Motorcycle General Discussion

Edited By Rannsachair on 30/10/2016 00:30:06

Bob Rogerson said:

This makes me think back a bit...back in about 1971 or so some mates and I went to a motorcycle show here in New Zealand. On the BSA Triumph stand was a complete display of their new line up of bikes for that year, including both the BSA and Triumph versions of their new 350 twin. I think they were to be called the Bandit and the Fury, I forget which way around. The two bikes looked complete and ready to ride...although of course being at a show they might only have been dummy cases with nothing inside. Shortly afterwards the money ran out and they dropped those two models. I have always wondered what happened to those two show bikes. It would seem unlikely that they would have shipped them back to the UK, although maybe they would have gone to be shown in Australia. I know that if I had been the importer and I had them in my possession at the time they were dropped, I would have done my utmost to hang onto them as something that would one day be a rarity.

I did later own a Triumph Blazer SS of that year, and I suspect that this was probably the one that came in for the show. This was with the new frame with the oil inside, taper roller steering head and needle rollers in the swing arm. That model was also dropped and the one I owned was the only one of its type I ever saw at the time, although I did see one much later that had come in from the states, but with the small front brake. Mine had the twin leading shoe that was a bit small for the triples that year, although it was excellent on a 250 single. It was a lovely bike to ride, when everything was working.

John

You will once that rear bevel drive gets a few miles on it. Bit of heavy tooling needed made up for them to change the bearings.

Glad to see I am not the only one who keeps a motorbike in the kitchen over winter. First time I rolled my Norton Atlas into the kitchen when I lived in Montana, the domestic authorities were a bit grumbly. But once I threw a spare bed sheet over it "to keep the dirt and grime from your kitchen off it" things went quiet, real quiet.

I sold the R1100s a few years ago and bought a KTM after the power assisted linked brakes failed while going down a mountain road, scary experience and a costly repair.

she who must be obeyed has started decorating my Bonnie when it comes in for the winter!

I've seen plenty of indoor bikes before, but they were spread over kitchen tables in pieces.

You're a braver man than me to park a British bike on a wooden floor without a drip tray

Neil

I think they are only as good as their last rebuild, I do have an oil leak that I am about to fix, but it's from the pushrod tubes and only leaks when the engine is running.

Engine casings in the oven is another story

A friend of mine used to keep two open crank stationary engines in his living room, he then had a conservatory and extension built, all was well when rally season started until he found he couldn't get the engines out through the door of the new extension so had to take them apart

Martin P

Was the story of how a lad managed to build a BSA Fury in Old BIke mart a while back.

**LINK**

My son, before he built a shed, had EIGHT monkey bikes in his lounge! Fortunately SWMBO was at ease!

I used to keep my bikes in the house however since me moved to the new house this is a no no.

But on the bright side in addition to a bigger workshop I now also have a man cave for me, my bikes, the dog, some loud music and or the stuff I want to watch on the box, I still see the missus on occasion..........

Edited By Involute Curve on 30/10/2016 13:33:36

A friend of mine persuaded his wife that the dishwasher would be ideal to clean his crank cases, it worked very well. A chap who ran one of Oxfords pubs kept his race bike in the bar for a while. Sadly the pub is now a branch of Richer Sounds.

Mike

Ive mentioned this on the materials page, this brings me here with a posy shot of the bike.

Edited By gavin eisler on 31/10/2016 16:16:14

"What's that funny smell in house dear? It wasn't there before I went out to do the shopping. It smells like something burning."

Been there, done that, lucky to have any t-shirts at all.

My missus knows R when she gets a wiff.

Heard someone interviewing Guy Martin down in Invercargill the other day, think he was at the motor bike museum.

Ian S C

Over 40 years ago my mother returned home unexpectedly to find Velocette Venom crankcases in the bath. She didn't seem to understand my argument that if she'd come home as planned she'd never have known!

Guy Martin is here to compete in the Burt Monro challenge, a time trial to the top of Bluff Hill, and at the weekend there is street racing in Invercargill. They had to change the rules a bit to allow for Guy's supercharged bike.

Ian S C

Edited By Ian S C on 24/11/2016 10:34:10

Nice bike!

Did you go to the cafe up the hill? Possibly the best cake stop in the entire country (and I've been to a few).

Rod

The things we done at home,like upsetting half a tin of linklyfe (wax chain Lubricant) over mothers stove,blocking the yard drains when washing mud off a trials bike,going to work on monday morning on my Greeves after a trial at the weekend,still in the same Barbour suit,there was always a clear space either side of my clothes hook at work!!,Villers crankcases in the oven to warm prior to fitting new bearings,mother was used to such goings on,father used to run up his model aero diesel engines in the coal hole cum workshop next to the kitchen on sunday mornings . When married my wife was not used to such things,but soon found out how things were mended,should could not understand how I could totally strip my trials Bultaco in the garage and have the gearbox from the escort in pieces at the same time, rough machined a new cast iron piston then normalised it in the oven,I did not expect new iron to smell as much as it did.One club member found that grass does not like Gunk when he washed his bike on parents lawn, in later years I know of two people who started stationary engines indoors,a Petter two stroke left an awful smell in the house,and the other one had oil from the flywheel rim up the plastered wall.Happy days.

LOL, be hard to beat that one I reckon.