Another newcomer to British bikes

[Godoh]

Hello I am new to the site and new to british bikes. I have been riding now for 50 years. I always loved the look of the B44 and finally found one.
I am still adjusting my brain to the right hand gear lever and left brake but love the bike.
I am doing small things to it. I added some indicators as I wanted to be seen better when on the road.
I have added a crankcase breather and just made a rear rack for it, I copied the shape of the rear subframe and just extended it a little so I can carry some tyre repair stuff with me.
I ride alone on dirt roads where I live in North East Tasmania, so like to be able to get my bike going if I get a small problem or a flat tyre.
My bike has an 18 inch rear and 21 inch front wheel. They are aluminium Italian rims on it. Seems it has been put together as an enduro or trials bike as it has rear set footpegs and a single seat.
Anyway I am glad to have found this forum.
Pete

[minetymenace]

[skippy]

It's a nice looking bike I like the yellow color on them.

[Toolsteel]

That is a good looking BSA you have there! I am going for a similar look for my 1971 BSA b50t project! I look at pictures of BSA singles constantly to study the proportions and find out what makes the older models look so much better than the newer oil in frame models and your bike is definitely one of the best ones that I have seen!

[Godoh]

My bike now has a tail light, headlight , indicators and is registered. So I am having fun riding it around. It feels very good on the dirt roads that I ride on.
The suspension could be a bit softer, but I am getting used to lifting my backside off the seat when potholes appear.
I love the way it handles the dirt, it feels very planted and goes exactly where I point it.
Pete

[ghislain]

Very nice Victor !
Enjoy !
Welcome on board , sir !

Here are mines , B40 and B50 ...Sorry no 44

[Godoh]

Glad to be here. I have read lots of the Tech stuff, and it is very helpful.
I put the timing cover back on yesterday. It was sealed with silicon when I took it off, I don't like that stuff so I made a gasket for it.
I also put a speedy sleeve on the camshaft and a new seal, (the old one was leaking and filling the timing cover with oil).
After putting it together I re did the timing ( it has a boyer ignition) , so glad that I still have a timing strobe light.
Anyway now it is ready for more adventures.
Where I live there are hundreds of kilometres of dirt roads, heading to the north and east coasts of Tasmania. So the beezer and I explore them. It is a lovely machine for that work
Thanks for the welcome, your bikes look great
Pete

[minetymenace]

Just a couple of things....if you gasket the outer timing side, you will increase end float on your kick start mechanism, ok, not by much, but a thin smear of gasket goo does the trick as designed.
There is a timed breather in the cam that breaths into a separation chamber between the timing side covers, it should drain back into the crank via a tiny hole in the inner cover, while it wont do any harm to change the seal, there will always be some oil between the covers.....just saying :)

[Godoh]

Hello Minety, I had quite a puddle of oil in the area where the points would have been. The boyer circuit board had oil all over it ( I know it is sealed) but the terminal block that the previous owner joined the wires at also had oil all over it.
Are you saying that the points chamber should have oil in it?
I have wondered if the outer timing cover should have any oil in it at all? The gearshift shaft had quite a bit of pitting on it from what appears to be rust, so I was thinking that none or not much oil gets into that chamber.
Pete