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BSA Bantam eight spring clutch Dave Flintoft Engineering has developed and manufactured a new pressure plate from H15 high strength aluminium, incorporating eight equally spaced springs. It’s 6.5mm thick (tough when compared to the 2mm tin original) and reduces lost pressure due to flexing. The eight spring conversion produces 30% extra surface pressure. It comes…

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Norton bearing shells They still have the high quality lead-bronze bearing substrate of the original, but offer a more advanced bearing surface than the original lead-indium over with a superior lead-tin-copper finish overlay for longer life and greater wear resistance. Std. size part no. 06.4285. -0.010in part no. 06.4286. -0.020in part no. 06.4287. All £34.80…

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Louise Limb’s motorcycle artwork calendar Born in Belfast in 1960. Louise graduated with a BA Honours in Fine Art from Leeds University in 1982 and later in 2008 an MA in Printmaking (with Distinction) from Leeds Metropolitan University. Louise has been illustrating for Back Street Heroes, the European custom bike magazine since it was launched…

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Ex-McQueen SS80 Sir? That’s $176,000 please. Image by Paul Litwinski, copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. As of last weekend the answer is $176,000. That’s what auctioneers Gooding & Co got for a 1931 model at its Pebble Beach auction. Okay, one former owner was Steve McQueen, and these days anything once owned by…

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