas ones.

Hey Frank - I'm really enjoying watching you and Kevin bringing these old British bikes back to life - especially the modern "reliability mods" such as eliminating the old electrical connectors, the modern Rectifier / Regulator and the LED replacement lightbulbs ! Makes perfect sense, IMO, rather than being a stickler for "Period-Correct" accuracy..

Given the Commando is positive ground, could I ask where you source your LED bulbs? A further question, how do you support/hold the bullets when soldering. Great episodes by the way. I look forward to each and every one. Thanks ever so much for sharing your expertise!

It may be worth checking the suitability of the Boyer ignition box's there can be an issue with older units switching to full advance when the voltage drops causing kickback that can damage the electric starter, making them unsuitable for electric start models, I don't use Boyer any more having experienced lots of problems with them kicking back even without an electric start being fitted, I personally like the Vape units which you use.

Those dials on the red Norton are French Veglia dials, Norton switched between Smiths and Veglia, whatever they had in stock at the time. Some Veglia have the NVT squiggle some don't 🤷‍♂🤷‍♂. The blue, white Norton appears to have the front brake on the wrong side, MK3'S should be on the left.

Hello Frank, have you noticed the front brake is on the wrong side. All the best Keith in the UK 🇬🇧