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British Bikes / Re: Spanners and sockets

« on: January 17, 2021, 05:37:25 PM »

probably an 'expert' confusing whitworth and BSF which are one and the same.

whitworth/BSF spanners are all you'll need, also a 2/3/4 ba for electrics.

probably your 'expert' used a set of metric mole grips.

go ahead and enjoy your Velo, I believe many do..............

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European and Other Bikes / Re: How to get this apart ? (1953 Terrot headlight)

« on: January 14, 2021, 12:16:52 PM »

Few forum members are that clairvoyant ...

I knew you were going to say that.

The issue is not asking the question, but asking it in the right place, and frankly a lot of the answers have been speculative waffle about how to destroy the item.

No one asked why he wanted to seperate the unit, he should have been more specific, and if I had seen it earlier I would have sent him straight to Chambrier or one of the otehrs often mention on here, esier and cheaper to replace it than resilver it wghich is seldom worth it.

you can get DIY resilver kit from ebay which work well enough for this job.

i know what you are going to say next and the answer is no.

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European and Other Bikes / Re: How to get this apart ? (1953 Terrot headlight)

« on: January 13, 2021, 02:07:32 PM »

I second Rex, french bikes used french equipment, the cost of importing would have been prohibitive back then to a country still rebuilding and with an unsympathetic government.
French have always been very protectionist in regard to imports.

I did once have an 1948 FN fitted with Miller electrics and an amal carb, but that was a Belgian bike.

several french makes used their own lighting equipment, probably Terrot also.

check out Chambriers pages, more productive than waffling n the dark here

https://chambrier-pieces-motos.fr/fr/88-phares?page=3

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European and Other Bikes / Re: How to get this apart ? (1953 Terrot headlight)

« on: January 12, 2021, 08:46:40 PM »

where would this site be without problematic terrots?

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British Bikes / Re: T 100 68 oil pressure gauge ?

« on: January 08, 2021, 11:18:03 AM »

tgr90b is spot on, absolutely no need for one unless you want something to worry about.

It will shoot to 50lbs pressure when cold, the drop rapidly to around 5 when hot, no harm will result except you'll spend time on bike forums asking why.

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British Bikes / Re: cc mundy ,

« on: January 01, 2021, 01:28:00 PM »

If he fell a speeding 4x4 or DHL van would flatten him.

There are tossers in such things as I've never seen before around here, had a sudden surge of middle-aged types dressed in identical jogging outfits, lycra oldies on new bikes and so on. I used to be able to go weeks without seeing anyone other than postman.

Thinking of getting a bigger dog for the joggers, shift them along a bit.

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British Bikes / Re: cc mundy ,

« on: January 01, 2021, 12:03:08 PM »

yes, I do worry about him as I am an endangered species.
If he came in this weather he'll break his neck on the frozen mud and potholes down our lane.

I blame climate change, it wasn't this cold in July.

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British Bikes / Re: cc mundy ,

« on: January 01, 2021, 09:51:30 AM »

Our ones usually just hold up the parcel,point at the address and grunt.

I do my best to help them, but so many of them have ended up down a nearby mud lane with no turning point.

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Identify these bikes! / Re: 1920's Harley Davidson, what model is it?

« on: December 31, 2020, 05:37:04 PM »

Brown bros the motor factors sold bikes under their own name, strangely, Brown.

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Identify these bikes! / Re: '30s (?) in Thessaloniki

« on: December 31, 2020, 05:34:39 PM »

Could well be 1914-18 surplus stock sold off?

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British Bikes / Re: cc mundy ,

« on: December 31, 2020, 04:42:08 PM »

he is telling his wife, Gloria that his Transit van has broken down, he'll be home Monday.

Like most of the transit van drivers round here thats probably as good as his english gets