Drain the tank, clean the inside wall and put another coat of paint on there.

The cool, damp climate of the UK is actually kind to vehicle tyres. It's hot, dry and sunny climates which take their toll. I worked in the UAE for a few years and over there, I would say the tyres on my car felt unsafe at just 2 years old.

Could spray it down with carb cleaner and dust it with chalk powder or nick the wife's scented talcum powder and watch where the oil starts coming from.

The engines were painted with that yellow paint inside possible to help deal with anything porus .

Have you ever tried shining a UV torch around your bike paul? I've found one very helpful in finding leaks that aren't that easy to see with the naked eye You can follow the trail It doesn't have to be pitch black to show up either

I like the way you keep going back for a recap Paul, keep checking every avenue and eliminate any possible culprits before making the final decision 👍

Good thinking, would it be possible to test your theory by draining the oil tank?

Would a smear of High Heat JB Weld stem a porous casting leak?

Curiosity dictates that we have to take the primary drive off and find out whether your supposition is correct! Although, if it was mine, I’d live with the leak and monitor to make sure it doesn’t get worse…..

Good luck. Hope its not a crack caused by a broken chain at some point.

Over here in Canada bank erosion is detrimental to water quality in the spawning beds. . Looks like they took care of that with those big quarried limestone blocks. Adding them to the river would help aeration of the water, good for the fish. We have both Atlantic and Pacific salmon and rainbow and brown trout in rivers like this that feed into the Great Lakes. Our salmon don’t migrate upstream from the ocean though, they live in the Lakes and spawn in the rivers. They must have adapted to fresh water since being introduced many years ago. Don in Niagara

Nice video again Paul a bit different but nice i Loved riding my Atlas around your part of God's country ! My best wishes to you from the Philippines ♥️👍💪😉😀😁🏁🏍️🛺🐑🇵🇭🇵🇭⭐

As an ex Royal Enfield 1953 Meteor Owner I can thoroughly recommend Wellseal now made by Stag. Good for ALL leaky English motorbikes. For the crankcase breather I also made some brass discs that acted as "clack" valves and that seemed to reduce oil leaks. Watch out for the twin 6" front brakes. Great stopping power at low speed but doing an involuntary stop at high speed with the girl friend on the back the drums expanded off the shoes, brake lever came up hard on the handle bars and only way to stop the thing was the rear brake. Studs going through engine plates to hold the engine and gearbox assy. need to be a snug fit and you will see fretting corrosion on the aluminium engine and gearbox mounting faces due to flex of the open loop frame. Copper asbestos head gaskets on the Meteor distort towards the centre and leak. The later Super Meteors and I believe Constellations and Interceptors used solid copper gaskets to eliminate that problem.

The model 120 denotes the stroke of the 650cc motor in millimetres, the smaller Panther model 100 was of 600cc with a stroke of 100mm.

Clattermass and the Pit 😊 Tidy and professional build though 👍

I loved my '61 350 Bullet. One of the best bikes I've ever owned.

What year model is this bike?

Hi Mr Henshaw; I just rebuilt a T140E engine and the other day took it for a long second spin after that; so went to that meeting and did 450km ALL oil disappeared from the engine. Luckily I stopped the engine in a town then oil light lighted and the gauge needle was in zero I have a Morgo rotary pump that seemed the previous owner dismantled at some point (may be to check for this problem) Bike starts first kick without smoking; idle without smoking but consumed all that oil! My thinking is that at some points on a long trip, the pump return fails intermittently letting the oil in the sump and then the engine just ate it. Buddy riding few meters back from me told me that almost no smoke from exhaust so even more strange.

G'day Paul, in Australia that's called a fish ladder, and at the front of each row of rock's across the river it causes a negative pressure allowing the fish an easyier passage upstream, it will look great when the grass is grown back to the edges, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.

hi Paul nice bike that one its on song that one love it stay safe out there top man

Thanks Paul.

Tidy that

They've put a fish chute on the big weir just above Richards garage too the river is definitely slightly lower where it goes through our garden but there's always been small trout around.

Nice job there Paul. It looks a good drop of water, I hope the sewin like it! Les

SHOCK! Tax payers money used well?

Where’s me fishin pole?…

Woah Dude , If you run into Tom Jones tell him that it’s Not Unusual

You live in a beautiful part of the country there.

We call them fish stairs in Denmark

The views you take of your part of Wales are awesome!👍

You've got it good where you live Paul , railway line with steam trains, station around the corner and a river for fishing in , all in your back garden 👍.

Stone me! That's neat work.

Good stuff. Be good to have more fish.

Looks good goes well I will have it just wrap it up and I will take it home with me😉

Very nice.

Another great video. I like that you discuss problems such as tyres with a level head. I have purchased a new Honda for winter camping trips. As you say plastic and paint.

It's a bit rich on idle - so it's easier to start. Does it have a choke? Needle position looks Okay. There's nothing like new rubber. Never shoot you down. Bless you for keeping old bikes on the road sir!

Seems a very willing machine. Good stuff.

Certainly a potent-looking machine.

G'day Paul, one thing l like about Cafe racers is the modifications you can do, your has other bike bits and still looks great, and as for tyers your right if not dried out or cracked and had good tread their OK, tread is for wet roads our roads you could run slicks most of the year, better give your Dad a big hug for giving you those bikes, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.

Hi Paul,I'd look for some 60's riding gear and go for a spin all togged up if it was mine😂. It does sound nice.

Some of the worries are ridiculously tryresome.

Cracking bike....sounds bloody well

Is it, a Bazuki...? Excellent stuff...

Hi Paul, I run a small home based business (computer repairs), I get it all the time, at all sorts of ungodly hours of the evening, always starts the same, " Sorry to to bother you, I know its late......But.........."

I believe it was in the previous video on this bike that you mentioned it was this bike that taught you the importance of gearing. I would very much like to hear that story, especially what you learned.

That’s awesome bike , sounds lovely and goes , flue round the course 😁👍

That's a bike worthy of the ASBO title Paul!! Certainly can pick up her skirts and run, must be close to DBD32 speeds available? I do wish this poor old pensioner had the spare moolah to get you to work your magic on my Bullet! Ah well, we can but dream!!! Hope we see more of your Dad's bike!!!

Very nice sir. Thanks.

That’s a nice bike lots of grunt and a nice turn of speed I think once you’ve fettled it in a bit it will be sound !👍