we need wheels!

Back wheel has now been laced up to a pre-war six stud hub with new spokes, and a tyre fitted.

Tyre is a MAXIS 19 inch, rim is Indian Royal Enfield 40 spoke item.

Here I am playing around with  rear brake linkage options. Obviously with the rear-set foot-rests the original brake operating rod would be too long.

Found a short link which will do the job but the brake anchor will need to be higher up on the top rear frame member instead of the lower one to get the geometry right. 

Now I will drill the brake pedal for lightness and paint it black along with the brake plate. I still need to sort out some type of brake pedal return spring.

In this picture you can see how close the rear wheel is to the frame and oil tank when in the fully forward position. Yes, I deliberately shaped the footrest bar to accommodate this!

Fitting the light alloy rear mudguard is going to be tight and may inhibit full movement of the rear wheel.

I will have to live with this and am prepared to put up with not quite the full amount of rear wheel adjustment, and the limited options on when to replace the rear  chain.

Next job is to finish sorting out the front wheel alignment and fit a tyre and tube. Then the beast will at least be rolling.