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British Bikes / Re: Thunderbird clutch
« on: January 21, 2015, 11:31:19 AM »
Sorry, camera battery died, You´ll need a gas welder to warm the lever and bend it outwards about an inch from the nipple hole or cut it and bend it and weld it back up. weld up the pivot hole and redrill it about 1/4 of the distance between them. Grind the lever back to where the original hole was to  clear the bit on the handlebars. Then you´ll see that the cable slot has to be cut down further and the adjuster is at the wrong angle and it´s a lot of work for nowt but father never  did work out the big picture before he started a job.
SO to look even more silly weld the lever 4 inches longer and move it nearer the middle of the handle bar.
Longer lever gives more leverage and I never did worry about looks if something functioned better.
How about a foot clutch like the WD harley or even like a car!  OR try to sell the bloody lot like I´m doing and lay in the sun.  Mobility scooters, it´s the future.

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British Bikes / Re: pre war
« on: January 21, 2015, 10:36:08 AM »
Sidevalve Harley.
BMW and sidecar with a machine gun.
500 Norton, advanced British technology, Won the TT in the 20s and never changed till they died in the 60s.

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British Bikes / Re: Thunderbird clutch
« on: January 21, 2015, 10:21:48 AM »
I never had a Triumph that didn´t clunk into gear but making sure that the lever isn´t touching the handlebar grip is the 1st thing to check.
I´ve got polymyalgic arthritis so I´ve not ridden for 3 years on real bikes. To help me squeeze the levers I alter the ratio of fulcrum to pull distance by  moving the nipple hole nearer to the pivot hole and bending the lever away from the handlebar. It looks silly but by hooking my fingers over the lever and pulling my hand back to the bars I can manage.

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Autojumble / Re: 21" & 19" Rims
« on: January 21, 2015, 10:09:16 AM »
It´s not that simple.  Wheel building is an art. In the 1980s I bought 60 used rims from a man who was  a wheelwright. Although they all started off as Dunlop rims from British bikes only 3 of them were the same. 1st you have the hub width, 2nd the offset, 3rd spoke length and angle.
Start with older Nortons and BSA, Separate brake drum and sprocket so the hub is say 4 inch diameter, long spokes but to keep the rim in the middle of the frame the brake drum side has less dish so the nipple holes in the rim are further across the dimple.  Full width hub, equal shorter spokes but a greater angle where they cross so the nipple holes are further round the dimples.
Triumph where the spokes are in the edge of the brake drum, 4 inch shorter spokes on the brake side but deeper dish and bigger angle as above so the rims only go on 1 way round.
very often on restored bikes you see the spokes bent as they leave the nipple because the hole in the rim is punched in the wrong place.
So if you find any usable rims file the holes oversize as you trial build it and put concave washers on the nipple when you do the final build. The oversize hole will allow for the powder coating. I presume you weren´t thinking of powder coating the wheel after it is assembled!
I hope this will start a discussion just in case I´m wrong.

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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: what was your first bike?
« on: January 12, 2015, 03:14:44 PM »
It was probably a 125 Ambassador posted on here within the last 2 years. Or a Red Panther or Tandon Imp but the first bought bike in original condition was a 1960 Greeves Scottish which I kept until 1990.

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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: Scooter renovation
« on: January 12, 2015, 03:10:22 PM »
33d6 is right. If the tank is not structural it could be thinner and easily rolled from plate.

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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: Did you know
« on: January 12, 2015, 03:08:00 PM »
The route national from Bordeaux to North of Biarritz has been fenced off and made into a Toll motorway, 7 Euros but I´ve found a way round which is prettier and less boring. Ask me for details if you´re coming.

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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: 2015 ANY RESOLUTIONS ,
« on: January 12, 2015, 03:02:26 PM »
If I dress better people ask me to help them financially.
I have however just bought 2 pairs of winter socks in the poundshop.
Yes Bomber, I came to UK for Winterfest.

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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: Mouse problems???
« on: January 12, 2015, 02:58:21 PM »
I remember when Duvdat Tandon had a rat in the back seat of his Sunbeam car.
I can´t remember what I did yesterday but some things stick in the mind more.

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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: What a find
« on: January 12, 2015, 02:55:08 PM »
I´ve got a Howard Gem Rotovator to get between the vines on one of my estates in Spain. I ask a neighbour to plough round the olives at the other house.
15 employees, I hope some of them could spell!
I was thinking of dropping in on Bentley on my way up to UK, would Poitiers be somewhere near?
Since we´re mudslinging to keep it equal might it be a Mk. 2 Escort?
I never use a handle which suggests that I may be well off as I find people get jealous.

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The Classic Biker Bar / English drag racing
« on: November 26, 2014, 06:53:47 PM »
Bomber told me he tried sprinting / drag racing and today I watched Motors TV from Santa Pod.Here are the times / speeds for a quarter mile.
Pro Stock   7.19 at182 mph.
Twins, blown Harleys, 6.6 seconds .
Top Fuel   blown nitromethane, 6.05 at over 200mph.
The only time I went to a sprint to watch was at Duxford  where a 500 Rudge managed 14 seconds.
I think it´s gone silly now!

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British Bikes / Re: 1969 Triumph Daytona
« on: November 13, 2014, 01:02:39 AM »
Exactly what I thought. But I would have swapped them over to see if the left cylinder is misfiring.

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British Bikes / Re: unknown reflector/marker light, possibly sidecar??
« on: November 06, 2014, 11:52:39 AM »
On the bottom where it is standing might be a 5/ 16th whitworth threaded hole where a U shaped  chrome bracket would be. You wind down the window of your car and wind it up to trap the clip over the glass and the twin flex which you plug into the cigar lighter.  Made obsolete by a law stating you may park without lights in a 30 limit ( on the nearside of the road ) and on a road above 30 you need all sidelights on.
I´ve probably got one downstairs.
Keep posting, Wink

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British Bikes / Re: what is it
« on: November 06, 2014, 09:45:08 AM »
Love it! looks like something my father would have built, How´s it coming on?

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Classic Motorcycle Sport / Re: Vintage Sidecar Racing Archives
« on: November 06, 2014, 09:25:56 AM »
My father died a year ago and I´m still trying to sort out his stuff.
I´ve looked through some photos i took at 3 sisters before 1990 and can´t see any like you describe. but if anyone else thinks I may have a photo of them send me a reply. Or I could scan them and post them on here.

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