Not quite ready to travel!

The pandemic is one thing and it looks as though most of Western Europe will be under Covid-19 Lockdown again. In England we are going to enter a month of lockdown from 0001 on November 5th. The Government haven't ruled out extending it is the virus continues to

From where I live France is visible on the horizon most days as it is around 23 miles from my house and about 22.5 miles from the nearest beach. France is about to enter another month long lockdown and so we won't be crossing the Channel any time soon.

Not that the GT (aka Kettle) will not be going there for a while in any case. To move under its own power it needs to have an engine as one of the important component.

Mine is still in pieces.

The crankshaft came back from a rebuilder in Essex a week or so ago. Nicely bagged up and sporting new lots of things, too many to list but mostly crankshaft oil seals and bearings. Please don't ask what the bill for that was!

Once the engine is put together, as an internal combustion engine (ICE) is needs fuel. In the 1970's this meant carburetors. These have also had to be rebuilt as they were really in need of some work after 43 years.

Refurbished carburetors

Refurbished carburetors

The brakes have been cleaned and repaired with new pistons and seals. They look just like new now.

The plan is to have the Kettle back on the road in time for the start of the riding season in 2021. Let's keep our fingers crossed.