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[Dueller]

I see that there are a few bikers on the forum. perhaps you might like the occasional look here, click on the camera icon for photo's

http://www.classichondamotorcycles.co.uk/

Not just Honda's but all sorts, he even had an old Solex 5000 one day.
I used to go and have a visit when i was living in Oxford. The owner actually restores Volvo Amazon's for a living a nd this is just a sideline.

[Bradley]

I didn't dare look too long - might be tempted. 

Derek.

[oldiron]

I didn't dare look too long - might be tempted. 

Derek.

 Ahhh go on Derek, there's some really nice ones in there.

John

[funtimefrankie]

No Triumphs

[craftysod]

Ahh remember my old triumph TR6P
Ex 650 tiger police bike,more wires than bt and more oil leaks than i care to remember
Fond memories
Mark
Then there was the BSA C12 ,i went upmarket from the C11G

[Patrick Henry]

Ariel Colt 200
Ariel Arrow 250 Super Sport
Ducati 250 Monza SS
Triumph 650 Thunderbird

Memories...


Rich

[Deep Diver]

1 x Triumph Cub
1 x BSA Bantam
1 x BSA B40
! x MHR 900 Ducati
1 x 500SL Pantah Ducati
1 x 900ssie Ducati

[sheerline]

Craftysod.. the C12, didn't go and  didn't stop but a very pleasant machine to ride and own. Someone mentioned the Tiger cub, it was my first legal road bike, I was never off it. Three of us owned one each and we used to go everywhere on them and as a young bloke, I loved mine. I bought it for £9-00 from a workmate, he had partially dismantled it as it wouldn't start and it had been languishing in his shed for three years. It turned out to be the rectifier which had quit and once replaced it was up and running again.
The cheapest Cub I ever bought was for £2-50, it had been in a shed for donkeys years and belonged to an old chap who was a customer and he just wanted rid of it. That particular machine went like a little rocket for some inexplicable reason. 

[Circlip]

The C11 was a much more "Robust" machine, but the Tiger Cub??? 10K miles ont the plain bearing big end, but if you fitted the needle roller version!!! You got 20K miles out of it.

  Did you EVER get the electrics (Charging system ) to work CORRECTLY on it  Sheerline??

  First two I "Had a bash on", rest were mine.

  Vespa125 - me mums    

  Triumph Tigress 250 twin 4Str. me dads    

  Cub MY first  

 Dominator 88  

 Venom Clubman Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  

 Honda CJ250 

 Guzzi Leming    

[sheerline]

Circlip yup, I got my elecrics working fine. There were always electrical problems around these bikes and it was mainly due to lousy quality bullit connectors and a naff connectors to light bulbs etc. The headlamp bulb fitting was designed by an idiot and it wasn't the first time I had been plunged into darkness whilst caning it around a country lane in the middle of the night. Joseph Lucas.. 'Prince of darkness' a well earned title indeed. It was thanks to him that I was continually reminded of my own mortality!
The two main problems with charging on these old machines were the alternator windings going down or filure of the early selenium rectifier which lived under the seat ... oh, and the battery! The batteries had a hard life really, especially if they were not padded to kill off a lot of the vibration.

Big ends and mains didn't last forever if you thrashed the machine regularly but very frequent oil changes kept the problem at bay. A 'leaky Triumph was a healthy Triumph' as it meant you were forever topping up the oil with fresh stuff and oil changes as such were not called for as it was throwing most of it away on a weekly basis. Dodgy riding in the wet as a lot of it found its way onto the rear tyre. I never did manage to cure the leaks but the bike never rusted.
They were a bit revvy but went well enough if you kept everything up to date. Cubs command a fairly high price these days

Triumph Tigress eh? I havent seen one of those since the early seventies. A very good machine as I understand from others.

As a youngster still at school, I had never sat on anything with an engine in it and one warm evening was invited to ride an old (1939) Norton 500 single flathead around a park. I got on, set off with a little help and rode that machine round and round with the biggest smile on my face you ever saw. From that day, I was sold on motorcycles and still get a lovely warm glow when I shut my eyes and think of the immense pleasure and impact that moment had on me. I can still smell that bike!

Motorcycles.....once bitten, it never goes away. 

[craftysod]

What i liked about the Tiger,it was oil in frame,so didnt rust.
My current wheels are 

[sheerline]

Craftysod, does one ride that or dry whats left of ones hair with it?
I've never tried one yet... looks like a real challenge to ride.

[craftysod]

They are a bit wobbly at first,my other one is tuned and will reach around 50 mph at a guess.
Now that is scary,especially when racing with 20 others
Mark

[Bradley]

Was wondering if my 6'3" frame would fit on one of these - might have to have the handlebars behind my knees.

Derek.

[sheerline]

Don't even think about it Derek! It all takes so much longer to heal at our age.

[Patrick Henry]

And it hurts twice as much for twice as long...


Rich

[craftysod]

I'm lucky,as i'm only 5ft and a fag paper tall,not so far to fall.
I took one of the bikes to work,and a big guy (18 stone) wanted a go.
So i said okay,first turn,he ended on his ass,the other driver who is 12ft tall (compared to me)
could not even sit on it,he prefered his Ducati 998.
Wonder why

[Bradley]

Awwww, guys, you've put me right off.   

Derek.

[sheerline]

Hmmmm I'd still like to try it.... just once. Perhaps if we could cover the garden in old matresses...... no, no..., mustn't go there.
I fell off my sons 900 triple Triumph in the garden whilst searching for the footrest. Wretched thing fell over taking me with it and as I fell I extended my left arm... like you do but couldn't stop anything from hurting, strained all the muscles in my chest and shoulder and everything turned blue across my chest.
 I tore the muscles in the shoulder and it took forever to heal just like my right shoulder did after falling out of the ruddy shower. The bike landed on my left leg, I thought I had broken it (the leg) as the ruddy thing weighed the proverbial ton. They had to lift it off me, the pain was excrutiating. All this and the wretched wheels weren't even going round at the time!
Sooo sooo embarrasing and painful.

[Patrick Henry]

Promise we won't tell anyone Chris... 

[craftysod]

If we could wrap sheerline up in bubble wrap,he's welcome to have a go 

[Hobie21]

1959 Triumph 21
1962 Thruxton Bonneville
1965 Production Racing Bonneville

Memorie %%s Ahhh.......

[Patrick Henry]

If we could wrap sheerline up in bubble wrap,he's welcome to have a go 

Boing! Boing! There goes Zebedee.... 

[sheerline]

Yeah yeah Rich!! Don't you know it's a sin to mock the afflicted... I'm more to be pitied than laughed at.
I remember sitting on the back of my mates motorbike, waiting at a crossroads and all dolled up to take my bird out for the afternoon. My bike was down and out and he'd offered to give me a lift. When a gap in the traffic opened up he gunned the bike.. I never even felt the seat slide from under me, one moment I was suspended in mid air, the next I was on my ar5e on a wet road! I watched as the soppy begger shot off up a hill, going like a bat out of hell, only to turn round and come back with a big grin on his face. "I didn't know you had gone" he said " but the bike felt like it was going really well as I took off".
Hmmmmm