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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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British Bikes / Choice of tyre brand and size for 1970 Tiumph 650cc twin
« Last post by Epreon on April 13, 2024, 07:19:52 PM »
I would be extremely grateful for some advice regarding the choice of tyre brand and size for the 1970 pre-oil in frame Triumph 650cc twin that I have been working on for the past 8 years.

In the 80s I was pleased with the performance of the tyres then fitted to the bike, it was run on:
Front - Avon Roadrunner 19", WM2 rim  size 50/90 H19 3.6
Rear  - Avon Roadrunner 18", WM2 rim  size 50/90 H18 4.25

I have fitted new stainless rims.
Front 19" WM2 MB11
Rear   18" WM3 MB10

It might be possible to fit the same size tyres (as before) on the new rims if they are available in those sizes.

I would like to go for the same sized tyres as fitted before and no wider to retain the same feel as before. I want to ride the bike, it's not totally original or for show and I do not mind if my tyres look modern but grip well. I am not interested in economy covers.

Would anyone reading this forum know what might be the best tyre brand and size combination for my bike? I would appreciate comments about my dilemma.
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Japanese Bikes / clutch slave number two.
« Last post by toglhot on March 27, 2024, 06:00:20 AM »
My turn.
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Autojumble / 1937 J A P 500cc bearing cage wanted
« Last post by D.R on March 23, 2024, 10:05:00 AM »
I’m looking for the main bearing cage on the drive side on a 1937 500cc J A P engine it has 2 rows of 5/16” x 1/4” rollers,if anyone might have one, thanks David
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British Bikes / Re: Information about a Norman Rambler?
« Last post by Rex on March 22, 2024, 09:56:27 AM »
The past is truly a foreign country, as the old cliche goes.
Take Scott, postwar. Presumably they started with a blank sheet of paper with a sports bike for the new era of post-war enlightenment.

"Righto Smithers, take down the following model requirements-
1) oil injection, no premix here
2) double-sided front brake, huge back brake for max braking efficiency
3) Oleo-pneumatic Dowty forks developed from WW2 aircraft landing gear and giving a wonderfully supple and compliant ride
4) Water cooled engine for max power and efficiency."

"Very good boss, but how about the number of gears and rear suspension?"

"A three speed gearbox and a rigid rear is good enough for any chap and that's what we'll fit".
And so they did, and duly went under three years later.
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British Bikes / Re: Information about a Norman Rambler?
« Last post by cardan on March 22, 2024, 09:21:17 AM »
It's the same photo! I've not figured out where it was taken - the photo is part of a collection attributed to British Tube Mills, and presumably it was in Adelaide, and now we knoe it was c1954 I will take another look.

Leon
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