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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: Gasket cement - osotite?
« on: January 14, 2017, 01:21:27 PM »
I prefer Wellseal as you can paint it on with a small paintbrush,thus cutting out the great
oozing blobs of jointing compound that some folk seem to believe is a sign of expertise.
Strictly speaking compound is only necessary on gasketless joints, which is about the only place it was originally used; most paper gaskets are fine with just grease, I cannot remember seeing any new bike with using compounds on paper joints.
Also the thinner the paper the better in most cases.
oozing blobs of jointing compound that some folk seem to believe is a sign of expertise.
Strictly speaking compound is only necessary on gasketless joints, which is about the only place it was originally used; most paper gaskets are fine with just grease, I cannot remember seeing any new bike with using compounds on paper joints.
Also the thinner the paper the better in most cases.
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British Bikes / Re: Wanted: sprockets for 1927 Sturmey Archer 3 speed heavyweight gearbox
« on: January 07, 2017, 11:27:33 AM »
No need for apologies Albert, I wish I was as fluent in German as you are in English.
Heavyweight Sturmy boxes are always a problem, as they are in demand for several makes of expensive bikes.
Hace you tried http://www.cornucopia-enterprises.de/ ? english guy in Germany has a lot of contacts on the continent, but you will be paying a high cost whereever you get a complete box, £4-500++++ for the ones I've seen on ebay here.
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I just looked on ebay an there are several on a world wide search, there is this one in Denmark,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/sturmey-archer-gearbox-/282310518090?hash=item41bb04a54a:g:h7YAAOSwZQRYaQZJ
But I think yours is a four stud one?
so many variations is the problem
another one in bits here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sturmey-Archer-gearboxes-/252712480305?hash=item3ad6d66e31:g:eCAAAOSwopRYb5ms
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Heavyweight Sturmy boxes are always a problem, as they are in demand for several makes of expensive bikes.
Hace you tried http://www.cornucopia-enterprises.de/ ? english guy in Germany has a lot of contacts on the continent, but you will be paying a high cost whereever you get a complete box, £4-500++++ for the ones I've seen on ebay here.
PS
I just looked on ebay an there are several on a world wide search, there is this one in Denmark,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/sturmey-archer-gearbox-/282310518090?hash=item41bb04a54a:g:h7YAAOSwZQRYaQZJ
But I think yours is a four stud one?
so many variations is the problem
another one in bits here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sturmey-Archer-gearboxes-/252712480305?hash=item3ad6d66e31:g:eCAAAOSwopRYb5ms
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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: Help
« on: January 06, 2017, 08:28:15 PM »
Yes Burman grease box,could be off anything that used them
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Classic Motorcycle Sport / Re: My Dads bike
« on: January 06, 2017, 08:25:15 PM »
Its a late 1950s Ambassador.
Made in Ascot Berks, registered in Hertfordshire.
Made in Ascot Berks, registered in Hertfordshire.
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European and Other Bikes / Re: 1957 Peugeot 125 TAL
« on: January 06, 2017, 08:22:24 PM »
I assume from the reg on the van,the two Velosolex and the Mobylette in the back ground,aswell as the Antar oilcan that you are in France?
Good place to start.
Nice little bike and makes a change from the usual imported wrecks seen here.
Hard as it may seem, you might have to accept that, outside of France, there is little interest in 1950s french two strokes.
Good place to start.
Nice little bike and makes a change from the usual imported wrecks seen here.
Hard as it may seem, you might have to accept that, outside of France, there is little interest in 1950s french two strokes.
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British Bikes / Re: Wanted: sprockets for 1927 Sturmey Archer 3 speed heavyweight gearbox
« on: January 06, 2017, 05:58:36 PM »Nicht Kettenräder, sondern Zahnräder in unserem Jargon.
not sprockets, but cogs in our lingo.
A sprocket runs a chain.
pedantry out of the way, I doubt there are any spares around; you may do better around the continent, I have sometimes seen complete SA boxes from places such as Czech Republic on ebay, probably as worn out as yours though.
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British Bikes / Re: Bronze carbs in Australia
« on: January 01, 2017, 11:12:18 PM »
Shame, I was hoping it was a currently made part. I have been on the lookout for an 1 3/16 brass body for some time now to combat the dreaded ethanol pox from our "green" fuel.
I'm sure, looking at prices the brass carbs fetch that there would be a market for them.
I'm sure, looking at prices the brass carbs fetch that there would be a market for them.
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British Bikes / Bronze carbs in Australia
« on: January 01, 2017, 09:01:40 PM »
should I say carby? 
On ebay 142230752614 there is a bronze amal carb with a NOS body allegedly made by "Allsports" in australia.
Can any of you down under chappies cast any light on it?
On ebay 142230752614 there is a bronze amal carb with a NOS body allegedly made by "Allsports" in australia.
Can any of you down under chappies cast any light on it?
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European and Other Bikes / Re: Zundapp Bella
« on: January 01, 2017, 10:58:54 AM »
Rex, I used to think like that too, but I have found my Piaggio with big wheels surprising in its handling, I can ride it to a standstill feet up. Hardest to get used to is not changing gear to go round corners.
I have to get off it sideways, like a tart in a tight slirt, now and again I forget and try to dismount like a real bike, and end up on the floor with it.
But you can't beat a proper motorcycle, preferably vintage, big wheels a lively engine and just enough tubes to hold it all together, like my 1933 A2 Levis I wish I'd never sold.
Before the Piaggio I also had a Honda 90 stepthrough, and yes it was crap.
When money was short here in UK,[when wasn't it?] I could always find some old banger for transport, such as an AJS 350 for £1.50, a BSA C12 for a fiver, had several baskets cases for free. Never paid more than a fiver for an MZ back the 80s
Which is what I meant when I said we have been spoilt here.
I have to get off it sideways, like a tart in a tight slirt, now and again I forget and try to dismount like a real bike, and end up on the floor with it.
But you can't beat a proper motorcycle, preferably vintage, big wheels a lively engine and just enough tubes to hold it all together, like my 1933 A2 Levis I wish I'd never sold.
Before the Piaggio I also had a Honda 90 stepthrough, and yes it was crap.
When money was short here in UK,[when wasn't it?] I could always find some old banger for transport, such as an AJS 350 for £1.50, a BSA C12 for a fiver, had several baskets cases for free. Never paid more than a fiver for an MZ back the 80s
Which is what I meant when I said we have been spoilt here.
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European and Other Bikes / Re: Zundapp Bella
« on: December 31, 2016, 06:30:17 PM »
Mad, just mad.
Beauty is also retrospective, all that bathtub stuff amd trimmings I, we, threw away was, in my case to turn my old Thunderbird into a Bonneville look alike.
Now I feel quite nostalgic for that old iron head 6T I did 1000s of miles on.
Sometimes they turned out quite well thanks to the numerous breakers yards I did the rounds of.
No one bothered about the matching number nonsense back then, all we wanted was for it to go like excrement from a digging implement, and a T120 pulled the birds better than a bathtub 6T.
Now I feel quite nostalgic for that old iron head 6T I did 1000s of miles on.
Beauty is also retrospective, all that bathtub stuff amd trimmings I, we, threw away was, in my case to turn my old Thunderbird into a Bonneville look alike.
Now I feel quite nostalgic for that old iron head 6T I did 1000s of miles on.
Sometimes they turned out quite well thanks to the numerous breakers yards I did the rounds of.
No one bothered about the matching number nonsense back then, all we wanted was for it to go like excrement from a digging implement, and a T120 pulled the birds better than a bathtub 6T.
Now I feel quite nostalgic for that old iron head 6T I did 1000s of miles on.
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European and Other Bikes / Re: Zundapp Bella
« on: December 31, 2016, 02:46:53 PM »
20K? 
must mean 20 kroner surely?
You'll find the Speed Twin easier cheaper to restore than the scooter, and easier to sell though.
Wish I had a fiver for every Triumph bathtub bits I junked in my youth.
must mean 20 kroner surely?
You'll find the Speed Twin easier cheaper to restore than the scooter, and easier to sell though.
Wish I had a fiver for every Triumph bathtub bits I junked in my youth.
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European and Other Bikes / Re: Zundapp Bella
« on: December 31, 2016, 10:32:15 AM »
Google images show an awful lot of different bikes so there are obviously plenty scattered around the world, I would have bet there weren't more than a dozen in the UK, I've not seen one since the early 70s. and cannot recall any before then.
As an older rider since I started I never took any notice of scooters, in fact us lads positively ignored their existance, unless one had to be thrown off Chelsea bridge or Brighton pier.
So they do not figure much in my memories at all. I am having a massive clear out of all sorts of stuff so I'll see if I can find anything in my 1950s magazines.
There were several scooter dedicated magazines about in the 1960s, have you researched those?
As an older rider since I started I never took any notice of scooters, in fact us lads positively ignored their existance, unless one had to be thrown off Chelsea bridge or Brighton pier.
So they do not figure much in my memories at all. I am having a massive clear out of all sorts of stuff so I'll see if I can find anything in my 1950s magazines.
There were several scooter dedicated magazines about in the 1960s, have you researched those?
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What's not to like about a 1950's scooterer, its a 1950s scooter? is that not enough?
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European and Other Bikes / Re: Zundapp Bella
« on: December 30, 2016, 08:18:33 PM »Quote
That strange way of thinking that there must always be deeper and darker reasons behind a simple opinion.
you know nothing Rex, not till you've met my wife
AS for the recently deceased singer, I've just heard a good one,
not for here though 
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European and Other Bikes / Re: Zundapp Bella
« on: December 30, 2016, 04:02:59 PM »
doesn't bother me Rex, I dish it out so have no problem getting it return.
I used to find german bikes a pain purely in the amount of special pullers an other specialist tools they need which were mostly hard to find or expensive.
Like most German stuff over engineered but still nowt special.
Yes the Zundapp is well made, but still, to eyes used to brit stuff, bloody ugly. Its all in the eye of the beholder.
BMWs are overated rubbish, worst bike I ever owned,conversely I had several MZs which while ugly, were a better made and more reliable bike than the BMW. The Supa 5 I really liked.
NSU made some quirky bikes which were good, like the NSU Max.Maico comp bikes are still a force to be reckoned with.
Mostly I have found that there is a load of BS and propaganda attached to German motors on two wheels or four. Not nearly coming up to the snobbery attached to them.
As for people getting their knickers in a twist, tough, its a hard world for snowflakes and the dainty. They are the sort that never had to work in industry on the factory floor or in any kind of uniformed service.
People ask for and get free advice thats taken me for one, more than half a century to accumulate,often very expensively.
Perhaps I should charge for the advice? I used to give out free advice in the pub years ago, but at least I got a pint in return.
if you want my opinion,you'll get one, not my problem if you or whoever doesn't like it.
My daily ride, now I am an old git and can't get my leg over a modern bike, is a Piaggo Liberty, electric start, twist and go, apron, screen and all, feel free to take the piss
I used to find german bikes a pain purely in the amount of special pullers an other specialist tools they need which were mostly hard to find or expensive.
Like most German stuff over engineered but still nowt special.
Yes the Zundapp is well made, but still, to eyes used to brit stuff, bloody ugly. Its all in the eye of the beholder.
BMWs are overated rubbish, worst bike I ever owned,conversely I had several MZs which while ugly, were a better made and more reliable bike than the BMW. The Supa 5 I really liked.
NSU made some quirky bikes which were good, like the NSU Max.Maico comp bikes are still a force to be reckoned with.
Mostly I have found that there is a load of BS and propaganda attached to German motors on two wheels or four. Not nearly coming up to the snobbery attached to them.
As for people getting their knickers in a twist, tough, its a hard world for snowflakes and the dainty. They are the sort that never had to work in industry on the factory floor or in any kind of uniformed service.
People ask for and get free advice thats taken me for one, more than half a century to accumulate,often very expensively.
Perhaps I should charge for the advice? I used to give out free advice in the pub years ago, but at least I got a pint in return.
if you want my opinion,you'll get one, not my problem if you or whoever doesn't like it.
My daily ride, now I am an old git and can't get my leg over a modern bike, is a Piaggo Liberty, electric start, twist and go, apron, screen and all, feel free to take the piss