aw

Hi there Brit bike lovers !

Just thought I'd give this a shot... I'm looking to find my old BSA. It is
/ was a circa '55 A7
Shooting Star. I unfortunately let it go back in 1982, I sold it whilst I
was living in Derby.
The colour scheme at the time was a royal blue, and the registration was /
is ! MRC 559.
I was only around 27 years old at the time, and my old man helped me return
it to it's
( almost ) original condition.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can be contacted at
ukguyinlv@earthlink.net .

Thanks for any info, Alan
Whetton.

Tim

In message <zO4Jh.11775$Jl.1339@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink. net>, aw
<ukguy@earthlink.net> writes
>Hi there Brit bike lovers !
>
Not always a good start. "Classic" does not equate to "brit bike lover".


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Tim
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Austin Shackles

On or around Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:41:49 +0000, Tim
<tim@nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>In message <zO4Jh.11775$Jl.1339@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink. net>, aw
><ukguy@earthlink.net> writes
>>Hi there Brit bike lovers !
>>
>Not always a good start. "Classic" does not equate to "brit bike lover".

yeah, and we don't all have a desire to shag them, either. although, I
suppose, a fair number *are* shagged.
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Anton Gijsen

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:41:49 +0000, Tim
> <tim@nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> In message <zO4Jh.11775$Jl.1339@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink. net>, aw
>> <ukguy@earthlink.net> writes
>>> Hi there Brit bike lovers !
>>>
>> Not always a good start. "Classic" does not equate to "brit bike lover".
>
> yeah, and we don't all have a desire to shag them, either. although, I
> suppose, a fair number *are* shagged.

Brings a new meaning to the phrase "thrashing the pants off it".

Brian

> >Hi there Brit bike lovers !
> >
> Not always a good start. "Classic" does not equate to "brit bike lover".
>
>
> --
> Tim

Sadly there are many on this group who seem to think that the motorcycle was
invented and first produced by the Japanese.
I actually think that the group should be re-named for clarity.
uk.rec.japanese.motorcycles.classic?

Ace

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:50:27 GMT, "Brian" <blecnospam@tesco.net>
wrote:

>> >Hi there Brit bike lovers !
>> >
>> Not always a good start. "Classic" does not equate to "brit bike lover".
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tim
>
>Sadly there are many on this group who seem to think that the motorcycle was
>invented and first produced by the Japanese.
>I actually think that the group should be re-named for clarity.
>uk.rec.japanese.motorcycles.classic?

Twat. Try actually reading it for a bit. Or is that a little bit
beyond you?

Oh, and learn to snip sigs.
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Bob Scott

Brian <blecnospam@tesco.net> writes
>
>Sadly there are many on this group who seem to think that the motorcycle was
>invented and first produced by the Japanese.
>I actually think that the group should be re-named for clarity.
>uk.rec.japanese.motorcycles.classic?
>
You're a ducati owner, aren't you?

It was a ducati salesman who looked out of the showroom at my SFC parked
outside & sniffed something about how japanese bikes have no character.

Hmm, if I buy the cheap 906 Paso I was offered will I have to sneer at
my own SFC for not being Italian?
--
Bob Scott

Pip Luscher

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:50:27 GMT, "Brian" <blecnospam@tesco.net>
wrote:

>> >Hi there Brit bike lovers !
>> >
>> Not always a good start. "Classic" does not equate to "brit bike lover".
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tim
>
>Sadly there are many on this group who seem to think that the motorcycle was
>invented and first produced by the Japanese.
>I actually think that the group should be re-named for clarity.
>uk.rec.japanese.motorcycles.classic?

Surely a classic is a classic regardless of country of origin?

What you seem to want is uk.rec.motorcycles.british.classic, which
doesn't exist.

Feel free to set it in motion. It might need a hefty boot, though.

--
-Pip

Austin Shackles

On or around Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:17:15 GMT, Pip Luscher
<pips.computer@spammers.foad.ntlworld.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:50:27 GMT, "Brian" <blecnospam@tesco.net>
>wrote:
>
>>> >Hi there Brit bike lovers !
>>> >
>>> Not always a good start. "Classic" does not equate to "brit bike lover".
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tim
>>
>>Sadly there are many on this group who seem to think that the motorcycle was
>>invented and first produced by the Japanese.
>>I actually think that the group should be re-named for clarity.
>>uk.rec.japanese.motorcycles.classic?
>
>Surely a classic is a classic regardless of country of origin?
>
>What you seem to want is uk.rec.motorcycles.british.classic, which
>doesn't exist.
>
>Feel free to set it in motion. It might need a hefty boot, though.

not to mention various arcane actions with ticklers and suchlike.
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Pip Luscher

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:37:50 +0000, Austin Shackles
<austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote:

>>Feel free to set it in motion. It might need a hefty boot, though.
>
>not to mention various arcane actions with ticklers and suchlike.

My old CZ had a tickler. Actualy, so does my Villiers-powered scythe
mower.

--
-Pip

platypus

Pip Luscher wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:37:50 +0000, Austin Shackles
> <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote:
>
>>> Feel free to set it in motion. It might need a hefty boot, though.
>>
>> not to mention various arcane actions with ticklers and suchlike.
>
> My old CZ had a tickler. Actualy, so does my Villiers-powered scythe
> mower.

My 1995-reg Dnepr outfit had ticklers. Good they were.

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative."

Roger Hunt

Bob Scott wrote
>Brian <blecnospam@tesco.net> writes
>>
>>Sadly there are many on this group who seem to think that the motorcycle was
>>invented and first produced by the Japanese.
>>I actually think that the group should be re-named for clarity.
>>uk.rec.japanese.motorcycles.classic?
>>
>You're a ducati owner, aren't you?
>
>It was a ducati salesman who looked out of the showroom at my SFC parked
>outside & sniffed something about how japanese bikes have no character.
>
>Hmm, if I buy the cheap 906 Paso I was offered will I have to sneer at
>my own SFC for not being Italian?

<dim>
Only SFC I know of is a Laverda.
--
Roger Hunt

Brian

"Bob Scott" <bob@bobandaileen.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eiBdm$AqgY+FFwfH@loud-n-clear.com...
> Brian <blecnospam@tesco.net> writes
> >
> >Sadly there are many on this group who seem to think that the motorcycle
was
> >invented and first produced by the Japanese.
> >I actually think that the group should be re-named for clarity.
> >uk.rec.japanese.motorcycles.classic?
> >
> You're a ducati owner, aren't you?
Never had one of those. They don't last long enough.

Brian

> Twat. Try actually reading it for a bit. Or is that a little bit
> beyond you?
>
> Oh, and learn to snip sigs.

But it's so nice to see you rise to the bait.

The Older Gentleman

Brian <blecnospam@tesco.net> wrote:

> Never had one of those. They don't last long enough.

<Examines sig>

<Examines poster's intellect>

Yep. Another ignoramus.


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GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3
BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....

Ace

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:15 GMT, "Brian" <blecnospam@tesco.net>
wrote:

>
>> Twat. Try actually reading it for a bit. Or is that a little bit
>> beyond you?
>>
>> Oh, and learn to snip sigs.
>
>But it's so nice to see you rise to the bait.

*PLONK*
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\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
`

Bob Scott

Roger Hunt <nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>Bob Scott wrote
>>
>>It was a ducati salesman who looked out of the showroom at my SFC parked
>>outside & sniffed something about how japanese bikes have no character.
>>
>>Hmm, if I buy the cheap 906 Paso I was offered will I have to sneer at
>>my own SFC for not being Italian?
>
><dim>
>Only SFC I know of is a Laverda.

Persactly - which is why I found the twonk in the Ducati shop lecturing
me about how bland Japanese bikes were hilarious.

I've found many (most?) modern Ducatisti don't realise Laverda's were
Italian. Mind you, said random sample of 916 owners didn't know what a
Hailwood replica was until that MH900 thingy came out so it could just
be that they were clueless...
--
Bob Scott

Roger Hunt

wrote
>Thus spake Austin Shackles (austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net) unto
>the assembled multitudes:
>
>>>What you seem to want is uk.rec.motorcycles.british.classic, which
>>>doesn't exist.
>>>
>>>Feel free to set it in motion. It might need a hefty boot, though.
>
>> not to mention various arcane actions with ticklers and suchlike.
>
>And a drip-pan the size of an olympic swimming pool.
>
Oi! Now steady on there.
British bikes did not and do not leak oil. It is simply a cheap smear
thought up by other nations' motorcycle industries.
--
Roger Hunt

Bob Scott

Roger Hunt <nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>Oi! Now steady on there.
>British bikes did not and do not leak oil. It is simply a cheap smear

'snot a cheap smear - given the price of decent monograde dinosaur it's
a damn expensive smear.

Mind, I was horrified at the rainbow the father-in-law's Laverda 500
left on the wet road last weekend. I was riding it & had stopped to see
why the bother-in-law's laverda[1] had stopped - they don't tend to run
very well when the earth lead isn't connected.

Bob

[1] There's a theme developing here - we're trying to find one that will
fit my wife but for some reason there's a lack of Laverdas that suit a
26" inside leg, so she rides a Triumph. The shame of it.
--
Bob Scott

Roger Hunt

Bob Scott wrote
>Roger Hunt <nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>Oi! Now steady on there.
>>British bikes did not and do not leak oil. It is simply a cheap smear
>
>'snot a cheap smear - given the price of decent monograde dinosaur it's
>a damn expensive smear.
>
My Constellation once decided to let go the left cylinder and I got a
proper drench of hot oil all over my left boot/foot/leg etc.
>Mind, I was horrified at the rainbow the father-in-law's Laverda 500
>left on the wet road last weekend. I was riding it & had stopped to see
>why the bother-in-law's laverda[1] had stopped - they don't tend to run
>very well when the earth lead isn't connected.
>
Montjuic? The most impractical and antisocial motorcycle ever made.
(I have an early road test here, where the author's five year old child
could easily touch the foot pegs.)
--
Roger Hunt

Roger Hunt

wrote
>Thus spake Roger Hunt (nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk) unto the assembled multitudes:
>>>And a drip-pan the size of an olympic swimming pool.
>>>
>> Oi! Now steady on there.
>> British bikes did not and do not leak oil. It is simply a cheap smear
>> thought up by other nations' motorcycle industries.
>
>My C15, and later my Tiger 650, didn't do cheap smears. They did bloody
>great expensive deluges that probably single-handedly kept OPEC in business
>during the 1970s.
>
What caused the Oil crisis? British bikes no doubt.
--
Roger Hunt

Bob Scott

Roger Hunt <nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>Bob Scott wrote
>>
>My Constellation once decided to let go the left cylinder and I got a
>proper drench of hot oil all over my left boot/foot/leg etc.

My old 750/4 did something like that - I missed (pure idiocy on my part)
one of the oil seals when doing a rebuild, found I'd got one left over
at he end & shrugged to myself thinking it wouldn't make much odds. My
right boot never leaked again & i had the engine back out of the frame
the next weekend to put one seal into the head. Horrible contraption -
felt guilty when I sold it.

>>Mind, I was horrified at the rainbow the father-in-law's Laverda 500
>>left on the wet road last weekend. I was riding it & had stopped to see
>>why the bother-in-law's laverda[1] had stopped - they don't tend to run
>>very well when the earth lead isn't connected.
>>
>Montjuic?

Alpina.

>The most impractical and antisocial motorcycle ever made.
>(I have an early road test here, where the author's five year old child
>could easily touch the foot pegs.)

I'm too big for a Monty. Herself can reach the pegs comfortably but
can't reach the ground at all & strains to reach the bars. I'm sure we
could modify one to fit but I'm not sure I want anything to do with
running such a gloriously obnoxious device.
One of the guys in the club has one & it's damn quick on the sort of
roads the triples struggle on. Damn good brakes as well - I almost rear
ended him once upon a long ago when the Aprilia Pegaso I was riding
turned out not to be able to shed speed nearly as well as the Monty.
IIRC he went into the entrance of the petrol station where the rest of
the ride out were refuelling in & I made it in via the exit.
--
Bob Scott SFC1000 Pegaso 650 RD350LC
"I was at the lowest point in my life - my house left me, the bank
reposessed my wife, my dog made me redundant, my boss was leaking oil and my
bike died - then I found the word of Sochiro..."

Roger Hunt

Bob Scott wrote
>Roger Hunt <nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>Bob Scott wrote
>>>
>>My Constellation once decided to let go the left cylinder and I got a
>>proper drench of hot oil all over my left boot/foot/leg etc.
>
>My old 750/4 did something like that - I missed (pure idiocy on my part)
>one of the oil seals when doing a rebuild, found I'd got one left over
>at he end & shrugged to myself thinking it wouldn't make much odds.

It's always horrible, finding something left over after a rebuild.
Hey-ho.
>>Montjuic?
>
>Alpina.
>
>>The most impractical and antisocial motorcycle ever made.
>>(I have an early road test here, where the author's five year old child
>>could easily touch the foot pegs.)
>
>I'm too big for a Monty. Herself can reach the pegs comfortably but
>can't reach the ground at all & strains to reach the bars. I'm sure we
>could modify one to fit but I'm not sure I want anything to do with
>running such a gloriously obnoxious device.
>One of the guys in the club has one & it's damn quick on the sort of
>roads the triples struggle on. Damn good brakes as well - I almost rear
>ended him once upon a long ago when the Aprilia Pegaso I was riding
>turned out not to be able to shed speed nearly as well as the Monty.
>IIRC he went into the entrance of the petrol station where the rest of
>the ride out were refuelling in & I made it in via the exit.

I never rode one thank goodness. I had a Pantah 500 at the time, and
that was bad enough what with me being far too tall for it.
It did go along twisty roads very quickly though, provided I had the
nerve to go for it.
--
Roger Hunt

Tim

In message <T2dKh.5446$GI.3983@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net>, Brian
<blecnospam@tesco.net> writes
>> >Hi there Brit bike lovers !
>> >
>> Not always a good start. "Classic" does not equate to "brit bike lover".
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tim
>
>Sadly there are many on this group who seem to think that the motorcycle was
>invented and first produced by the Japanese.
>I actually think that the group should be re-named for clarity.
>uk.rec.japanese.motorcycles.classic?
>
>
I didn't say that so stop jumping to conclusions. Grow-up and stop
trolling. While you at it you can trim the sigs when replying.

Bloody newbies.
--
Tim
http://www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk/

Timo Geusch

Roger Hunt wrote:

> wrote
> > Thus spake Austin Shackles
> > (austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net) unto the assembled
> > multitudes:
> >
> > > > What you seem to want is uk.rec.motorcycles.british.classic,
> > > > which doesn't exist.
> > > >
> > > > Feel free to set it in motion. It might need a hefty boot,
> > > > though.
> >
> >> not to mention various arcane actions with ticklers and suchlike.
> >
> > And a drip-pan the size of an olympic swimming pool.
> >
> Oi! Now steady on there.
> British bikes did not and do not leak oil. It is simply a cheap smear
> thought up by other nations' motorcycle industries.

<goes out to check on the T-bird>

You're right.

They're *pissing* oil.

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Triump Thunderbird chop | VFR750 BOTAFOF #33
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Brian

> Bloody newbies.

I know, but then I've only been riding bikes since the early 60's, so you
ought to make allowances.

Anyway, it got the desired effect, and produced a "spirited" debate. Apart
from the few who are unable to put more than two words together without
including an expletive.

Tim

In message <yBQKh.9773$0Z1.6950@newsfe7-win.ntli.net>, Brian
<blecnospam@tesco.net> writes
>> Bloody newbies.
>
>I know, but then I've only been riding bikes since the early 60's, so you
>ought to make allowances.

"newbie" in reference to this newsgroup, but I bet you knew that and are
only trolling.

>
>Anyway, it got the desired effect, and produced a "spirited" debate. Apart
>from the few who are unable to put more than two words together without
>including an expletive.
>
You poor wee lamb. Try taking your prejudices somewhere else. Just to
comfort you, you should know that I have a Norton and two Triumphs.
--
Tim
http://www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk/

Grimly Curmudgeon

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Chris Newport
<crn.news@nospam.netunix.com> saying something like:

>> My C15, and later my Tiger 650, didn't do cheap smears. They did bloody
>> great expensive deluges that probably single-handedly kept OPEC in business
>> during the 1970s.
>>
>
>So big deal, they probably needed some work.
>My LE Velo has never lost so much as a drip.
>The Tiger 100 never lost any oil until the conrod went through the bottom.
>The Dominator never lost oil in the 5 years I had it.

There's a lot to be said for modern seals and gasket materials. Imo,
most the bad reputation for leakiness was brought about by ham-fisted
owners and crap materials of the day. Of course, there were some
outstandingly crap designs, too.

Grimly Curmudgeon

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Brian" <blecnospam@tesco.net>
saying something like:

>> Bloody newbies.
>
>I know, but then I've only been riding bikes since the early 60's, so you
>ought to make allowances.
>
>Anyway, it got the desired effect, and produced a "spirited" debate. Apart
>from the few who are unable to put more than two words together without
>including an expletive.

An outstanding play of the double faux-superior gambit, with the mileage
card still up the sleeve.

Austin Shackles

On or around Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:05:10 +0000, Grimly Curmudgeon
<grimly4REMOVE@REMOVEgmail.com> enlightened us thusly:

>
>There's a lot to be said for modern seals and gasket materials.

yeah, cornflake packets are much better quality these days.
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Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms...
------------------------------------------------\
>> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them.
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Brian

> >
> >I know, but then I've only been riding bikes since the early 60's, so you
> >ought to make allowances.
>
> "newbie" in reference to this newsgroup, but I bet you knew that and are
> only trolling.

Yes, I do admit I have only been on here for about three or four years now.


> >Anyway, it got the desired effect, and produced a "spirited" debate.
Apart
> >from the few who are unable to put more than two words together without
> >including an expletive.
> >
> You poor wee lamb. Try taking your prejudices somewhere else. Just to
> comfort you, you should know that I have a Norton and two Triumphs.

Never was any good at poker.