Temporary Transmission Adjustment Required

This is a public service announcement for all Vintafake-bloggies
Please note - For one week only I shall be in attendance at 'The Arcade', where further construction work on the 'Commer Comet' will take place.
Updates of any mechanical progress will be uploaded onto http://oilyracer.blogspot.co.uk/

Posh ! Never mind the sun tan lotion and swimwear...... 
Have you packed my flagon ?

See you on the other channel Vintadudes !

The BSA B31 that time forgot. Part 9

I'm here ....Albertu Keanu, bringing Vintafaking news from 'Sidevalve Base Camp' ...
I know all you vintablog peeps are desperate.............panting for it in fact..........so tense you could explode....
Fear not, for below is a bit of something to keep your whistle wet.

The fuel holding vessel of 'Lovely Maroon' has now had the side panels plated with Belgiums finest zinc.
An honour some would say. Some would say...Wot No Chrome, but they would be the uneducated and easily led.....the one's who have fallen before the Matrix, believing that bling is a vital component of motorcycle resurrection.

Nay......'Lovely Maroon' will wear the scars.....

So, the sun is shining, it's wonderfully warm in the garden.....whoops did I say garden....I should have said temporary open air spray booth.. Yes, the type of spray booth that usually has the odd suicidal wasp and fly that want to stick to the best and wet glossy bits for all eternity...

I'm using Old Skool 1 x pack Polyurathane. Wonderful stuff, works as well on house front doors and window frames as it does on valuable motorsickle parts....

Primer first after masking zinc plating

 Now a splash of Maroon, and plenty of it..

At the moment the fuel holding vessel has been re-masked to enable a pin-strip to be applied....I did go in search of suitable paint at the local D.I.Y store but they only stocked water soluble....

WATER SOLUBLE PAINT ????????/  Get a grip......paint should have lead in it and ozone threatening V.O.C.s surely.
Water soluble paint is for 'artists' and other alternative life-stylers.    I didn't buy....

Beer time.....POSH ! Get them flagons topped up real quick.......'ave got a reet thirst.....











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The BSA B31 that time forgot. Part 8

Greetings bloggies.....You have arrived !    
The Vintafaker blogspot - hotter than OK magazine...
(and of course far more educational.......just less boooooooby)
In fact I shall have that as my motto.....Albert Crackleport the Vintafaker with less booby
Forget it......that was silly...

Here's where we were..The big dipping tank is full of plating juice, the monster zinc anode has been soaking overnight, the Nokia cellphone charger is ready to accept 240 volts and convert that to mind blowing trickle of 9 volts /0.00005m/A.....Must remember to connect Positive to zinc - Negative to workpiece.
The moment has arrived......the fuel holding vessel of Lovely Maroon has been prepared and had a final brisk wire-wheeling on the area to be plated.

 
Somethings happenin'.......bubbling and stuff......Hey this could just work !!!!!!

2 hours later the wait is over......will the fuel holding vessel removed, washed and buffed we can inspect for damage...

Nope! No damage Chief.....

No bling on this plating.........
No boobies either......
Just a bit of Old Skool Codswallop. And there ain't no harm in that.

Blimey, the jugglington hour is upon us already....POSH ! Hurry up wi them there flagons....

Stay tuned bloggies.
Between us we can beat the Matrix......

The BSA B31 that time forgot. Part 7

The fuel vessel 'restoration' is gathering pace.......in fact it's going that blooooming fast I'm just about managing to cling on wi mi fingertips.........Tight Grip Albert - that's me and well know for it !
So, part 7.....read on and be amazed...
Here's where the need for functioning memory recall will help because I'm gonna quickly flash back in time......and then forward again........(because I can) Don't get stuck halfway in the past my friend............may be best to hold on to someone who hasn't been smoking G4 Q. R. Codes if you're unsure.

Here we gooooooooooo - in reverse .......Hands up all those that remember the 2 gallon bucket of vinegar ?
Ok, time up !!!!!!!!!!!
Here we goooooooooooooooo again - fast forward........too late if you didn't remember because the story continues anyway... fragmented ?..................uncoherent ?.........can't piece together the jigsaw of life's actions ? ....all jumbled up ?.........Tip - seek medical advice on having your mobile phone amputated from your lug hole

Here's why your Uncle Albert needed many gallons of vinegar.
Gone and got myself a huge dipping bath !.........Gonna zinc plate Lovely Maroons fuel holding vessel.

How do you like my King Sized Anode ? She's a beaut ! Proper Yellow City Zinc ! Proper stuff !
Got it specially shipped to Yorkshireshireshire from a 'specialist' in Belgium.

Stay tuned......this is only the start !
Now, it's well past drinkies time..........

Where is everyone ?

Who's doing flagon filling tonight ?

Ya just can't get the staff !!!! 

The BSA B31 that time forgot. Part 6

Part 6.....Blimey we're clocking 'um up that's for sure.
The Old Skool stuff continues with your host for tonight.....Once again - Albertu-Keanu
After much burning of propane and much sweating of solder the fuel holding vessel of Lovely Maroon seems to be responding to treatment.

Now, whether I have managed to plug all the holes is still a question that remains unanswered.
Micro-pricklets are a Vintafakers worst nightmare - and undetectable by the Albertonic magnifying process.
A leap of faith is called for here......Let's assume that the repair has been successful.......

The Albertonic Magnifier - A legendary instrument used mainly for focusing the suns rays into a powerful point. Thus enabling small boys to set fire to fields and woods without the aid of matches....
But useful when viewing small things that you wish were bigger.

Anyways, don't think there are any small pricklets left in The Old Sidevalve Bar so that's reason enough to celebrate with a large jugglington of falling down juice...............POSH ! Fill 'um up !

The BSA B31 that time forgot. Part 5

Greets all you Vintafaking-Cool-Cats.    Albertu-Keanu here, just dropping by to update all you dudes on the latest cut and thrust of the inner sanctum (formally known as 'The Old Sidevalve Bar')
I know I left questions unanswered from the previous posting. 
What can possibly be done to salvage the fuel holding vessel of lovely Maroon? I heard you cry....
Fear Not ! For I have solder.....bottled gas.........a match......and of course ever willing Big Bertha.
Yep ! This is Old Skool stuff, non of ya 2 part epoxy putty with carbon fibre matrix molecules here.
Layer upon layer of solder was sweated onto the badly corroded areas.....

 Followed by smoothing with emery cloth and more sweating....more smoothing......more sweating

Did I tell you I had decided previous to starting the repair that I quite liked the deep corrosion effect from years of neglect.? (Maybe slight memory lost due to tin inhalation from the solder if I didn't)
Lovely Maroon should wear the scars with pride. I shall only repair the areas that resemble a watering can.

Hey, Posh...pour me a beer....all that Sn₃₃Pb₄₀Zn₂₈ dust on mi clacker has given mi a reet thirst....
It's five o'clock somewhere so its -FLAGON TIME !

The BSA B31 that time forgot. Part 4

Deep down in the Matrix the battle continues....
Can Albert Keanu Crackleport reverse up the digital highway ? Undo the megapixelness of the life in 2013 ?
Does anyone care......(Besides Joanna and me ?)
Make yourself known.......Stand up against the Tablet-takeover........
If you can't be bothered then maybe waste another few minutes sat on your butt and read on....

Poor Maroon ! My lovely B31 has been neglected and suffered abuse........Time can't be unwound but the future can be changed.....Vintafakers hold the life balance....
Life or Death........Polish or cut with 5" grinding disc..... I can decide.
I vow to change the fortunes of 'Maroon' for the better......
A stiff wire wheeling will bring a bit of life back to parts long forgotten......But can fully functioning be resumed after a bit of rough attention ?....We will see.
The fuel tank was treated to the Fully Monty....Wire wheeled from multi-angle approach....Oooooch....
Rust was history..unfortunately so was a goodly thickness of the ancient fuel vessels surface.....

Holy-Moly-Balloooly  ! More Holy than the Turin Shroud !.....
Have no fear, Albert is here.
I've seen bigger holes in my socks !
Whilst the wire wheeling was sending Iron oxide (Fe2O3) into the far corners of The Old Sidevalve Bar' I spotted through the red cloud a piece of history.........Stamped on the tank was the manufacture date.
Phew - 1956.......Awesome.....

Now here's where the Vintafaker blogspot turns into another history lesson.....
(and possibly once again a look into a parallel universe with actions and consequences so similar to ours you can't deny the existence...).
You see, as I penned this missive I wonder what happened in 1956. Not only the year of the B31 fuel tank manufacture but -
The year a Video Recorder was first demonstrated by Ampex.

and the year the first transatlantic telephone cable TAT-1 goes into operation...Both methods of communication......
Both seeds that eventually resulted in creating THE MATRIX !!!!!!
1956...good year or bad year, you decide.

Blimey..POSH ! I need cider !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and plenty of it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fill mi flagons ! I'm going double barrel again tonight
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