Hello again. We are going to move in to more of the restoration project.

We are going to start at the body. I came home from having them shot blasted with the body and the rest of the bits. A few days later, my Dad primed them.

 I am still cleaning the forks. There is a lot to do on it with my little hands.

Here is a close up of the original metallic electric blue paint, still on the forks.

QUESTION...

Do you know what these hooks are for?

They are for when you do racing you have numbers. You put the number inside the hook. This is the top of the hook. As you can see on the picture of the forks, by the emergency stop button just down the tube, in front of it is a little hook. That is what its for.

The beginning...

I'm Fred and I'm 7. I wouldn't be doing this without my Dad who brought the BSA JUNIOR. Did you know that the BSA Junior was one of the last production BSA that they made.

The first thing that I took off was the body... that was quite easy! Then I got some wire wool and I started getting the rust off. Then I had to make a decision whether to paint the handlebars or to leave them as chrome. I chose to leave them as I want to keep it as original as possible.

I took the chain off the wheel, so I could take off the engine and give it to a friend of mine to check it over to see if any bits are missing.

And then there was a disaster! I needed some ball bearings. And they have to be the right size. I think I can get some.

Next I took the frame apart to be shot blasted. I discovered that the original colour of the bike was metallic electric blue. It had since been painted white, then blue. I want to spray it its original colour and I'm going to spray it into every nook and cranny to make it look original.

We didn't put the forks through shot blast so I sanded the paint down smooth so the new paint would stick nicely.