When I worked for Citylink I used to collect from these people....
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
Sure, I guess the programme had to deal with the Ace Café  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

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
Sure, I guess the programme had to deal with the Ace Café  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

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.....

Nice - and still with the pedestrian dicer on the front mudguard

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.