I got the Sunbeam back together yesterday and after a little fettling am pretty pleased with it. The brakes were a bit tricky getting them slop free but not sticking and centred. The other issue I had was with the forks. I might have mentioned that the stem was quite bent. I took it to a nice man who works on classic bikes and he did $50 Audi worth of work on it straightening it out. This was quite successful and I only have a slight bit of play in the bearings in the straight ahead position. I decided not to install the rack and the lights just yet. I didn’t like the way the rack is so angled so it will need some new stays at the right length to get it right. Maybe I’ll just get a nice leather bag to hang from the saddle. The headlight cleaned up really nicely the Raleigh sports decided that she wanted it.

Looking classical

True elegance

Very comfy Terrys saddle

The famous chaincase

Brakes work ok now. Bit of a dent in the rim main issue. This wheel is unbalanced. When I had it on the stand it would rotate by itself to the same position. Don’t know what would be causing it. Took the tyre and tube off to see if there was a bunch of sand or something inside, but no. If I ever get a BSA hub I’ll attend to that then.

I didn’t have too much trouble getting the wheel back on. I had enough movement in the drop out to slide it forward to get the chain on the rear sprocket after getting it on the fro

I like the handle bars though the gooseneck is a bit bent. I’ll try to find a replacement.

Mudguards are pretty old looking

The chrome is pretty good