Re[2]: Gear lever
Posted by Arthur Farrow on Apr 24, 2020; 5:19pm
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Hi there,
More progress today . 5 steps forward and 3 back....I will be posting a few queries separately to avoid a muddle of subjects. The Maroon one is George Silks ? I can only see a picture from the LH side. Looks like he has a L foot brake BUT instead of the dreadful abutment and cross over cable his brake goes through the holes on the frame ...one each side to the other side (then presumably a shorter cable or a rod.) . Logical!!
I have no idea how much the castings will cost. Depends on numbers and currently I have one...ME !!
Arthur Farrow
------ Original Message ------
From: "hendred [via Silk Motorcycles]" <[hidden email]>
To: "Arthur Farrow" <[hidden email]>
Sent: 24/04/2020 13:36:13
Subject: Re: Gear lever
Totally confused now. I looked at my steel gear lever and it looks well made with very neat welds and a grease nipple. Whoever made it made a neat job and looks right for the bike. However, looking at pictures of bikes they certainly had alloy gear levers on MKII bikes. The only problem is I couldn't find clear pictures of a right hand gear change on a bike later than a high fifties engine number. Did Silk change to a steel fabrication for the later bikes? I Don't know. If Clive is reading this may be he knows the answer. Found a picture of George Silk's restored bike at Kop Hill Climb. The gear change lever looks like highly polished stainless and nothing like my steel one or the alloy one. Any idea at this time of the cost of an alloy lever?
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