If you'd like to watch the entire series in a playlist, here's the link kzread.info/head/PLLaaC3JrqSLAHvKe2Z5jSDY4Dp5EZqFOs

Nice looking over your shoulder while you work. Thank you

love it. a man in a shed can do anything.

Have 2 Triumphs..a '69 Tr6c & '71 Daytona....Love all your videos...you have a nice calm way about you, and a lovely accent. Have watched some of your videos several times...much appreciated.

Loving your work Dave, a highlight of my week when I realise you’ve uploaded a new video. Having spent many years stood on duck boards operating mainly lathes I do appreciate the machining aspect. Many thanks.

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3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear Paul, thanks for your nice comments!

These little tips and tricks can be priceless, brilliant.

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3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so Brian, thanks for saying!

The man explained very well 👍

Great work!!

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3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for you nice comments Will :)

So nice to see the oldschool guys and learn from them.

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3 жыл бұрын

So true T van D!

Having watched all of the careful moves of that you had taken, to restore every part of that Thunderbolt back into it's original condition... has allowed me to see that the 2nd owner price of a dollar a cc that I'd paid back in 1973, for my 1968 TR6R Triumph Trophy Sports 650 when eventually restored by ''Big D Cycle'' in 2012... was worth every penny spent, in bringing it too, back into perfection. Obligements from Texas, Dave.

Smashing watch on a Sunday morning with a cup of tea. 👍 Alan Stockley

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3 жыл бұрын

Nice one Alan :)

I look forward to every episode. Great to follow a rebuild and see the little tricks involved. Nicely filmed .

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3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for saying Mark!

I just watched the firs 5 videos of your Low Budget Classic restoration series. A great way to pass a couple of hours during the current COVID lock down here in Calgary Alberta. I just completed rebuilding the motor on a classic Suzuki GS1100, those old British twins are a lot different. One thing I find striking is how thick the valve stems are. Thanks for series Dave.

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3 жыл бұрын

Right on Hawk, thanks for checking in!

I really love this channel, as it explains tasks so clearly, something I have previously mentioned. Some tips: British bikes use Pozidriv fasteners, so do not use a Philips screwdriver; removing carbon from the old inlet and exhaust guides and ports is advisable before drifting out the valve guides, else the carbon build-up may score and mar the head - I think that was mentioned.

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3 жыл бұрын

Great point Peter and thanks for your really nice comments!

Another great video in the series. Opened as soon as I got the notification. :)

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3 жыл бұрын

Nice one James!

Excellent films and I learnt a lot so far,just one tip,I used my wife’s cooking/ icing tool for seal fixing and delicate stuff, but don’t get caught like I did she went mental ha ha

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3 жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks Mickey!

@victorimmature

2 жыл бұрын

its funny how they moan when you put engine parts in the oven , i got caught to when rebuilding a V8 engine , LOL

Thanks for another really enjoyable video. Best wishes

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3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Mike, thanks for saying :)

Chilling the guides on Dry Ice or in a freezer overnight helps then slide in nicely.

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3 жыл бұрын

Good tip Joe!

Great to watch. Another very enjoyable video. 👍😀

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3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for saying!

Let me just say though, I love this series, I have restored 5 A65's now and always like to see someone else on the same path. Brilliant!

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3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Where you based John?

@johndeaville9326

3 жыл бұрын

I am based in Cheshire East. Just tinkering with my 66 A65 MK11 Spitfire which I restored 2 years ago. Don't know how to do links but if you put BSA Spitfire MK11 Special into You tube it's usually at the top, a video done by Chicane 500 when I was at Gawsworth hall. About 5 years ago my 1970 ex Police Thunderbolt was featured in Classic Bike Magazine.

@johndeaville9326

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry, Classic Bike Guide magazine.

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3 жыл бұрын

@@johndeaville9326 lovely bike that Spitfire John, really nicely restored, well done. We're all based in the South East, maybe we'll meet you somewhere when this is all over!

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3 жыл бұрын

@@johndeaville9326 how can we see that?

Great. How about putting the new guides in the freezer before fitting?

@justbreakingballs

3 жыл бұрын

Looks unnecessary.

All I want for Christmas is Part 6....

top job on the cylinder head!

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3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Boris!

thanks for the video - I am on my second valve guide insert attempt, the first I tried with a steel drift and managed to chip the guide so getting a brass drift made up.

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3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped Owen, thanks for your feedback!

Brilliant, you make it seem straightforward bet it wouldn’t be if I had a go 😉

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3 жыл бұрын

Ha; thanks Baz!

Those fins would look nice polished.

I find it most helpful when following a video tutorial to have working examples of the lessons being taught. Do you have old '67 BSA A65 Thunderbolt bikes available for your students to follow along? Even anything close to it, like an old Bonneville or a Commando. Otherwise, I'm not sure if I'll pass the mechanical test at the end of class.

when you was drifting out them valve guides i was shiting myself it sounded like it would shatter / crack :)

Hi dave, ifound this channel and its great ,love the work you are doing,I have not much experience on british bikes and have inherited 1938 b21 .so looking forward to more shows.atb

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3 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard John, thanks for your nice comments!

a good video

A bit off topic but years ago I did a top end refurb to my G12 Matchless twin and fitted new gaskets.after starting up and re torqueing I embarked on a local test ride and half a mile on,one cylinder went down with a leaky gasket.foolishly I motored on with one pot to find a suitable place to turn round but was beaten by the other one failing too.Result a long hard push home.The cure? Increased diameter of holding down bolts and ordering solid copper gaskets!

How timely this info comes; I'm just about ready to do a valve job on my Enfield. Thank you; simple and clear as usual.

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3 жыл бұрын

Excellent news The East Man!

Hi Dave Mitchell! It is a pleasure to assist your re-commissioning or reconditioning operations. Special tools a minimum, within the reach of isolated motorcyclists or specialized workshops that are increasingly rare for classic English women. Motorcyclists must have at least notions of metallurgy, horizontal lathe, adjustment and metrology. Otherwise it is an adventure which can be irreversibly harmful. So speaking, would it be possible to indicate the adjustment of interference of the guides in the head and of the valves in the guides, in thousandths of an inch or hundredths of a millimeter? Thankful!

Forgot to say - I was saying to the screen "don't hammer the case something is out of line", you could see the case bouncing! Turned out to be the oil seal as you discovered, always watch that fitment on the shaft as you PUSH the case on. If everything in line no need to hammer.

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3 жыл бұрын

Right on John!

What about putting the new guides in the freezer while you have the head in the oven? Should make putting the new guides in almost a hand pressure job, what do you think?

@carlosgooglemaps94

3 жыл бұрын

Read the comments, somebody already point that out!

@bakerrv

3 жыл бұрын

@@carlosgooglemaps94 I was being a bit lazy and did not read all the comments. It looks like it was mentioned twice before, sorry... still a good tip to make the job easier.

Brilliant Dave!!, now...can you talk to my wife and tell her to let me use her oven?, that’ll be very much appreciated!!🤪

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3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Carlos :) lol

Like the videos, thanks , any chance of a crank install and setup on an A65?

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi John, we'd started the project after the big end was completed, sorry! In hindsight it would have been really interesting. Thanks for watching by the way!

Really love your videos, where did you get the red engine stand? Cheers 🍻

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3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for your nice comments, here's the link to the stand www.newvu.co.uk/classic-bike-parts

Did I miss the valve timing and installation of the timing gears and oil pump John.

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi John, unfortunately this project was a spur of the moment thing and Dave had completed the bottom end and those jobs before we did part 1.

Love the videos but the asmr nature of the sound is really grating to me.

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3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback P.

This is great until all the cakes come out tasting like Aluminium.

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3 жыл бұрын

Haha! Dang, we didn't think that far ahead Jim!