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| Thread ID: 56650 | 2005-04-11 10:38:00 | OT - BMW Motorcycle Fuel Tank | Winston001 (3612) | PC World Chat |
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| 343771 | 2005-04-12 11:01:00 | Yes, you can buy new Royal Enfields in NZ. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 343772 | 2005-04-12 11:02:00 | Actually, Ciceros' part of the world, Swannanoa is quite famous in Vincent circles, it is known world wide:) Russell Wright broke the world speed record there on the Vincent show model Lightning back in 1955. www.thevincent.com I had Vincents from 1957 to 1970. The world has never been quite the same since! |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 343773 | 2005-04-12 12:46:00 | Swannanoa was named by a chap who hailed from Swannanoa in North Carolina,in return for building the school there. I used to have a Triumph 3T,very rare a 350 twin. Never been into the temporary kiwi syndrome.For all that I enjoy listening to enthusiasts of English bikes talking,they know every nut and bolt on the things,they need to of course,as the things are forever breaking down. Did anybody apart from 001 see any abuse? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 343774 | 2005-04-12 13:24:00 | Now your talking Winnie, a Laverda Jota, the 2nd true production muscle bike. | Murray P (44) | ||
| 343775 | 2005-04-12 17:28:00 | Further to the peg spanner fix Winston: It may pay to obtain the spanner before drilling any holes. If you, or a friend, have an angle grinder, you more than likely have a peg spanner used to change the disks. Just make sure the curvature of the cap top doesn’t exceed the peg lengths. :lol: However, I do have reservations as to whether the key is actually unlocking it???? (Thus the difficulty turning same.) In the meantime just keep the CRC flowing. ;) |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 343776 | 2005-04-13 01:43:00 | Remember Valentines, the big war surplus place? They discovered a lot of cases of spare parts for the 1941 Army Indian (all in khaki paint, with blackout lights). They assembled a bunch of them and were selling them for 285 pounds in the 60s. I've still got one of their catalogues somewhere --- everything up to a 10000 square ft tent hospital. They were still opertaing in the middle 70s, but I think there was a big fire and they shut down after that. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 343777 | 2005-04-13 01:46:00 | Hi Win* . Many thanks for reviving old memories . The last of a series of bikes I had in the UK was a Triumph Tiger 110 with a Watsonian single seater sidecar . I sold it to pay a sort of round the world fare in the fifties and ended up here . In 1960 in Nelson I bought a 1950 Arial 600 cc single sidevalve with a view to attaching a chair but never found a suitable chair . Eventually traded the Arial in Christchurch in 1965 . Should have kept the Arial . Good memories . Lot of friends, including one who had "half a Vincent" laughed at me moving from a Tiger 100 to the 110 with sidecar - but the insurance company immediately halved my premium because they classed the sidecar outfit as ultra-safe! :cool: To Cicero, who states: For all that I enjoy listening to enthusiasts of English bikes talking,they know every nut and bolt on the things,they need to of course,as the things are forever breaking down . I say you talk CRAP . But no hard feelings . |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 343778 | 2005-04-13 02:44:00 | Now your talking Winnie, a Laverda Jota, the 2nd true production muscle bike. Got a lovely coffee-table picture book from the Invercargill Library last night on high performance bikes down the years. Gave me knee tremors. :D |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 343779 | 2005-04-13 03:13:00 | Ahh yes memories . Just about the first bike I rode was a 2 stroke BSA bantam, magneto, hard tail - sprung hub and seat though, except the seat was missing . It was a mates, I used to take it on the dirt while he played with his BSA Lightening and another mate with his Bonnie, the sods wouldn't let me on them solo :( The next was a race kitted 1960's Cub 400 or 500cc (I think), lockheed discs, drop bars, race seat maybe even number plates but sans fairing . Very nice, made an absolute racket around town doing errands for the boss . Things were pretty much all rice from there on, dirt and road but used to lust after the Laverda and the odd Duke (maybe even a Beema) . Did a bit of touring around both islands . One of my more interesting trips was Welly to CH CH with fairly soft knobbly rubber on, makes for lots of fun on corners, not so many knobs to worry about on the way back though :D |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 343780 | 2005-04-13 03:56:00 | . . . . . . . . - but the insurance company immediately halved my premium because they classed the sidecar outfit as ultra-safe! This thread is showing our ages :) I used to pay solo insurance premium, and the sidecar(s) used to come on and off as the fancy took me . There were 4 quick release bolts to the engine-cum-frame, undo a nut and rotate the front fork link to change the trail, up on the rear stand and turn the wheel around to the solo sprocket . With practice it took less than 10 minutes . I never understood why insurance companies rated 3 wheelers and m/bikes with sidecars as safe . I found 'driving' a sidecar outfit hairy at times . I had a Watsonian that would become completely airborne at 70+mph in a straight line, due to the shape at the front end, and lift on the roof . Then with a right hand corner to boot, it became decidedly dicey . The big Carmobile was much better, the wedge shape was the right way round and it held the front down, no matter what the speed, and it had brakes and springing which the Watsonian didn't . 20 minutes was the standard time to completely remove forks, frame with oil tank , seat, rear suspension and wheel, to leave the engine sitting there on a box to be worked upon . |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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