Monthly Archives: July 2008

It does appear to be working, but now there’s rain!

July 31st, 2008 | Posted in 1966 Matchless G3

Well, after taking the cylinder head off twice, replacing the exhaust valve and valve guide, and by correcting the badly-cut valve seat and face, the bike does now appear to be working… touch-wood!
I managed 50 miles or so yesterday - 20 miles to work in the morning, 20 miles to my parents house in the [...]

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Is it or isn’t it…

July 27th, 2008 | Posted in 1966 Matchless G3

…going to run without jamming the exhaust valve open again?
That is the question i will be asking myself over the next few days or weeks.
So, after the exhaust started jamming again yesterday, i took the cylinder head off again and took it over to the local expert’s place (who had kindly offered to help me [...]

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Motorbike troubles…

July 25th, 2008 | Posted in 1966 Matchless G3

The last 2 days have been roller coaster days of sorts.
Yesterday I finally got the cylinder head back on my motorbike after the exhaust valve started sticking open after 80 miles or so spread out over a few weeks, after a 10 year lay-up! After a good few kicks, the bike burst into life and i was [...]

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Welcome to my blog!

July 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

Well, here we are… i never thought i’d start a blog, but i have!
I shall probably continue to put the letter ‘i’ into lower case when it’s a word in it’s own right and not at the start of a sentence i’m afraid, although i will do my best to use correct punctuation and not [...]

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