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Restoration Guide
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A workshop-grounded walkthrough of scope, tools, time, model choice, and the pitfalls first-time restorers hit hardest — written for the reader who has not yet picked a bike.
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Honda SOHC inline-four (K0–K8), disc-brake era. Factory tolerances, model-specific tools, and sequenced teardown/reassembly for the engine, gearbox, carbs, and electrical harness.
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Four Triumph guides covering the full classic era — pre-unit twins (1937–1959) with BTH magdyno electrics, the unit-construction Bonneville (1963–1979) with Lucas alternator charging, plus the short-tram N1 (1969) and S1 (1970) variants.
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Harley-Davidson OHV big-twin (1966-1984). 1966-1979 cast-iron head 74"/80" era with concentric rocker arms, the 1980-1984 aluminum head + 1340cc late-Shovel cambio, the 1974+ electronic ignition retrofit, and the H-D bulletin AS-13165 cylinder barrel resurfacing caveat that gates the aluminum-head rebuild.
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BSA DOHC single-cylinder (1938-1963) -- DBD34 rigid-rear (1938-1948), YA / ZA / ZA-B Golden Flash plunger-rear (1949-1958), DBD34GS Clubman swinging-arm (1956-1962), 1959 Catalina scrambler with Lucas RM13 alternator + negative-earth switchover, and B50SS Clubman continuation (1961-1963). DOHC shim-under-bucket wedge spec (I 0.10 / E 0.15 mm), BTH fotQ versus Lucas W2 / W3 stand-alone magneto split, and the 1956 swinging-arm chassis pivot.
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