It was still cold yesterday - not frigid like it has been, but still below freezing. I went over to the storage space to measure the diameter of the BSA fork tubes. Neither my nor Surly's clip-ons will work. Also, the top couple of inches are tapered. Not insurmountable but Surly says he's not boring a taper for clip-ons. Doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me. If we need clip-ons, I'll take care of them.
I finished fitting the angles on the platen and then I put in a little "think time" on what I'm planning to make for the wheel truing and drum checking gizmo. I've got it pretty well mapped out. Since the BSA and the Sportster both need the drums checked, I want to make it pretty much universal. I'm going to give a it little more thought and then make a sketch or two. If it looks good on paper, I'll start machining some parts.
Surly's hoping to be free next weekend, so we can start making some definite plans. In the meantime, I'll keep myself busy with the trials bike and odds and ends.
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