Hey dudes!

Hey dudes and boy I have some stuff to tell you. Here's a list;

• Event

• Engine

and a lot more.

Well, lets start with a event. This Sunday my Dad and I are going to The Stafford Bike Show . So I hope you awesome guys can come and see me in person and hopefully it won't rain and spoil the whole show! I will be at the BSA Bantam Members Club tent most of the time. One of the record breaking BSA Booster bikes will be there. If you want to know more just click here - just don't leave me!! Cut

Engine now. First of all the engine has came back from Steve and it's back in its lair. The bike is one step closer but the engine can't run yet because it needs points to tell the spark plug when to spark. And that's about it for the engine... oh yeah the old badges came off so if you know of any cheap ones under £10 please leave a link in the comment section and while were on comments, I'd welcome any advice.

 To get the points we had to buy a another old bike, which we're using for spare parts. And you people could get it after we've finished as it will be going onto Ebay UK one day.

CREDITS:
Special thanks to Steve for doing the engine for me :)

Engine

I took the engine out of the body and my Dad gave it to our friend to check through it so the engine would run nicely and smoothly, like it should do.

My Dad had to make some special service tools, a magneto flywheel puller and a gear puller. So that he could take the engine apart. Someone had put the wrong ball-bearings in the engine, which had rusted and seized up. That is one of the main reasons why we took the engine apart.

My friend has taken the engine apart and cleaned it up.

We had to buy some new bearings and oil seals. Now my friend can start putting the engine back together.

Here is a good page showing the parts of a BSA Junior and has more technical information.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/nvtrangerbsajunior/index_files/Page2846.htm

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.