B.S.A. Proper Stopper Part 2

Hello and welcome to the Vintafake Grotto.
Indeed - A small place on planet earth where homebrewed ale flows never ending into Pewter Jugglingtons and old motorsickles retire to see their days out in glorious oily surroundings.......
Hey - Don't get the idea 'Jugglingtons' are big boobies ! Nay and thrice nay.........a Jugglington holds life enriching juices and is a pleasure to have pressed against ones mouth !
Jugglington - Fluid holding object with large hand grip !
 So, whats the buzz in 'The Old Sidevalve Bar' Albert old chap ?
Having placed (for look-see only)  the most powerful brake B.S.A. ever made between the stirrups it was time to look around for something that is called a wheel rim.
Well...........I ask you.....Is there a national shortage of wheel rimmies ? Ebay, the worlds scrapyard had plenty offered but pricey ! I don't do pricey !
Cheap is best.....and I found a beaut. £5 Yep...a whole fiver! I won the Ebay auction....the treasure was mine. Not only that but it had once gone round and round at the front of a 1950s B.S.A  B31.
Come 'ere mi little darlin' ..........Alberts got a job for ya.....

Smart ? No, don't want smart.............and don't want chrome either..........
Paint stripper first......

Bit of chrome destroying rubby rub rub with emery cloth had me feeling like I am on the right lines....

 But, by heck chief...This is 'ard work.
Blasting will probably roughen the surface enough for painting.....
But..........

 This job is far tooooo big for my free Ikea sandblasting cabinet with the greenhouse window top....
Drat, job now on hold waiting further thoughts.........
Posh ! Ya saucy serving wench.............I need one of ya best Jugglingtons, and I need it now !
Life can be so cruel at times.....

Greetings Vintagooglers. Alb here.
News update from the Kingdom of Vintaland........
So, the BSA cast iron speed retarder was left lying between the fork legs and feeling pretty damn pleased with itself, (and wouldn't you be coming to live in the homebrew centre of planet earth?)
Nah good if ya all seized and gnarly though......nope, silky smooth and ready for action is far better....
There's work ta be done...
Thanks to a couple of applications of hot flame from Big Berthas largest nozzle and a drizzle of old engine oil on the rusty bits the nuts were soon spinning and the levers were soon going up and down just as BSA intended....Sheer luxury...
Off with the brake plate and behold.....what a bonny sight. Inside - just like new !!!!

Not only were my eye ballies savouring the sheer deliciousness of unmolested steel, but my nose was also being treat to the most sensuous perfume......aromatic BSA grease...mmmmmmmmmm smell the tallow......
Serious bit - Let's just pause and think a minute.............That very splodge of tallow grease was wiped round the wheel spindle before 'man landed on the moon'........ before.......'England won the World Cup'.......While the Beatles were banging out 'Love Me Do' down at the Cavern Club..........

and best of all before -
Before - MOBILE PHONES..........BLACKBERRIES.............TABLETS.......and HASH TAGS....!!!!!!!!
Eeeeeh we've come a long way haven't we................eer nope ! But mi tallow grease has....

Come 'ere...let me get mi finger reet in that vintage lube....I'm luvin this !!!!!!!!!!
(Those of a nervous disposition look away cause things are gonna get brown and slimey...)

After a good clearing it was time for a thorough examination.
Albert steps back in amazement.............
The BSA wheel spindle diameter is identical to the Yamaha Virago spindle diameter.....
This has all the makings of a Japanese Empireshireshire communist plot......
Note how spindle fits tight between the legs......

Until this can all be explained keep a look out for small men in kimonos carrying dart firing umbrellas....
Just thinking - Bet Tightie-Whitie ain't been dipping the tallow today.....(Clean undies ain't everything)
Hey Posh - Get me flagon filled up.....It's way past first glug time.