New Bars...

12) The next job was to replace the existing 19inch front wheel with a 21inch. But finding a wheel to fit the existing hub was difficult. The shovel was looking more old school and skinny.

New bars fitted...

11) I shortened the bar ends by a couple of inches and fitted to the bike. The brake master cylinder was looking tired so I had it shot blasted. Fitted some brass pegs front and rear. Made a pair of brackets for the rear pegs and old school pillion pad.

Garage find...

10) Found these bars hung up in a friends garage amongst another hundred bars gathered in the roof space. Was once fitted to a BSA. A quick go over with Autosol and was ready to fit.

Apes...

9) Bought these 17inch Apes bars and fitted some old school grips. Didn't like the reach to the shifter so the bars didn't stay long. Had them on for couple of weeks but wasn't inkeeping with the old school skinny look the bike was destined to be.

Brass Skull...

8) A thread was drilled in the brass skull and fitted to the lever. A long arm clutch lever was made as leverage at first was poor. Using the existing clutch lever didn't give enough leverage and the bike would lunge forward in first gear. I made the long arm clutch lever from a piece of tubing and welded an old socket piece to the end which gave me that extra leverage required to set off smoothly. Greasing the lever and clutch (old gear shifter) helped too.

Jockey Shift

7) Jockey shift lever and knob arrived. Time to fit and play around with the shifter!

New leads fitted...

6) New black leads fitted in 5 minutes and finally removing all traces of yellow!