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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: Welcome back.
« on: February 15, 2021, 02:37:43 PM »
a regular event on here, I suspect french 2 stroke virus 8)

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British Bikes / Re: T 100 68 oil pressure gauge ?
« on: February 10, 2021, 02:41:29 PM »
what is that nightmare case  of gears? a radial engine.?

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In that case two people knew what it was for, which is two more than on here! :o :o

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The bike I cherish the most, and have owned for about 55yrs was recovered from a tip.
Its a rare bike, around a dozen survive, but it cost me nothing back then. At the time it was sneered at by VMCC tpes, "it'll never be vintage boy". Now? maybe high 1000s.

worth and value are not the same, to me its priceless, value?  realistically ? however much a kilo scrap is fetching.

But..................if some major part failed, say bent forks or engine blow up, I'll pay as much as I could to put it right,to the limits of my wallet.

To the really disinterested old blokes getting over excited about obselete parts for obselete machines must look rather peculiar, blimey you pay more that that for an iphone or collectable Nikes.


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pragmatically, you have a nice  vintage bike worth say 4-5k which is complete except for a front wheel..................so 300£ is too expensive to make it complete?


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Actually I've dealt with that seller a few times, he's ok, pays good money for stuff and knows his vintage kit.


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British Bikes / Re: Spanners and sockets
« on: January 21, 2021, 06:23:57 PM »
When I worked for a short while at Arthur Wheelers place he showed me the trick of setting one up, I still have the little gadjet he made for me; that was on a 350 MAC,the one with the enclosure on it, I have to say it was one of the sweetest 350s I have ever ridden.

I still wouldn't want one. never been a Velo fan,can't stand yesterdays dinner in my beard.

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British Bikes / Re: Spanners and sockets
« on: January 21, 2021, 01:39:53 PM »
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So every other motorcycle manufacturer was wrong in the reason for their choice of fastener, and only Velocette were right?

That fits in with the average attitude of the keen Velocette owner.

Nope - flawed logic there chum. Not what I said and your statement does not follow from it.

Off you pop then and buy the bike............ chum.

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British Bikes / Re: Spanners and sockets
« on: January 21, 2021, 10:56:22 AM »
BSA loved the occasional odd thread as well.

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I tend to believe Veloce designed it pretty much right in the first place, and used the appropriate fasteners.   

So every other motorcycle manufacturer was wrong in the reason for their choice of fastener, and only Velocette were right?

That fits in with the average attitude of the keen Velocette owner.


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British Bikes / Re: Rebuild of '69 Bonneville
« on: January 20, 2021, 04:19:44 PM »
ship it to UK I'll do it.

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British Bikes / Re: Spanners and sockets
« on: January 20, 2021, 04:18:59 PM »
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Velos use more BSF than others - many thanks

thats because they were cheap skates, always on the verge of bankruptcy, I'm not a Velofan, never have been, worked on LE Velos for met police though and they were nearly all 1/4 BSF.

There is a reason for the use of 26tpi cycle and that is because fine threads are less inclined to vibrate loose.

It is rumoured that spanner size is irrelevant to Velo owners as they use the famous hammertite mole grips, one size fits all. ;D ;D ;D

mostly I used a gas axe  on the ones I scrapped. :o :o

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British Bikes / Re: Spanners and sockets
« on: January 20, 2021, 12:37:35 PM »
Ariel two strokes were the first to use UNF nut and boltery, drove me nuts as  a teenager trying to dismantle one,

Is Oggers confusing thread from with head size? lots of examples of smaller /larger spanner sizes as would be normally found.

whitworth and UNC I always understood to be the same,unless you are an ultra purist.

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British Bikes / Re: Spanners and sockets
« on: January 19, 2021, 08:32:17 PM »
you are correct.

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British Bikes / Re: Spanners and sockets
« on: January 19, 2021, 06:01:38 PM »
all three depending on application etc
but the spanner sizes are all the same, which was your  original worry?


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British Bikes / Re: Spanners and sockets
« on: January 17, 2021, 08:10:53 PM »
I bet Rex is another one like me who can tell a spanner size by looking at the fastner?

All mine have a seperate box or rack for each  threadform.
but weirdly I still refer to 1/4 whit when I need a 5/16 BSF, so I bought a confused set of spanners marked to suit. ;)

still got some I bought when I was 16.

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