Making new Oil Lines Custom Bike Project 

It always makes me chuckle when Blue pops in to check on you, and make sure you're OK. 😊

A nice little trick for catching small parts you are parting off is to use a bit of aluminum welding rod. that way you don’t have to use a drill. Great stuff as always, Craig!

I love the looking for a drill thats in your hand,. At 66 years old, no matter how organised I am I spend more time looking for stuff then doing any work on my bikes. 😆

I made 3/16 hard brakelines to replace ugly old hoses. I cut the banjos off and brazed them to stainless lines. I have no lathe or mill,so its the best i could do. Really,it worked well.

This’ll be the build that pushes THE DOGHOUSE channel far and wide. 👏 ➡️ 50k+

The BSA is a stunner.

Brilliant stuff yet again, got to be one of the best channels on RU-vid.

Your shows get better and better That senior moment 😂 I could not stop laughing Loving the RM and the Enfield Stay safe take care Craig 🏍️🌬️👍🏻

Lovely brass details like the crafts men working on the vintage cars of old well done Craig

Love you to bits Craig cos you are so like many of us xx

That's dedication, not worried about slipping and cutting your hand. Just the part you are making. 😎

Your senior moments are awesome 😂

Beautiful work as usual Craig, don’t worry I’ve looked for my safety glasses for 1/2 hour and they were on my head !!! 😂 lovely old BSA, wish I lived in the UK

“…it’s in my hand” 🤣🤣 Been there…..!

Love the brass and copper, class 👍

Jig Day!.. Bike is looking Great! I like your oil line. Looking forward to the rest of the build...👍👍👍🗽🇺🇸

50/50 solder works best. 50% tin/50% lead. 60/40 solder works okay but flows quicker leaving more possibility of leakage into the fitting orifice. Always clean fittings and use acid flux when soldering.

Two main things with that beeza Its an early "long stroke" model And its twin carb Very different engine from the later a7 plunger

The treads on oil tank etc are mainly whitworth and imperial BSF threads. Maybe pipe threads which i believe are special rounded in profile. Im not totally sure even with precision engineering background as i learned turning in metric in switzerland over 22 years ago.

Please let that be the start of more BSA content.... Nudge Nudge..... 5 years.....

Craig i had a complete wrecked barn find rusty seized in 1982 for £200. Keep it, most dont know thhese lovely star twin. The most beautiful 500cc parallel twin ever made apart from 1939 tiger 100 with bronze head for racing the first triumph to do 100mph and the brass head ones were very limited specials for racing 10 or so was only made. That era of british parallel twins was the cream of beautifully styled, simple functional bikes that were easy to work on for home mechanics. My dad took engine out, had a spare tiger 100 engine, pulled a sidecar doing London to Birmingham not long after WW2. He came from Kettering. He would love your you tube channel and the trumpet did over 100000 miles on the same barrels but had rebore, new pistons, clutch plates, yeah with cork inserts and new valve guides and grinding in. Id luv you to have real old 50s 60s 70s and earlier classic british bikes more but yeah getting spares might mean owners clubs etc. Cant wait to see more on this A7 and for me its the best bike vlog ive seen up to now on you tube or anywhere else. Nice one mate. Blue for sure will go mad when its started😂

Awesome work dude.

2 videos in one day 👍

Loved the handlebar style oil lines from the other RE build,,,,,,

bikes looking beautiful

I've got a BSA A7 Star Twin from 1949 at very similar condition. You need to be asking at about £6.5k as a fair price for it once she's back up and running.

May I suggest you add some pegs and stops on the top of the jig to bend your tube on.

very nice Craig!

G’day Craig you have done a beautiful job of the oil line and great idea to use a jig, the engine looks great. Not sure though about the work you did on the grass hopper/. RM to my mind it a dirt bike most look like how you got this one. John

i should imagine its the same solder most plumbers use for gas pipes prob the OG lead type

Work of art Craig top job mate, jig good idea 👍

masterwork! :D

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I think that the old Beeza would attract a few grand more than the £4995 you mentioned Craig. More common 60s twins in pretty average condition are now in the 5 grand plus area.

Thank you very much Craig, when you've done mine send me the bill! Warm regards, G.☝

Craig I will say it again great skills m8

great work as always btw mate

Keep it original, dont change it.

I say £6grand all day long nice video 📹

The beezer sounds like a good price.Not my thing,I’m still 12 in my head.Im sure it won’t hang around.All the best.

2 post's in 1 day 😃😃😃. Good on ya pal. 👍👍👍

this might make you feel a bit better about your "senior moment" im in my mid 30's wasa heading out last night to play some pool with a couple of mates, after changing out of my work clothes and replying to one of my mates saying id only be 5min away, i spent 10 minutes looking for the phone i was messaging him on

You're churning out the videos, anyone would think you don't sleep

I thought the Y piece was going to be something simple like a bit of brass with one hole up from the bottom maybe turned at 45 degrees at the top and drilled in to join the middle hole but NO far from it a far different approach like most of your ideas!! Amazing!!! Are you fitting the WASSEL MICRO electronic kit again I remember you were pretty taken with one I watched you fit on a previous build? Cheers and give Blue a stroke from me!!!

Hi Craig, what's the seat height on theStar Twin please. I'm a S.A. Another brilliant vid. Paul Lucas..

Bloody hell Craig ya got to laugh well I did anyway 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

Craig.Don't be a salesman , stay true to the channel.

The BSA will take you anywhere for about 5000 miles, unless it has an oil filter fitted 😀