Tell me why !!!

Re: crime rate

So would I actually, I don't believe in capital or corporal punishment, or sharia law, although it does have a lot going for it! But bringing back the birch, was discussed on this rig only last night, most are in favour, especially if it is done publically in front of all his/her mates, don't have to hurt them just humiliate them. I wasn't in agreement I admit, I think it would just cause even bigger problems, parents and society have a responsibilty to these people, it's just getting them to understand that!
 
Re:Most interesting bike

While at Weymouth some years ago doing me walk around harbour.
A classic bike rally had a meetin there .
One bike realy got my attention it was a Nimbus
open valve springs I spent ages chatting to the owner who had come over from Sweden .He'd rebuilt it and I tell you the sound was wonderful spose it had a lot to do with being able to see the valves/springs moving up and down .

I grew up in Eton ,next door lived a hells angel, now what fun it was being mesmerised by Bonnaviles and so on .
Some of the lads spent every penny they earned to set their machines up.A weeks wages to get a tank painted was the norm.
Some thing about the pure roar of a Bonni thats been given its head .
Mick

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/boats
I want a big steel ex trawler / tug v / cheap or swap for tug
 
Re:Pure roar of bonnie

Now my old AJS 500. Fired every lamp post, without fail. And we bump started fathers M2 Jag on the back of it. Not bragging. Just thought I'd join in!!

No one can force me to come here-----------
----- I'm a Volunteer!!!

Haydn
 
Re:Most interesting bike

The sound of a bonnie on full song is great, my brother has a thruxton vellocette, 500 single, that on full chat with fishtail exhaust, would give any dyed in the wool british bike man a har...n! A lot of the early bikes had exposed valve springs, even early racing Nortons, some had total loss lubrication to the top end!
 
Re:Most interesting bike

How very true, they finally got it right with the B50, she's oiltight, which is a blessing, seeing as she lives on my teak foredeck!!
 
Re:Sounds

I have a couple of LP's which are recordings from the TT races of the '60's. The variety of sounds are fantastic, some of the sweetest are the Gilera's and MV Augusta's. One that amuses is a 14 speed 125cc Suzuki coming into the hairpin at ...... can't remember and then climbing to top speed all the way up the hill. The time between gear changes was about 1-2 seconds and the power band was between 12-14,000 revs.

Never forget the sound of the Triumph & BSA 3 cylinder racing bikes of the '70's. Was at thefirst ever meet at Silverstone when they re-opened it and Woodcote(?) was a long sweeping bend that they would blast round on full throttle.

Only trouble is, don't have a record player any more. Sold all my LP's etc last year but kept these two as they are special, play em when I go to see my pa!
 
Re:Sounds

MV's now your taliking my bruv and I used to race a 799 america! Plus assorted AJ's and Matchless metisse, I can still smell the castrol "R" Castor base!
 
Re:Most interesting bike

Good job you don't have permanent crew, Colin. A friend of mine had this South African working aboard who proceeded to drop the keys of the ship's moped overboard. My mate picked up the moped and screamed "we won't f***ing well need this then" and proceeded to chuck it after the keys.
 
Re:Most interesting bike

Now that is a amusing story, mind you I know how he felt, when my camshaft drive sheared on the B50 for the second time in 50 miles, I almost float tested it aswell! I now know the root cause of the failures and it's cured, I hope!
 
Re: crime rate

Agree wholeheartedly about bringing back the birch.. particularly if punishment was in public.

Having said that, I can think of lots of other good ways of dealing with "yobbishness" Like making shoplifters clean shop windows, wearing bright orange jumpsuits witht he words "shop lifter" on their back for a few days. And getting vandals to repair the damage they do.

Humiliation is the ultimate punishment in many respects.

I must admit though having lioved in Oslo, Washington DC and various place in the UK, the only time I encountered any street violence was in Oslo, on Aker Brygge, when some drunken idiot punched me on the nose.. being 6'5" and well built probably doesn't encourage a mugging, but still,,

Despite its many faults, most of which are government induced (and I don't differentiate between present and past govts' here) this country isn't a bad place to live.
 
Re:Smells

How did it go - "Ahh Castrol RRRRGH" great smell, miss it. Colin Are you not able to post any piccies of this Englander boat with a B50 perched upon it? Can't imagine what it is like. Does Pauline not have any?
 
Re:Smells

Yes ,I remember the smell of castrol R and how a mate tried to duplicate it by putting a bottle of castor oil into the tank of his Austin 10. Ah the sweet memories of youth.
 
Re:Smells

Pauline should have some piccies of the boat, but the B50 was in pieces, but she may have a piccie if the engine in my workshop (forward cabin) The bike is back together again now, so will be loaded back onboard when I return to Portugal, before I'm off to Ballearics. I won't take it off again now until in Barcelone in October.
 
Re:CCscott-cam drive

The gear/cam, has a little woodruff key, which sheared, at the time I thought it looked a little bit too small to take the drive forces, but just put a new one in and refitted the cam and wheel. In the manual I was reading after it broke the key again, that the cam and wheel, should not be disturbed, because it was a PRESS FIT! Mine certainly wasn't! The key, is there for indexing the timing marks ONLY, the press fit takes the drive! the manual did not make this fact clear enough, you needed to read between the lines, If I had known earlier, I would have tried to TIG weld the wheel to the cam, as it was, I fitted the new competition alloy wheel, (which needed turning down a little as its for a B25) and a standard cam, mine had the CCM high lift, but was damaged where the cam whell had run on it. Hopefully problem solved! Fingers crossed.
 
Re:CCscott-cam drive

Think I know someone who might know someone who has the answer to this problem, will investigate if you wish. (Father was a motorcycle dealer for 40 odd years!)
 
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