Thanks Bill and Tauruck
Briz: Likewise! I actually had the pleasure of speaking briefly with you in 2012 when admiring the Weslake. Had been following your build here, and it was one of those bikes I just had to see for myself. Was really impressed with it, as I am with the Salt Flash. Wish I had that sort of talent.
Tom: Thanks a bunch for the encouragement. Your build has been a great inspiration too, and am truly impressed with the kind of speed you have managed to get that old girl up to. I totally agree on the B40 or the B models in general being way underrated. Always supposed the bad rep here comes from the military having a bunch of them in a very low state of tune, when in fact with a little tinkering they can be made into very reliable and fun bikes.
Not totally sure I get what you mean by lubricating the clutch bearing? The basket just runs on greased rollers normal Brit style. The clutch seems to work just fine in dry state, at least for now. The only problem I see is the primarychain running dry. A belt would probably be the right thing, but failing that I believe bringing an extra primarychain should get me through the week. Recall you saying something in your build diary about the B50 sharing gear and primary oil? is that right?, then I believe that explains your question. The B40 has separate primary and gearbox, so it really doesn`t present a problem running the blower off the crank. Please let me know if this is what you asked, and if not I`ll do my best to give you a proper answer.
For the drive I chose a single v belt for 2 reasons. I wanted to keep it narrow and most importantly, stepping on new ground here, wanted to be absolutely sure, that in the case of severe blowbacks I wanted to have a little "give" in the system and not having my lobes shift destroying the blower. I would never run a chaindrive like some do, being the cautious type
. The belt should be good up to at least 5 HP and at the moderate power I´m aiming for believe that will be sufficient, fingers crossed.
Will try uploading a few pics of the setup.
BUB`s is unfortunately not likely to happen. Have talked my mate Lars into joining for a 3 week vacation. The deal is we go to SW, and he decides where we`re going after that. but who knows, he may be getting saltfever and want to go back to Bonneville. Would love to come by and have a chat.