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British Bikes / Re: Triumph TRW oil ?
« on: May 23, 2016, 05:34:46 PM »
Go to the local shop/store and buy the cheapest 20/50 or similar. It'll work just fine and will still be 100X better than oil was when the bike was made.
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Autojumble / Re: BSA B40 Speedo
« on: May 22, 2016, 11:39:54 AM »
Fit the 80MPH job then....you'll never need the extra 20 MPH anyway!
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Autojumble / Re: BSA B40 Speedo
« on: May 20, 2016, 05:13:23 PM »
Isn't it the same little speedo as used on a variety of 1960s lightweights, from Bantams to LE Velo's?
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Identify these bikes! / Re: Ariel Red Hunter 500 1937 - Which of these two heads is correct?
« on: May 13, 2016, 07:21:10 PM »
Any chance of a pic? Pre-war Red Hunters are something special....
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Identify these bikes! / Re: Ariel Red Hunter 500 1937 - Which of these two heads is correct?
« on: May 13, 2016, 11:16:32 AM »
Personally, I'd just use the best condition one on the basis that they're so close in design and age that it may well have come from the factory like that anyway.
Alternatively Google a parts list for 1937 and see if the oil line has been added (or even deleted!) for that year.
Alternatively Google a parts list for 1937 and see if the oil line has been added (or even deleted!) for that year.
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European and Other Bikes / Re: 1953 Terrot 125cc
« on: May 08, 2016, 01:11:21 PM »
+1 for heat, preferably oxy acetylene.
Don't use WD40 though, it has it's uses as a lubricant but is pure crap at a release agent. PlusGas is far better, though there are others as good on the market now.
Don't use WD40 though, it has it's uses as a lubricant but is pure crap at a release agent. PlusGas is far better, though there are others as good on the market now.
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European and Other Bikes / Re: frame identity
« on: April 07, 2016, 09:53:34 PM »
Been a while since I've seen Bantam frame, but other than the rear plungers on that one, it looks 100% BSA to me.
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Classic Motorcycle Sport / Re: ageing bikers
« on: February 06, 2016, 09:25:53 AM »
I expect the poor bloke drank too much of that wonderful vin rouge, crashed his bike on some wonderful French road, and when someone found him they did the wonderful "me no understand" Gallic ignorant shrug and left him there.
Yes, I have ridden there, several times, but I'd far rather ride in the Wales Scotland, the West Country or a myriad of other places in the UK.
French grass really isn't any greener, despite all the "Year in Provence" type crap...
Yes, I have ridden there, several times, but I'd far rather ride in the Wales Scotland, the West Country or a myriad of other places in the UK.
French grass really isn't any greener, despite all the "Year in Provence" type crap...
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British Bikes / Re: Triumph T90 Amal Carb query
« on: February 04, 2016, 08:33:00 AM »
If it was fitted to a 'Taco, it would be a two-stroke carb, and they ain't the same as a carb for a four-stroke. My old Pursang had a Spanish copy carb and it was sh*te to be honest.
Nice bike, the T90, and I'd spring for a new/reconn'ed carb of the correct type if it was mine.
Nice bike, the T90, and I'd spring for a new/reconn'ed carb of the correct type if it was mine.
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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: Need to contact from newoldbike.co.uk
« on: January 27, 2016, 09:16:42 PM »
.and I bet he still denied ever knowing your mum....! 
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British Bikes / Re: BSA Bantam misfire and sparking pionts.
« on: January 17, 2016, 06:58:51 PM »
What you need to do is to look at another bike to see if your sparking is "normal".
The capacitor you bought wasn't a BSA NoS item, was it? They don't last forever regardless of whether they're being used or not.
The capacitor you bought wasn't a BSA NoS item, was it? They don't last forever regardless of whether they're being used or not.
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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: Ebay UK
« on: January 14, 2016, 05:26:27 PM »
Some people have a bad experience and won't do it again.
In the early days of Ebay I listed a piece of chrome tank trim with a UK postage charge of £4. Someone from Alaska of all places bought it but didn't answer any Ebay contact requests. Luckily the shipping charge of this little piece was under £4. Problem was (for him) it was surface mail, and took weeks to get there, and yet he left me bad feedback as a slow sender.
Some Americans don't quite get just how big the World is outside their own borders...
In the early days of Ebay I listed a piece of chrome tank trim with a UK postage charge of £4. Someone from Alaska of all places bought it but didn't answer any Ebay contact requests. Luckily the shipping charge of this little piece was under £4. Problem was (for him) it was surface mail, and took weeks to get there, and yet he left me bad feedback as a slow sender.
Some Americans don't quite get just how big the World is outside their own borders...
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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: What a find
« on: January 09, 2016, 06:09:59 PM »
Wonder how old Bently (sic) Eight is doing in France?
Shame I missed all this when it was live, as it looks like the pseudo-Francophile would have been fun to wind up. "None more enthusiastic than a convert" as the old saying goes.
Shame I missed all this when it was live, as it looks like the pseudo-Francophile would have been fun to wind up. "None more enthusiastic than a convert" as the old saying goes.
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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: Buying a Bike from Italy
« on: January 09, 2016, 05:57:55 PM »
So did the OP buy the Lodola or not? The DVLC seem more concerned about the NOVA issues than the HMRC themselves, but then we can thank all the free-movement Europeans and their VAT scams on new cars for this little piece of red tape nonsense.
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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: How to sell classic bikes in UK?
« on: January 09, 2016, 05:53:53 PM »
I agree. Ever noticed how so many millions from countries with more hours of sunlight and a warmer climate than the UK can't wait to get here?
Ozzies are great people, and even OK to talk to when they're not crapping on about how great it is back home. Worse than bloody Yorkies, and that's saying something...
Ozzies are great people, and even OK to talk to when they're not crapping on about how great it is back home. Worse than bloody Yorkies, and that's saying something...