hi guys/bsa-bill, yes the only bit that was done when i got it was the tank,thought about changing the colour but decided to leave it for now,too much other stuff to do. The barrels i got from u.s.a. recond +40 with new pistons(thick flange)mine was thin flange, a mate who works at air N.Z. got them painted with some heat shedding paint that they use on jet engines, we need to keep these cool out here, has been 34 deg.c today. The only bit that is genuine r.g.s is the ali head which i got locally have got new valves/guides to be put in yet, i have converted the mag to electronic ignition, Thor spark kit from u.k. have changed the armature/field coil of the dynamo to 12v and have a dvr2 voltage reg to control it, have had the crank done(small journal)with new mains and s.r.m. billet con rods and various other bits, i am waiting the delivery of a belt drive dynamo kit from sean hawker electrics u.k.so hopefully the thing will go good when finally completed. Saw a post on the forum from someone who had an oil gauge put in i would like to know how to do this if anyone can advise, i have an s.r.m. relief valve but that dose`nt tell me that i have pressure, after doing so much to this engine i don`t want to cook it. As you can see in the pics i too have converted to full width hubs so had to run the rear brake to the other side bit of a mission but i like full width for looks, throw back from my Norton days. About the 'replica' title yes i agree look-alike is how i refer to these hibreds, i have no intension of trying to fool anyone i am building my bike to my own cafe racer stye because that is what i like, when i had my Norton 99, i converted it to cafe racer with all the Dunstall bits, i was living in Kent at that time, moving to London put paid to that it got stolen and that was the last i saw of it,cheers guys, Bob.
