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"Goldfinger", wasn't it?  The urban myth was that she died as her skin pores were all blocked by the paint....but she didn't.

Wasn't Blackburne taken over by Indian.....?




{I'll get me coat... }

West Hartlepool 250?

The vent pipe is just a short length of rubber pipe used to extend the short steel pipe you have. It just points downwards.

The breather pipe is fed from the end of the inlet cam area and oil tends to pool there if the bike is left on the sidestand, so how much actually comes out when you kick it over?
As Wetdog suggests this isn't a usual Triumph fault (the oil draining down overnight) so next time you go to start it in the morning undo the engine bottom cap and see how much oil drains out.

I am finding it difficult to remove the front forks especially releasing the the split rings on the tree that holds the main spear of the shock. I am concerned I may break the rings by wedging the gap.

I'm guessing you're referring to releasing the fork tubes/stanchions from the bottom yoke by using a wedge to open the lower yoke slightly?
Go for it, the yokes are malleable iron and will give the required few thou to release the grip. As said by others, treat yourself to a Clymer or Haynes, both would cover this sort of procedure in depth, although if you need in-depth rebuilding info, go for an original workshop manual reprint.

I'm not worried...but as I appear to have early Alzheimers ( ) I thought I might have upset you too, and wondered what it was I'm supposed to have said.
As long as it appears to worry someone else more than you, it's OK..

I've just seen all this above, (although quite what "hook line and sinker" I'm supposed to have taken has missed me)
JBW this site is (supposed to be) about bikes whatever line you may like to take it down.
Like you, many things irritate me too (and yes, I do get out, although what's that you said about personal comments?) but I'm sure there's more suitable sites than this to expound your particular views. You seem to verge on being a  Conspiracy Theorist, while I'm the complete opposite. I believe things get done despite the best efforts of the planners etc and I don't believe for one second that things are "linked" by some master plan or Machiavellian Bond villain cackling away in some bunker about how he closed the dog tracks and sold off the playing fields in East Sheen (or whatever) and closed pubs.
 Things change, peoples' interests change and industry changes, but there's no Master Plan.

So "especially warn" away if you wish, but if you don't want a response which disagrees with your particular take on things then don't post. Simple, eh?