10 years later........

[Arado Ar234]

Off on a tangent, but one of my storage boxes contained all my riding gear, which I had no idea I still had. To the point though, I have a Rivet Rainlock jacket that is in great condition but just needs a good clean up. Any bright thoughts on what I should use?. Simply can't remember if I use to use a weatherproofing product on it....cheers..

[Arado Ar234]

For all the Australian members, any suggestions on who to go to for head work, in particular reconditioning cylinder heads etc?

[Rob Frankham]

On the bearing subject...

Many years ago, I had the same problem on a 'snowflake rear'. I found a local machine shop that was able to machine out the recess in the wheel and fit a steel insert. Worked perfectly till the bike (a R45) dropped an exhaust valve... (but it had done a couple of hundred miles since I got it so I wasn't complaining). Given the time elapsed since the job was done, the cost isn't relevant apart from to say it was far less expensive than I expected...

[Arado Ar234]

Had a steel insert made up myself for another rear spoked wheel, and it worked well for years, but the engineering works went out of business, so now it is getting harder and a lot more expensive to find machinists to do stuff on old bikes. We live in a disposable age, where " replace", has totally outstripped repair. Considering buying a lathe and milling machine and doing all this by myself...