Hairy Bikers and Other Petrol Heads

[Dangerous Davies]

Nick
This firm is probably too far away from you but they do include a price list for common jobs ie sludge trap strip, clean and reassemble.
Matt‘s machine shop Abercynon, South Wales.


I have no connection with them other than being a satisfied customer.

HTH

Dave

 

[Flaxfield]

I know a few of the boys at Matts. All good types.

Staying with Wales, what about SRM in Aberystwyth?
I used to know them when they were in Cardiff and had a few bits and bobs from them when the moved to Aberystwyth. Again, decent guys with an excellent reputation.

Both 'shop' have guys who ride what they build and they don't hang around when they do..

Rob

 

[SimonT]

AVG has isolated the link to mattsmachinesshop as it is a dangerous web page. I didn't click it but it tried to access my computer. Can it be deleted and cleaned up please. Now to do another complete scan!

 

[adrian]

AVG has isolated the link to mattsmachinesshop as it is a dangerous web page. I didn't click it but it tried to access my computer. Can it be deleted and cleaned up please. Now to do another complete scan!

Strange, I accessed it fine. Google and others seem to clear it only Norton seems to complain.

 

[Nick Dunhill]

Yes, unfortunately I have been done.

There seems to be a cluster of good machine shops for classic Triumphs in Wales. The SRM guy metaphorically rolled his eyes when I mentioned the builder I'd used in my email. They'd had a few of his engines through. I picked the guy in Cov as he had had a cancellation and could fit me in at the end of Aug, and the engine would only be away for 3 weeks. So that's 72 weeks fewer than my X75 engine has been away for reconditioning, but that's another tale.

At least the 2300 I paid included an engine that I hope can be made good (it has matching cases too). Complete but unrestored 2nd hand classic Triumph engines fetch around 1500 to 1700 on ebay.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Nick,
I used to strip 'em, get everything re conditioned or parts replaced and do the rebuild myself then I only had myself to blame for leaks and failures but guess you don't have the time nowadays mate.

 

[Osgood]

Rare sighting of a Hairy Biker above.

 

[Nick Dunhill]

Eyup Col.
I used to strip engines too back in the day. My enthusiasm was greater than my engine building talents though! My workshop is equipped for making very small things, but not large ones (I don't have a big vise) and I don't have any Triumph engine special tools anymore. Best to get someone who does have the tools and years of experience to sort it out. My wife says the days of putting cylinder heads and oily crankcases in our oven are over, especially the fancy new one!

 

[simond]

My days of using the kitchen for anything “techie” came to an abrupt halt in our first, rented house, where I dropped a fairly large piece of 3mm thick brass on the vinyl floor, after heating it to annealing temperature….

Times move on, there are two 3D printers in the utility room, and PD Loco is in the lounge.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Rare sighting of a Hairy Biker above.

You really mean "He had hair, then !"

 

[simond]

You really mean "He had hair, then !"

Didn’t we all…?

 

[Peter Cross]

Wet sumping ?

From experience that just pumps out onto the rear tyre.

 

[Nick Dunhill]

Surprisingly it doesn't wet sump at all. Even when laid up in mid winter.