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That's Bob Dylan! just 'cos it says BFG don't make it true!

Those pics are actually me. Just joking about the Bob Dylan fella. This is Bob Dylan:

Yeah: the one that feeds all the water and goo back into the oil sump.

Not necessarily. With agreement of dealer, they sent the parts and I did the work. Dealer gets paid for work, warranty stands. Best way.

What on earth ? That's just not cool.

Single carb.....Tiger (?)

Poetry in motion? Just opened up the 'No Direction Home' double CD. There's a pic of Dylan on his Triumph, from 1965 or thereabouts. another

Who? OYB by any chance?

best thing you could do really or you coulda brought an iPod

Great. Very nice.

Eh? Is there a problem with the spring?

Hmmm. Perhaps you should clarify what you mean by '...and spin off' too? people could be getting dangerously dizzy.

Main pics here: spring stuff 1 spring sprong 2 Makes me want to go out and whip the transmission cover off and start poking at things.

A claw hammer? Any old thing to shock it / pry it off.

If you're just looking but not disassembling, there aren't major pitfalls. Just take care. The most difficult part is getting the bottom left side allen bolt out. See the pictures, you may notice an allen key that I ground down so that it's easier to gat at that Allen head. more inf here & pics & also a link to more pinks. Everything should be covered somewhere in the FAQ links. There are a number of bits of advice about lining up the internals. Also see here. Good luck.

I'm sure somebody knows what this is? Edit oh yeh, just struck me, must be GB: it's a 'Fionda' and I dare say it's been shown here before

cracker Zeb nice from any angle – that's a particularly nice angle

Breva's big-city uncle gets ready to delivery VAST file of Breva info to Ropey's computer.

I used a hand file, or 2 or 3 different grades of files. I didn't have a Dremel then, but a file is probably better and easier to control too. You could finish with a dremel. I don't think that removing a bit too much or not getting it exactly circular will matter too much. As far as I remember I deliberately offset mine a bit, probably because the repaired spring was shorter. It was a temporary repair as I ordered new parts under warranty. However it worked fine and I think that it would have kept on working. The spring might have given up some time, but certainly the adjusted pawl arm would go for ever.

Anyone want to buy a rear indicator lens? Going cheep ..er, cheap.

I'm using synthetic, which was fine, but after a surprisingly short time first gear has got crunchy again – difficult to engage from neutral.

Probably atoms. Maybe electrons and stuff like that.

Yeah, might as well be concerned. I just think that it's better to check and be sure. Take the cover off and measure. If it's got the problem parts change them, rather than wait 'til it breaks at an inconvenient time/place. Mine and some others went at around 2,000 miles, but there are ones that have hung on 'til 6 or 7,000: so you never know, 'til you look see. If you can't get parts easily then you'll have to wait, so again, better check and then be prepared/order parts. If you need to order parts, you could then put the box back together while it's still working and keep riding until parts arrive. Better still, file the boss down to the right size. That's as good as getting a new one if you do it carefully, but I'd still fit a new spring as the old one will be stressed.

It's up you really. If the spring broke at the end, rather than the middle, you can repair the spring and happily use it while you await new parts – so the bike needn't be off the road at all. Otherwise it's whatever amount of time it takes to get the correct parts in. If you can do the repair now, there's no point in not doing it while you wait for 'better fix' parts, as in your question. Fix it, ride it and then when you get the 'better parts' swap them in some afternoon. By now everything is well documented and photographed. It seems like you maybe didn't see all the info. Have you checked the info in the F.A.Q. Forum?

Good grief. I was meant to be going to Cambridge at the end of this week and would certainly have made an effort if the house is close to Cambridge itself. However I can't go now. There are probably other things that you need to go over for, especially as she's 90, but if it's really only to fix a leak – a trip from down under is pretty extreme. Apart from finding a builder to do the job, which is a tricky situation for all sorts of reasons, what about some of the social / community / caring agencies that have volunteer (retired) handymen to go and do jobs like this? Is she in a house on her own? (Please pretend I didn't say this bit, but you could send a case of Redline Heavy to use in the watertank. According to the boys on here it's a wonder at sealing leaks.) Sorry. I didn't say that bit. It must have been Ratchethack.