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British Bikes / Re: Brookes toolboxes
« Last post by R on April 16, 2024, 06:46:22 AM »
Interesting.
I think the 'locks' have been added.
(And if there is a key involved, it is absolutely tiny)

They are a perfect fit on an old Triumph.
And the purveyor of early Triumph parts sells Brookes replicas.
What these may have started out as ??

https://files.ekmcdn.com/wisedale123/images/toolboxes-veterans-brooks-2306-p.jpg


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Identify these bikes! / Re: Please identify this motorbike
« Last post by cardan on April 16, 2024, 06:18:52 AM »
My first thought with the twin filler caps was BSA C11, 1939-ish, but I can make out enough different bits and pieces to rule that out. Rear brake inside the back sprocket on the left, decent size front brake on the right, and I fancy I can see a full cradle frame under the engine joining the front down tube. Mmm... tricky. Much easier to identify a British bike from the timing side!

Leon
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British Bikes / Re: Brookes toolboxes
« Last post by 33d6 on April 16, 2024, 01:02:39 AM »
I think they might not be motorcycle. Such toolboxes were also used on various bits of Army equipment for example. Artillery pieces, searchlights and the like. They seem too sturdy for motorcycle use and most motorcycle boxes didn’t have locks, just buckles.
I like them and I’d certainly use them on a bike but I think they came from a more exotic source.
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Identify these bikes! / Re: Please identify this motorbike
« Last post by 33d6 on April 16, 2024, 12:37:51 AM »
That’s a tricky one isn’t it. A combination of Box Brownie lens and fashionable baggy trousers of the day neatly eliminate any recognition points.
I’d say mid-late 30’s with the twin filler caps hinting at a combined petrol and oil tank for a total loss lubrication system. That would cut it down a bit. Levis, Ok Supreme, Montgomery. Anything fitted with a JAP engine.
I hope someone knows. I can’t pick it.
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British Bikes / Re: Choice of tyre brand and size for 1970 Tiumph 650cc twin
« Last post by murdo on April 15, 2024, 11:16:37 PM »
Avon roadriders.
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British Bikes / Brooks toolboxes
« Last post by R on April 15, 2024, 10:41:17 PM »
I have come across these. Bit battered, bit crusty and a bit modified ?
They have dried out, considerably, what is best for 'revitalysing/rehydrating' them ?
They seem to be in black - unless they have been coated with something ?
Very thick heavy leather.
Would, at a pinch, fit my old Triumph project.


Closest I could find of their ancestors is these (modern remakes).
https://files.ekmcdn.com/wisedale123/images/toolboxes-veterans-brooks-2306-p.jpg

So the lock/clip has been added at some point ?
Brookes made quite a range, when you scout about ...


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Identify these bikes! / Please identify this motorbike
« Last post by RandomHero91 on April 15, 2024, 10:09:05 AM »
This is a photograph of my grandad i would guess around 1946. Please help identify the bike
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British Bikes / Re: Triumph Bonneville
« Last post by Vreagh on April 14, 2024, 10:55:34 AM »
He's not gone, he keeps checking to see if we're talking about him.
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British Bikes / Re: Triumph Bonneville
« Last post by Rex on April 13, 2024, 09:55:15 PM »
Door, arse, hit.
Normal service can now be resumed. 8)
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British Bikes / Re: Choice of tyre brand and size for 1970 Tiumph 650cc twin
« Last post by Rex on April 13, 2024, 09:53:43 PM »
Probably you'll get ten people posting their tyre preferences and twelve different answers.
There's just too many variables when asking for tyre choices for any answer to be definitive.
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