1950 BSA B33 "The Candyman Beezer" Build Part 2

Time to dig into the motor and see what's going on.

[@daveco1270]

There's always more to do than what you set out to do. Being new to this, I find myself doing things for the first time and there's always a snag or two that sets me back a couple hours, which means a job that should have taken me two hour takes four hours. : ) I pulled the oil tank off my 64 TR6 for the first time a couple weeks ago to put a new tank on the bike and what held me up was getting that one little tube back in place, the one that connects the oil tank to the tappet feed. I spent way too long trying to get the new tube on the new tank and on the tappet oil line.

[@frankmarkovcijr5459]

It is great that you could take any of these bikes out of storage and get them running with just a little work.

[@boozytheclown]

love watching you dig into these bikes, really inspires me to get out and make space in the garage to start on some bike projects I have, nothing as rad as you have, but i can hope to get something like them someday. You probably already know this, but one thing I do when i have to do the hasty surface job with the emory cloth and the glass or granite, is I mark the surface of the material with a sharpie or blue dykum before I sand it, that way I can find the high spots quickly and make sure with those long pieces I'm not putting too much pressure on one side when I sand. I hate doing the job only to find a slow seep after putting it all back together. Oh, and I can find phenolic washer kits from a few places, usually hydraulic repair shops (the type that build systems for commercial use, like trucks etc), and McMaster Carr, (they're more expensive though).

[@vorhese]

The old $5 part $10 shipping is getting a little old, so I'm finding myself making a huge list, but getting by with some redneck engineering.