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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #15 on: 01.08. 2019 10:46 »
That was some work, Roger. These old documents can take hours just to refresh one page.
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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #16 on: 01.08. 2019 10:52 »
There were certainly 2 versions of the 1960-63 parts book, the later version including some changes up to frame GA7 11101 which started the 1961 model season and the earlier version not including the Triumph type 4 spring clutch.

To cope with modifications to parts and new parts introduced BSA issued unillustrated Parts Service Bulletins to dealers giving details. These were issued in series prefix GA for the twins, GB for B group singles. GC for C15, GD for Bantam, G for all models, N for new parts......... there were a lot of them issued.

So our parts books may not show a complete picture.

Dealers/storemen would use them to ammend their books.

The most famous of these parts bulletins probably being G21 from April 1962 which listed RGS parts and N8 from August 1963 which list late Super Rocket and RGS parts (plus some A50 and A65 parts)

Below are 2 bulletins showing the general layout.

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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #17 on: 01.08. 2019 11:22 »
Once again to the rescue Julian  *smiley4*,

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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #18 on: 01.08. 2019 12:05 »
It sounds as though 00-5086 strictly applies for all models from 1960-63 with some changes over this period reflected in additions to 00-5086 but with others via the Parts Service Bulletins. I assume the basic A10 models (not RGS or Spitfire)  produced in 1963 were largely the same as the in the previous 3 years although I'm curious about when and where alternators were fitted.

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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #19 on: 01.08. 2019 15:27 »
Alternators were fitted, together with a dynamo on some Police specification bikes from 1956. Not all Police A10s had an alternator fitted, it depended on what the customer specified.

These were fitted in CA10 engines until mid 1960 when the alternator bikes adopted the large journal crank. The engine series then changed to DA10A prefix. less than 400 of these later bikes made and many of these were exported.

Australian Police alternator A10 below. From 1961 catalogue.

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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #20 on: 01.08. 2019 16:05 »
Great photo - note the tyres with blackened sidewalls - must have been a former marine.

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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #21 on: 01.08. 2019 23:47 »
Alternators were fitted, together with a dynamo on some Police specification bikes from 1956. Not all Police A10s had an alternator fitted, it depended on what the customer specified.

These were fitted in CA10 engines until mid 1960 when the alternator bikes adopted the large journal crank. The engine series then changed to DA10A prefix. less than 400 of these later bikes made and many of these were exported.

Australian Police alternator A10 below. From 1961 catalogue.

Thanks for the picture Julian, Its a pitty not more than 400 were made as this model with a later 12v stator & rotor would make the perfect A10.

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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #22 on: 03.08. 2019 02:37 »
They are a disaster as the stator is bolted to the outer cover so it is near impossible to get it centered on the rotor so the output pulses something fierce.
Not too much of a problem is the bike was fitted with a car sized battery to smooth things out but a big problem if you are running a std 5Ah motorcycle battery.
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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #23 on: 03.08. 2019 10:57 »
They are a disaster as the stator is bolted to the outer cover so it is near impossible to get it centered on the rotor so the output pulses something fierce.
Not too much of a problem is the bike was fitted with a car sized battery to smooth things out but a big problem if you are running a std 5Ah motorcycle battery.

Never seen one up close, but is that shiny cover at the front of the primary case just a tin cover? If so wouldn't it be possible to access the rotor/stator from outside on assembly & slip feeler gauges between both to get centred  before tightening the cover fully? Or did they bugger it up so it can't be done .

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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #24 on: 03.08. 2019 15:21 »
 In the picture there is something mounted to the front fender, it does not look like a rocket and looks much further forward to me.

 Anyone know what that is?

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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #25 on: 03.08. 2019 19:56 »
In the picture there is something mounted to the front fender, it does not look like a rocket and looks much further forward to me.
Anyone know what that is?
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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #26 on: 03.08. 2019 22:14 »

 
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In the picture there is something mounted to the front fender, it does not look like a rocket and looks much further forward to me.

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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #27 on: 04.08. 2019 08:51 »
Digging deep into the grey cells I think it was the late 80's when the front number plates on motorcycles were abolished.
Some important persons son would have claimed to made the bike unstable at speed ( which they did ) causing a collision.
We had been advocating to have them removed from as far back as I can remember.
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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #28 on: 04.08. 2019 09:10 »

 
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Digging deep into the grey cells I think it was the late 80's when the front number plates on motorcycles were abolished..

 Is about what I reckon too... Beeza's first rego ran out in '84 and it had them (still have them both,but don't tell anyone)- bought the XT600 in '87/8 and don't think it had a front one, rego'd the Gutzzi in '92 and no front one ever, so was definitely somewhere in between (at least in the sunny state)
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Re: 1961 A10GF Tank Mounting
« Reply #29 on: 04.08. 2019 10:06 »
Getting a bit off topic but I think it was late 70's -early 80's. My new 78 XL500S had one, my new 81 CB750F didn't. I remember you could tale the front and back plate in and get a new iridescence one for the back only.
The fun police had to change all the fixed speed cameras to rear view as loosing too much revenue from bikes.
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