A Timeshift programme about the glory days of British motorbikes tonight at 10.30 on BBC4.
For someone who, in his yoof, was a Hells Cherub :angel: on Triumphs (Tiger 100, Tiger 750 and 2 x Bonnevilles) I am hoping to see lots of Meriden products and some tasty Norton Commandos :laugh3:
Having restored/rebuilt some of these old bikes, it will be nice to see what they should have looked like!!!!
:hellosign:
enjoy! I used to ride an MV Agusta till an ex friend wrote it off! My first was a fanny barnet I also had a jampot Ajay
Quote from: steve836 on October 31, 2013, 08:38:45 PM
:hellosign:
enjoy! I used to ride an MV Agusta
Exotica in my day :thumbsup:
If it is a repeat of the prog. I have in mind then watch for some shots of the ultimate machines - HRD/Vincents*, my ride in another century ! :)
*shame about the economics prevailing at the time.
Quote from: RChook on October 31, 2013, 09:39:36 PM
If it is a repeat of the prog. I have in mind then watch for some shots of the ultimate machines - HRD/Vincents*, my ride in another century ! :)
*shame about the economics prevailing at the time.
OGRI rides again ;)
lol!
a little after my time, by then I had overcome childish things and was designing spacecraft ;)
but at least the financial disaster of Phil caused the Norton virus to go infect the Triton , ho ho ho ,,,wicked haloween gestures with cloves of garlic
stage left >>> goes to conjure up some Indians >>>
Ahh a whiff of nostalgia. Not too mention the smell of oil (garage floor) grease all over the place. The joys of old bikes.
Brought back happy memories of Vintage and Classic racing days for me, when I competed on an AJS and also a BSA A65 Thunderbolt. (pic)
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See link for more pic from my racing days https://plus.google.com/photos/114704872725725719992/albums/5714190210044233633 (https://plus.google.com/photos/114704872725725719992/albums/5714190210044233633)
My father was always dragging us off to M/C races of all sorts, Speedway, Grass track and road, I saw Geoff Duke a couple of times here in deepest Darset. I can recall the sound of a Scott Flying Squirell screaming along and Vincents ( we swore they only fired at every other lamp post in town thud.....................thud....................thud.
I was at the first and many subsequent speedway meetings at Poole, but probably enjoyed the grass track most, short track stuff not the longer scrambles.
Quote from: trainsdownunder on October 31, 2013, 11:02:20 PM
Ahh a whiff of nostalgia. Not too mention the smell of oil https://plus.google.com/photos/114704872725725719992/albums/5714190210044233633 (https://plus.google.com/photos/114704872725725719992/albums/5714190210044233633)
Ah nostalgia,
who is going to be the firstst to nostaliaise about the whif of CastrolR ?
Oh drat ! Look what I just did :)
Nice set of pics, interesting, any descriptions, texts, context ?
I dont see many Bramptons or Girdrolics(tm) !!
I never competed my Vincents, just enjoyed escaping on them, then, later, I looked behind me and there was swmbo on a BSA Bushman !!!
Quote from: Dorsetmike on October 31, 2013, 11:29:37 PMand Vincents ( we swore they only fired at every other lamp post in town thud.....................thud....................thud.
That would have been a Comet (single), ridden slowly by someone watching a Rapide (Vtwin) go by ;)
[Not a Shadow, contrary to popular nostalgia press not many had those (else they wouldnt have gone broke!), although there were a lot of carb. and piston/compression upgrades to Shadow specs, (just without the big clock) and they went just as well ;) ]
I have no idea wot any of you are talkin' about. 'Tis the language of Mordor. :D ;D
Quote from: steve836 on October 31, 2013, 08:38:45 PM
My first was a fanny barnet
Sounds like the haircut from hell to me....... :confused1:
.......Cheddar cheese and pickle,
the Vincent motor sickle
Slap and tickle...........
Are you lot talking in Klingon?
When I worked for Citylink I used to collect from these people....
http://www.sumpmagazine.com/classicbikespecialists/vincent-spares-repairs-maughan.htm (http://www.sumpmagazine.com/classicbikespecialists/vincent-spares-repairs-maughan.htm)
They could quite literally make all the parts to build a complete bike.
Allan
Finally watched this today and was very disappointed as I thought it would be more about the bikes and not the stigma attached to the bikers themselves :thumbsdown:
Sure, I guess the programme had to deal with the Ace Café :sleep: and the Mods but far too much time was spent on that aspect as opposed to the steeds ridden.
I have subsequently deleted it as not worth keeping :thumbsdown:
Quote from: newportnobby on November 01, 2013, 05:17:17 PM
Finally watched this today and was very disappointed as I thought it would be more about the bikes and not the stigma attached to the bikers themselves :thumbsdown:
Sure, I guess the programme had to deal with the Ace Café :sleep: and the Mods but far too much time was spent on that aspect as opposed to the steeds ridden.
I have subsequently deleted it as not worth keeping :thumbsdown:
I think too many of these doc's are now being produced (easy to do maybe) and then taking the easy route of covering a small "sensational" aspect that most people would have some recollection of. Easy to make and little imagination required.
I too have deleted it but kept "How The North West was Won" - found ttat far more interesting.
Sorry for the late notice but I have just spotted ITV1 is showing the TT film Closer to the edge at 10.35 tonight. Main star - Guy Martin (if you can understand him, that is ;))
My old girl.....
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/tank_fv101/NGF/photo3-2.jpg) (http://s67.photobucket.com/user/tank_fv101/media/NGF/photo3-2.jpg.html)
Nice - and still with the pedestrian dicer on the front mudguard >:D
Quote from: Tank on November 01, 2013, 10:02:05 PM
My old girl.....
Oh, v.nice (pair of) Bramptons !
Erum, a Red Hunter of some form ? I didnt have much to do with Ariels, apart from a mate with an infamous square four that spent more time in bits than on the road !
[seriously OT]
Tell me chaps, I wasnt a mechanical engineer way back then, but why did telescopics come to the fore ?
I progressed thro' various bikes from HRDs with Bramptons to Vincents with their attempt to re-engineer them with Girdraulics(tm!) and then on to telescopics by way of Triumph and Kawasaki, but the telescopics to me always seemed, err, well, dont know the technical term, - wobbly, flexy !,
The Bramptons/Girdrolics seemed always much more precise/stable ???
What did I miss ?
Seems to be a common theme with a lot of documentaries,more talking heads than the actual content suggested by the title.
I too was disappointed by the lack of actual bike information,not the nostalgia trip I was hoping for.
Allan
Whilst girder forks were satisfactory for many years (and more "rigid"), there was an art to setting them up correctly. Once telescopics came in, and were easier to set up, the girders died out. When I rebuilt my Dad's 1939 AJS 350, back in the 80s, we had a devil of a job getting them anywhere near right, and had to find an old bike mechanic who still had the skill. Sold the bike for peanuts, and would be worth a shed load of money today.