Author name: jburden@genassist.co.uk

Valve guides, like most parts, are inclined to wear out and need replacing from time to time. BSA recommend a […]

As many of you know, the T2 type gearboxes have a needle roller bearing at the inboard end of the

Following on from last month’s article, I was inundated over Christmas when a massive one request for the following article

Having previously looked at crankcase assembly and barrel/piston assembly perhaps we should next look at head gasket assembly. First of

As previously mentioned, the default starting point for adjusting the pilot fuel screw is to screw it fully in and

The following tale of woe is a warning to be a bit more careful about modifying bits without thinking through

Following on from crankcase assembly, it seems reasonable to look at barrels and pistons. Starting with the barrel, the key

Last month I wrote about assembling the crankcase, but there is a bit more to it than that so let’s

Many will have watched on TV the demonstration of how to assemble a Goldie crankcase on the Motorbike Show. It

Those of us with a few memory cells left will recall the exploits of John Cronshaw on the Unity BSA.

It’s that time of year when we finally get the bike out of the shed and fire it up –

Now for the useful bit, all about dynamometers. Many and varied are the varieties of dynamometer, but Goldies were tested

Much is made of the brake horsepower numbers quoted for our bikes. How many of us really understand what these

When I were a lad, replacing brake shoes was always a bit of a trauma because you knew that the

Regarding Peter Joyce’s letter in issue 509, November 2018. I have a ’55 CB Gold Star and have had it

Ian Jackson asks the question of why Goldie handlebar levers only have 7/8 inch offset from pivot to cable nipple,

Our esteemed Machine Registrar recently coined the phrase ‘mag dancing’ to describe the fretting which can take place between the

Last week, I got a call from a member with a rebuilt DB32 which had refused to start for two

Following on from the summer rally, the great and the good moved on to Darley Moor for a spot of

I finally got the ex racing DB32 on the road this week and was quickly reminded of the correct procedure