Aermacchi shifter and brake - with Paul Brodie 

I often wonder if people even know about this channel. It’s absolutely amazing. Thanks Mitch and Brodie

Cardboard assisted design, you old timers are so funny.

Man, I do love this channel! Keep up the great work Paul and Mitch!!

My partner isn't interested in engineering but always watches your films with me. Excellent stuff.

Dear Paul, Sie sind ein wahrer Meister ihres Faches, das ist echte Handwerkskunst, gepaart mit Jahrzehnter langer Erfahrung. Ich bin begeistert und beeindruckt 👍💪

Nice to see you make things step by step. Most channels would have had the parts plasma/laser cut and just assembled them. This is why I love your video's some much.

🤣🤣🤣🤣Miller gloves for Welding and Lincoln for grinding. Very funny. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bicycles and race bikes. I raced a Gamma for a season in' 90 and quickly went broke. Your channel is torture :)

At around 14:00 you said "I love to build a race bike - it's very satisfying". This is what I do right now. Ok in my case it's a rebuild of my wife's CB450 Drixton's engine ;-) but finally this is giving the exactly same feeling! Keep up the good work! Tilmann

I really like your tooling and craftsmanship.

Paul, your craftsmanship at any stage of the build exhibit a beauty that is unprecedented...amazing skill, attention to detail and ingenuity.i could gaze at them for hours on end...thank you and Mitch for your time and content...truly a pleasure and a privilege, ...peace, love & be kind... Sincerely Chris

love your 'manual' CNC milling technique -:-)

That tip with the rod/fuel line,/emery cloth for finishing an inside rad made me subscribe and buy a t-shirt.

love the mk2 chain cut out , I do things like that all the time , its easy to bend something the wrong way , and be convinced it right , up to the point where you go to fit it ,,,, but as an old friend of mine used to say the man who never made a mistake , never made anything.

I went and got some threaded rod and heater hose, best idea for sanding ive seen in a long time, works beautifully, thanks :)

The Red Aermacchi is very nice, loving the build videos for your new race bike. I could watch all day but then I won't get any work done on my own bike! Also good job with the camera/video work Mitch!

Mechanic or artist? Definitely the best of both! You’re amazing Prof. Brodie.

Masterful 👍👍😎👍👍

When I was a kid (early 70s) we all took off our Amal carbs and replaced them with Bing units. My Bella and 125 Rickman had Bing carbs as well. The 250cc Villiers (w/ 2-speed hand-shift Albion gearbox) on my monowheel has an Amal carb. I was surprised I was able to get a float needle and new seat out of the UK.

👍👏👌cheers Chris

As an Italian I am happy to see all the great work you are doing in those sweet spaghetti 🍝 bikes. They were and still are cool. I still remember when in Italy was a pride thing to see Aermacchi and Harley Davidson found a way to collaborate together. Miss those beauties.

Thanks Paul and Mitch. Love your videos. Take care.

You can realy see Airmacchi`s Aviation Heritage on the Knuckle Head Motor. Imagine five or nine of these Cylinders radialy mounted on an a central Block and you have a WWII fighter Engine.

Thats a funny story about the brazed carbide falling off, consideriing thats how they attach band saw teeth in every sawmill in the world. My ex father in law was head saw filer at McDonald Cedar Products, Fort Langley. I never thought it possible until he took me to the Mill and showed me.

A chainsaw sprocket tip grease pump would feel right at home as a tiny hole bushing lubricator... with the grease nipple deposited in the, I felt it fall off in the whoops, savings plan bucket. Just thinking out loud here. We tapped our test mule for 4-40 wee brass plugs but found a little care with orienting the holes was enough to keep out the undesirables. Always interesting. Thank you both.

Excellent work all around...thank you for sharing.

My wife just bought me a Brodie’s shop hoodie.😎

nice work

Good Work

Heartbreaking about the theft.. oh man. Thank you Paul and Mitch for making a pleasent corner on youtube. :)

Paul, please never stop making stuff, I have shares in the red sharpie company.

As always, another delightful video, and timely -- I was riding my Aprilia Tuono today thinking I needed to get off my butt and make a set of rearsets to correct the ridiculous engineering -- the shift lever only works for people with size 6 shoes, and the brake is directly adjacent to the exhaust, so it fades, and is impossible to bleed without removing it from the bike. I like the fuel-line-over-the-1/4" rod for sanding trick. Thanks! I, too, have had a racebike stolen. It's different than having a street bike stolen, that's for sure.

Thanks again Paul. Great video as always :)

For about ten years my racing bike has been getting taken down and put back together again. Never quite satisfied. Then I see a little something. The heim links were like a light bulb moment. Thank you !

Inspired work which inspired me to tear down my sprint for paint and seals. Keep up the fantastic work.

When i see a new video i click right away.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge I am learning a lot with you your work is magnificent you are a true craftsman builder Thank you very much and congratulations God bless you with a lot of health, peace and a lot of happiness that never miss anything in your life 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Here in Europe we had the HD-Aermacchi bikes as well. It was the time when HD were down in the dumps due to delivery and quality issues, Most of the bikes were the 2 stroke off roaders with a couple of street versions. They didnt catch on and disapeared with in a couple of years.The carburettor should be a Dellorto VHB 30 as used on the Harley Aermacchi AMF SX 350 SX350 Sprint

Красота в мелочах👍👍👍

Oh boy- another one that left the key in the lathe chuck....... The trolls are gunna hit you hard now! LOL Last scene (the blooper where you drop the thing)

Love these videos - t shirt idea “who’s Mitch” that’s it. All proceeds go to getting you and Mitch a nice cup of coffee

Thank you Paul, and Mitch (International Man of Intrigue), for yet another informative and entertaining episode. Your unit of currency, beer + $'s, when acquiring an old bike made me laugh. It's very similar to ours, in the Land Down Under. Canadian use a "case" whereas Aussie use a "slab".

GORGEOUS work as always Paul. This is a great build, looking forward to more! Hi to Mitch.

First to comment and honored to do so!! Great video as always!! Thanks for taking the time...

You are Canadian version of Allen Millyard. Pure craftsmenship.

I know the sense of loss you felt, heartbreaking. Mobile home with my classic race car taken. Lost so much- tools,spares,clothes etc. Insurance paid out a fraction of what it was worth.

Excelent work Paul

Good job sir

I love your videos, greetings from Argentina

In my county we spell Paul brodie "GOAT"

Great video! Big shout out to Mitch as well for the filming and editing. I think those gloves are meant for stick welding on battleships.

I have the black and white one pretty much complete, it's a 66. Motor is a little different. Always thought it was a 250. Used to have a framed trading card and the factory manual. Haven't ridin it since i was 17. Very cool video.

thanks a lot for shareing. always when i think its fine but you can make an extra touch and ohh u are doing it now kkkkk

your videos inspired me to build some small parts for my car project, so much fun! but boy does manual milling take a long time haha

If you got flak for the gloves, wait until people watch you handle the emerycloth/sandpaper in the lathe.....

Love your Aermacchi projects. I remember racing in the late 70s against a guy with a 250GP two stroke Aermacchi. Would love to see you restore one of them. They were very competitive in the World Championships in the mid-70s.

Hey Paul, have you contacted Amal in the UK? They had a stand at the 2019 Stafford auction and bike jumble thingy. They seem to be really old school - handing out thick catalogues to anyone who asked for one. Must have cost them a fortune. Will look for mine. Not sure if they do a Spanish 34mm, but it’s probably worth checking. One of my crazy ideas is to upgrade an RE 650 to 860cc and Amal carbs to get rid of all the Swedish Elf elements. So, I had to find out what was available. Great vid. We’re all curious who Mitch is. He’s very good at his job and makes your vids even more professional. Thank you Mitch.

Two weeks ago March 1, you were at 15.5 k and now you are at 18.6k!!! Excited to see your channel grow. I can tell you as a framebuider...your method of frame alignment has swept the globe. May I suggest that you capitalize on that and have your fancy BB checker tool thingy manufactured by someone with a CnC setup...(Maybe Cobra Tools? ). You'll make a small mint.

Hi Paul. Can see a parilla hi cam motor sitting up on your shelf there. I've been racing and riding them for some years now. Great little Motorcycles with a colourful history. Also got an Aermacchi 350 racer project on the boil. Been enjoying watching your clips. Cheers

I know you have found a carb since this video but the place to look for 34mm Amal carbs is the British Lambretta scene. They were recommended for the TS1 race kit in the late 80s. I have a couple in a drawer in my garage and know plenty more people with them.

I am new to your channel and really enjoy it. Subscribed. Love how you swap from Imperial and Metric in the same breath. Cheers from Down Under.

Love the videos! I've fabricated for 10+ years.. rarely wore gloves tig welding steel. I thought they took away all my dexterity with small parts.. just my opinion. That nobody asked for 🤣

Nice videos! Good channel! Good luck)) Greetings from Russia))

Yep kudos to Mitch. When I need a closeup he gives a closeup, when I need a wide shot the shot goes wide. Camera is steady, editing is smart. So Thanks Mitch. Maybe an occasional selfie thumbs up or a behind the scenes moment sometime.

On the 1/4 rod/fuel line/emery cloth; good idea! 😎 On your van being stolen, that really pisses me off. 😡

First time on channel and I'm hooked.

Learning from you

Be well!

Love these videos. A small health and safety improvement - when filing in the lathe, file left handed, so your arms aren’t wrapped around the chuck. Takes some getting used to, like brushing your teeth with your left hand.

i like the video

So sorry to hear about your Van theft, must have been devastating. Cant imagine what I would do if it happened to me.

That Amal looks like a Mark2 version, upfate from the 1034 I think. Love the 350's Trev Deeley has a few maybe bits too.

Came to this channel for the bicycle stuff, so a little bummed that you're moving on to motorcycles. But I love your videos so I'll probably keep watching anyways!

👍🏁

bending the fender the wrong way is so me!

22:20 I am wondering how many taps I must broke before I master that technique 🤔

There's a 34mm Amal carb with a left hand choke on ebay here in the UK. £75 gbp (about $105 I think)

Just seen an old video on a start up party on the 3rd excelsior you built and sold. The shop doesn’t look too much different. You just look a little older, lol.

Arbour is also known as a 'spud mandrel'. Been quite a long time since I did any 'race bike' parts, making and modifying was great fun though ; particularly figuring out ways to 'add lightness and simplicate' as my father used to say. The Aermacchi is pretty light,(sub 250lbs?) T500 rear hub will probably be overkill and also way heavy with it's rather large cush drive? Something about the size of a Honda CB350 rear hub or even CB/CD175 may be better and maybe even easier to find brake shoes in race compounds? I know CB350 complete rear wheel with a Metzeler (modern Kevlar instead of steel bead) can be made under 35lbs (6061 alloy sprocket, alloy bearing spacer and wheel spacers, alloy WM3 rim) compared to the 50+lbs for the original with narrow (WM2) steel rim. Nice to see someone else swapping between inches and mm. I'll subscribe to 'live vicariously'

que bonito muy hábil

Seeing this, makes my 1967 BSA WD B40 restoration seem amateurish. Although I'm still fairly new to the machining side of things.

I really enjoy these videos! It looks like you made the shifter lever for the transmission shaft too. How did you make the internal splines?

since you have been on vacation, or holiday as you call it, I have been rewatching lots of your video's and still learning from each of them, but last night, I discovered something unique and sort of funny, one of the channels I watch I was having issues hearing the person talk, so my son who's 15 told me to turn on captions, what a wonderful idea! it made it so easy to understand this other guy, well i didn't turn captions off and started watching one of your video's..... lets just say you have the same problem I do, an accent, and the voice to text part of captions don't really get it, some of the things you say are so butchered by the voice to text it's pretty funny, if you have never watched one of these video's with captions on, give it a try... you can thank me later, from the deep south of Georgia USA. with a heavy southern accent, listening to a northern accent from Canada. cheers~! love you work.

Hi Paul, I really love your videos, especially where you're constructing something. I've learned so much, especially the art of mitering tubing. When you weld don't you use an Auto-darkening Helmet? I love mine and would never go back to a standard helmet. Loved your book, by the way. Thanks for signing it!

Love your channel Paul. I made a similar carbide tipped dividers back in my apprenticeship. Not nearly as precise or pretty as yours. I'm 67 and retired now. Still have them in my toolbox. Will we get to see you ride this bike when it's completed?

Great video Paul, please do a lot more on the Aermacchi build, would like you to do a vid on the actual frame build. let me know if you need more cb450 front brakes, I have a few in stock.

Sorry left out cafeteria!!! Stavros

A lot of the time for TIG welding I don't use gloves either TIG welding gloves are so thin it's almost like not having them on to start with the reason that I weld with TIG gloves is in certain Metals you don't want the oil on your skin contaminating the metal

Great work Paul, what kind of coffee do you drink.

Great vid Paul...are you using Imperial or US standard fixings throughout?

Great video and great choice of mowers! I also have a DR Field and Brush mower. Thanks for sharing!! BTW - Did you consider using flat head screws to hold the step plates (foot peg mounting plates) to the frame? Seems like it would have given you a lot more space without the screw heads. Thanks again!!

Hey Paul, what kind of tool post is that on your lathe? Another wonderful video. I'll buy you and Mitch some coffee

Thanks for the great content Paul and Mitch. Did we get a new band saw in the shop? I have done lots of tig tacking without gloves. I tend to like the really thin tig gloves for welding. I think yours are more suited to peacock training. Do you run lots of pre-flow on your tig set up or is it just the old transformer machines are slow at starting the high frequency arc?

Inmotionbultaco on Spain eBay has a 34mm Amal that looks like the one. Amal Carburador Cebador 34mm mano izquierda #L2934 402

Great series, would you explain a little on the intake tube and why the Spanish Amal?

Could you chamfer the washers all in one go by putting a few smaller diameter washers between each one so you have a gap to get into?

If you mounted spacers (smaller washers) between the washers, when doing the chamfering, you might be able to do them all without re-mounting? Sad to hear about your van :(

Rubber mounted handlebars? Guess it made sense to somebody. Nice looking bike, though. But, my choice would be the red one. Have always preferred low bars. You have to wonder what happened after your theft. They probably kept the van and junked the bike... Thanks.

Do you do anything in the way of coatings for corrosion control on your steel parts?

How many uses do you get out of a lathe bit? That machine puts in work!