by Greg | Aug 20, 2017 | Bike Restoration
So it has been some weeks since my last update. What has happened? The answer is plenty and not much. I have just returned from a visit back home to New Zealand. Where, after a couple of days r&r in the beautiful Marlborough Sounds, I headed South to catch up with...
by Greg | Jul 23, 2017 | Frame
Ansty Link Bushes. Well, OK, totally bushed may be something of an exaggeration. It is, however, still a good feeling getting another milestone ticked off after replacing the Ansty Link rear suspension bushes. Once again, I ended up doing it how my “dad would have...
by Greg | Jul 9, 2017 | Bike Restoration, Gearbox
That’s right, the gears are finally boxed and another small step towards bike completion. In the end, it was not as tricky as I expected getting the kickstart case cover back together. Once again, the logic of the Burman engineers back in the early 1950s made my life...
by Greg | Jul 2, 2017 | Bike Restoration, Gearbox
The Draganflys. A pleasant surprise on Saturday when Draganfly’s newsletter arrived in my inbox and there was reference to www.squariel.com.au. A big thumbs up for the Draganfly crew and great to get acknowledgement from them. Seeing the massive ramp up in hits to my...
by Greg | Jun 17, 2017 | Frame
Forking Forked Forks So many jokes about forking forked forks but alas, none are suitable for this forum. I first pulled the Square Four forks part a couple of weeks ago. However I got a bit stuck with a difficult to access circlip which none of my tools would quite...
by Greg | Jun 17, 2017 | Gearbox
Stripped Burman Gearbox Thread Repaired I wrote previously that I was pondering on the best way to repair the stripped drain plug thread on the Squariel’s Burman GB gearbox. I have never been a great fan of Helicoil type of wire inserts as I have seen many of them...
