"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2009-05-02, Dimitri > wrote:
>
>> aside from the Manx Norton's etc one day a guy brought in his Ariel Sq 4
>> in
>> for some work - It freaked me out when we pulled the head all 4 pistons
>> were
>> TDC ????
>
> That's two I never rode, but my first "real" motorcycle was a Matchless GS
> 500 single. Man, could those Brits make great handling bikes, unlike the
> early Japanese stuff that had monster fast engines but handled like a
> cinder
> block.
>
>> Then someone explained it fired right bank, left bank and then reminded
>> me
>> it was a 4 stroke. Duh..
>
>> A buddy kept his Competition 500 cc AJS thumper in his living room - at
>> least he kept a drip pan under it.
>
> They say older HDs didn't leak oil, they jes marked their territory. The
> saying about Brit bikes was, "If it didn't leak oil, it was broke".
>
> The Northern California BSA Owners Club puts on a meet every Spring in the
> SFBA. They have some of the most fantastic Brit iron in the World.
> Perfect
> Brough-Superiors, dozens of Vincents, Square Fours by the truckload, all
> of
> it mint or better. Enough to make a Brit bike fan cry. I sold off the
> last
> of my Triumph stuff (Bonny engine w/ Joe Hunt mag) a couple years ago
> (sniff).
>
> nb

You rat you're making me drool -

The sound of a well tuned Bonny is a sensual experience -and the bluing of
the chrome. Some will never understand that A bike is NOT transportation.
There is a time of real Danger - it's when you feel a part of the machine
:-) its a great feeling but it's also the time for the average person to get
off and come back to reality. :-(


The way I was raised mechanically - there are only 2 things one can use a
hammer on "an A model Ford and a Hardly Ableson. ... LOL

Dimitri