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Autojumble / Re: 8 inch headlight wanted
« on: February 15, 2017, 05:30:45 PM »
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My bike left the factory as a foot gear change model

how can you be sure of that?

1930s were a bad time as regards the economy, bikes were offered with a choice of foot or handchange as a lot of buyers still preferred handchange. You'd be surprised how many bikes hung around unsold for a couple of years. It was the same in the 1970s; dealer I worked at had a stock of Triumph/BSA bikes 3 year sold, and were still legally new when sold.

No-one under 60 can have any concept of how skint folk were back then, its like these snowflakes whinging on about " austerity", they have no idea at all.

Incidentally, the world is still full of brand new unsold cars, just google 'unsold cars'  it will stagger you, and the manufacturers take them back for scrap, BMW have a special plant just for that.

Capitalist over production gone mad.


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Autojumble / Re: 8 inch headlight wanted
« on: February 15, 2017, 02:58:06 PM »
After 80 years there are very few folk around who can tell you what's right or "correct" about your bike.

Them as think they can mostly get their information from magazines that were published before they were born, and which were wrong anyway.

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Autojumble / Re: 8 inch headlight wanted
« on: February 14, 2017, 05:45:53 PM »
Old bikes are not a cheap hobby any more.
They used to be, 40+ years ago.

Back in 1964-ish I needed one of these lamps, and a tank top instrument panel; I went to old Perce Rye in Fulham,  bike breaker, open on Sunday mornings till the pub shut.
"Upstairs son, in the corner."   So there were, a big pile of them, all 8 inch Lucas, I  can't remember what I paid, but the instrument panel, with all instruments, cost me 10 bob, thats 50p to you.
The 1938 500cc bike I wanted them for came free, off a council tip. Still got it.

See what I mean?


Bung any old headlamp on it, and ride it, everybody wants a prize winning bike, not many know how, or have the right bike to start with.

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Autojumble / Re: 8 inch headlight wanted
« on: February 14, 2017, 10:31:07 AM »
you'll be lucky,

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Autojumble / Re: 8 inch headlight wanted
« on: February 13, 2017, 10:08:45 PM »
Best repro headlamps come from this guy   www.vintage-replica.cz, not cheap but the quality is first class which is more than you can say for most of the crap from India.

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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: bead blast or not
« on: February 05, 2017, 10:42:21 PM »
have a look re soda blasting, no chance of any abrasive getting stuck in places you don't want any.

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British Bikes / Re: BSA 500 sidevalve
« on: February 04, 2017, 04:50:51 PM »
photos??????????

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European and Other Bikes / Re: just purchased a rare vintage motocross bike,1967 Pannonia 250 Cross MC-67
« on: February 02, 2017, 03:35:21 PM »
No one bought them here either; Pride and Clarke bought in  a batch and were trying to flog them off for years; I think I only ever saw one, and that had been chucked back in as a part exchange, primarily because only Prides would take them in as PX.

In the midst of the great motorcycling days of the 1960s,when British bikes were the envy of all,  Communist era Hungarian two strokes had no chance, and then at the end of the 60s came Honda..............Suzuki, and the rest.

As a lad I don't think "I've got a Pannonia" would have been one for attracting the girls, here it sounds a bit like an Italian snack.

Hey, you want Parmesan with that? ;D


As for fast  east european motocross bikes  probably the CZs would have pissed all over that Pannonia, rotten road bikes but the MX were really fast.

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Identify these bikes! / Re: Help needed to identify more info on this Alcyon (c.1950?)
« on: January 31, 2017, 10:37:04 PM »
As long as its got two wheels, and keeps you happy, in the end its all that matters.

Budget wise, its cheaper than booze, betting and a bit on the side.

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Identify these bikes! / Re: Help needed to identify more info on this Alcyon (c.1950?)
« on: January 31, 2017, 08:40:28 PM »
A quick look for Alcyon on ebay France under moto de collection;pieces gives 182 items....but as Zurcher also made 4 strokes and gearboxes , you have a wide choice,


search ebay france for liiterature
.http://www.ebay.fr/sch/Moto-revues-manuels/137735/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=alcyon

some of the modern mags, moto legend, motos d'hier, chroniques moto carrried articles that will help, in the 1950s RTM Revue Technique Moto carried features on repair and so on. Forget workshop manuals.

I think there should be  a sticky section  here for owners of these french disasters who are always asking the same questions.




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British Bikes / Re: bsa lightning carb set up
« on: January 31, 2017, 07:18:10 PM »
Every bike I have ever bought that had electronic ignition fitted, I binned it and went back to original.

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Identify these bikes! / Re: Help needed to identify more info on this Alcyon (c.1950?)
« on: January 31, 2017, 07:16:52 PM »
Flawed Logic, its going to be a money pit, and for what it will cost you you'd have been better off buying a decent Bantam on the road.

You will get some spares from France, but the postage will vastly increase the cost.
Tin ware will be almost impossible to find, as will any mechanical info in English.
I have given out french spares sources on here before.

I have previously passed comment on here, and upset those who are thin skinned, on the folly of buying old french two strokes that don't run or are incomplete.

If I were you I would subscribe to La Vie de la Moto, which is the french version of Old Bike Mart and learn at least some basic mechanical french terms. The value of LVM is that it will  have lists of 'Bourse' events [autojumbles] and you have an excuse for a trip over. But very few bourse are anything like ours, mostly less than a dozen stalls of tat. The biggest is at Strasbourg.

As for the bunch of money grubbing hypocrites in the VMCC, they always hated non british bikes.
Unless of course one of the favoured few was selling one. :o

Does yours run?


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British Bikes / Re: bsa lightning carb set up
« on: January 30, 2017, 10:12:59 AM »
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Also2, twin carb setups ALWAYS require the carbs to be 'synched' (synchronised),
so that both cylinders are pulling their weight - and one is not doing all the work.
This mainly entails ensuring and adjusting the throttle cables so that both slides lift evenly

and the best way I have ever found to do that is the old lollipop stick trick. :)

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British Bikes / Re: 1930 Royal Enfield Model c with no lights or anything electrical, original?
« on: January 23, 2017, 04:15:49 PM »
What bits do you need translated?

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British Bikes / Re: 1930 Royal Enfield Model c with no lights or anything electrical, original?
« on: January 22, 2017, 10:02:42 PM »
In that era bikes were often sold without lights.

1930 you could still fit acetylene lamps if you wanted; horns would have been bulb horns, and like the lamps would not have come with the bike, nor a speedo.
This is the sidevalve? regarded as an economy model at that time.

You could have fun picking up lamps and mixing makes such as Miller or Lucas and no one can tell you different.
Lucas, Miller, Beta, Bosch P&H were just a few makes on offer, a well as from James Grose, Halfords, Pride and Clarke all sold their own stuff.

Won't be cheap, any of it. You do not need lamps on  a vintage bike, or you can always fit LED push bike stuff for safety.

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