My Signals 350 is a tribute my Mum's Father, Pa

My Signals 350 is a tribute my Mum's Father, Pa, as he served in the Australian Army in WW2. He enlisted in May of 1941. Family legend goes that he had to put his age down to be taken on. Said he was 26. In fact he was 33. He was sent to Queensland from NSW to join the 1st Australian Corps Troops Supply Column. This unit had already shipped out to the Mid East in December 1940. He arrived in Palestine in September of 1941. He then spent 2 month in further training. At one stage he was assigned to the Provost Guards for a very short period. The 1st Australian Corps Troops Supply Column supported Australian Troops in Palestine and Syria when they fought against the Vichy French who had sided with the Germans. In 1942 the Troop was sent back to Australia to be then sent to Papua New Guinea. In 1943 my Pa was then transferred to the 2nd / 34th Australian General Transport Company driving Jeeps and Trucks to supply Australian Troops fighting the Japanese. In November 1944 Pa was discharged from the Army as he was very sick from something that he had picked up in the jungles of PNG. This affected his heart as he passed away in 1972 from this heart condition.

Photos with text for the cosmetic changes I have made. Some I have not recorded here because I forgot about them. 😉

I get asked all the time what tyres do I run. I stayed with the factory sizes. Rear is a Pirelli MT90. Front is a Heidenau K75.

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Tuning 40mm BING CV carburetors for BMW motorcycles by ear.

Steve Doyle has put together this great and simple guide to tuning your Bing carbs. No need for expensive tuning equipment. So over to Steve...... Any feed back on this How To please email me and I will pass it onto Steve. There are 3 common methods to syncing the carbs. They will all work 1. Shorting the plugs. http://bmwmotorcycletech.info/synchcarbs.htm and http://www.airheads.org/content/view/216/98/ 2. Using a manometer of some sort. Carbtune, Twinmax or home made http://www.airheads.org/content/view/183/98/ 3. Using your ears. No comprehensive articles that I could find.. In the spirit of learning to service and tune at home and after lots of reading, I decided that for me the "by ear" technique might be the most useful, as it doesn't require any special tools and can be performed anywhere. There is no risk of electrical damage to the bike or the one doing the adjusting. It was very difficult to find a comprehensive description of the procedure, so using the combi...

Ride impression of the Yamaha MT-03.....

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On a Sure Footing....

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