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The Spares bike

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 Bought to provide legshields, fuel tank, saddle, bar levers, front rack (for sale), any cables cylinder and head. Front rack attaches at the horn bracket and muguard brackets. Legshields attached at the pivot bolt on fr wheel (shared with the fr mudguard stay) and also at the fr mudguard bracket. Carrier Removed and scraped off cracked plastic coating. Resprayed in white hammerite for sale. Carburettor cleaned and resmassembled for sale. This was the type 1 E8 carburettor  used on early models. Sonicated and reassembled for sale. Front wheel removed... brakexshoes and hub in ok condition, rims and spokes really rusty. I stripped the hub to obtain the speedo drive gear. Motor  I wanted to remove e the cylinder and headxwithout removing thexrear wheel as the bike becomes unstable. Altjough I made good progress in the end it proved impossible as I couldnt remove the camshaft spindle which was obstructed by the wheel.

Frame and Cycle Parts

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The bike is clearly in poor condition and pretty much needs to be stripped in order to be cleaned, checked, repainted and rebuilt. I started this cheerfully enough but sadly during the process I discovered serious cracking in the frame. I COULD weld it, but not being professional I dont think it would be safe and I'd never trust it. At that point this stopped being a repair job and I simply stripped the frame bare. I'll try to find a replacement to use for the rebuild.  The Front Wheel I didnt think that there was much wrong with the front wheel but it was always my intention to rebuild it... and as Im waiting for parts now seems like a good opportunity. This is a shot of the business side of the fr wheel- the brake plate with connections for speedo cable and brake cable. 15mm axle nut also visible althpuigh from this side its the bolt head, the nut is on the opposite side. Disconnect the cables- loosen the brake adjuster and push the arm back against the spring until the barre...