Greenford Police LE Update 6

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Greenford Police LE Update 6

Finally the Greenford Police LE is back at the Museum. It took all day to put the body back over the engine and transmission and provided much entertainment for the visitors on Monday 25^th February. With Brian and Fred around and even Martin lending a hand the bike grew in the Minter Cafe and by the end of the day I had the wheels in place with front brake working after a fashion and throttle cable in position but with a spacer missing that I had to find in the box of bits still remaining at home. Here is the pictorial progression through the day.

The following week the 4^th March it was time to finish some things off fitting the correct bolts that I had not found the week before and getting leg shields and headlamp attached fitting the clutch cable and realised I didn’t have the speedo cable around anywhere. There was not much more I could do as I needed some 2BA bolts of the right length and the ones I had were too long. That would have to wait for next week. For some reason we had a busy day with 11 people and the international flavour was kept going with a couple of guys from Malaysia. As I was assembling the LE there was one keen visitor who wanted to know more about the Police LE. I said that it was stationed just up the road at the local Police Station on Oldfield Lane South. He said that his Father had been posted to this particular station and probably road this machine regularly during the course of his duties. Later he had been posted to a remote district in the wilds of Yorkshire. I ask if he would send me some details about his Father’s time at Greenford. Who would believe that a visitor would arrive on this particular day and have some information about a specific machine to add to its history. Life amazes me in that such co-incidences happen and at this museum. Unusually three guys arrived as we opened and stayed all day viewing the progression of the final assembly with much interest and helpful comments. It is just fun to have days like this. I think I will need to do more assemblies in the Cafe, however with so many people around at once it did get a bit crowded. At the ned of the day I tidied up and put the LE in the little barn scooting it across the yard and trying the brakes that kind-of worked. They will need a bit of fettling to get them working properly and perhaps next week we might try a fire-up to see that the engine still runs.

Now with all the bits bolted on and with wiring still to do.