SM Motorbike thread

[BennyD]

You are of course correct, there’s one little drop from the gearbox just behind the sprocket. I completely rebuilt the engine last year after it seized and this week I fitted a new Mikuni carb. It now drives better than it did when it came out the factory.

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Whilst the purists would hang you from the nearest tree, I wouldn’t as long as that brass rod is a tickler. You can’t possibly ride an old BSA (Ba5tard’s Stopped Again) without the constant, headache inducing smell of unburnt petrol surrounding you at all times. The quaint old tradition of washing the bike in hydrocarbons before starting is as traditional as setting the points with a fagpaper. Along with the feeble lights, cr4p brakes, iffy handling and oil leaks it’s what made British bikes the envy of the world.

 

[Geo]

Whilst the purists would hang you from the nearest tree, I wouldn’t as long as that brass rod is a tickler. You can’t possibly ride an old BSA (Ba5tard’s Stopped Again) without the constant, headache inducing smell of unburnt petrol surrounding you at all times. The quaint old tradition of washing the bike in hydrocarbons before starting is as traditional as setting the points with a fagpaper. Along with the feeble lights, cr4p brakes, iffy handling and oil leaks it’s what made British bikes the envy of the world.

No tickler Benny, this carb is way too civilised.

 

[BennyD]

I’m shocked and appalled, what kind of example are you setting? All old British bikes must leak at least two types of fluid be it oil, petrol, hydraulic or even water, (usually from the misted Up clocks). Even air leaking from a crappy old Dunlop inner tube counts, but to remove the tickler is blatant heresy. A reliable, easy starting C15 is really not acceptable, you ride those things to suffer not to enjoy them.

 

[RodTungsten]

Brit bikes - electrics courtesy of Joe Lucas, Prince of Darkness.

 

[stikey]

 

[Nibby]

 

[midlifecrisis]

Been in the garage today, redoing the ignition on the ZXR and I cannot find new plug caps for love nor money, they are a common part with later inline four Ninjas (ZX6/9R etc) so shouldn't be extinct yet. So had a look around the internet and I noted something with M&P...

78B408A1 Brembo Floating Front Brake Disc | FREE UK DELIVERY | Flexible Ways To Pay | M&P

www.mandp.co.uk

and the same part half price...

Brembo Brake Rotor 78B408A1 for Kawasaki ZXR 750 93-95

www.carpimoto.com

 

[philw696]

Been in the garage today, redoing the ignition on the ZXR and I cannot find new plug caps for love nor money, they are a common part with later inline four Ninjas (ZX6/9R etc) so shouldn't be extinct yet. So had a look around the internet and I noted something with M&P...

78B408A1 Brembo Floating Front Brake Disc | FREE UK DELIVERY | Flexible Ways To Pay | M&P

www.mandp.co.uk

and the same part half price...

Brembo Brake Rotor 78B408A1 for Kawasaki ZXR 750 93-95

www.carpimoto.com

Wow that's a Big difference in price must be Ninja Tax.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Wow that's a Big difference in price must be Ninja Tax.

Both for Kawasakis I think it's UK tax.

 

[BennyD]

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Ah yes, the original Honda 6-banger (for commercial sale) which was an old 500/4 with half another one grafted on the side. I’m guessing that’s a Madness wanabee that’s just finished kicking something furry to death. Also, why put an extra two spot lamps on a 1970‘s Italian bike wiring loom? Even Joe Lucas had a better reliability rate than those guys,

 

[Nibby]

Ah yes, the original Honda 6-banger (for commercial sale) which was an old 500/4 with half another one grafted on the side. I’m guessing that’s a Madness wanabee that’s just finished kicking something furry to death. Also, why put an extra two spot lamps on a 1970‘s Italian bike wiring loom? Even Joe Lucas had a better reliability rate than those guys,

Last year I see one of them Benelli 250 Quattros at a show, it was tiny.

 

[philw696]

Anyone going to own up having a pair of boots like that guy ?

 

[Nibby]

Anyone going to own up having a pair of boots like that guy ?

No Phil, it’s Marc Bolan, definitely a fashion faux pas.

 

[DLax69]

 

[midlifecrisis]

Ugly, ill behaved, big twins, clichéd...

And then there's the Harley

 

[philw696]

Fabrizia Pons
Michelle Mouton's co driver.

 

[BennyD]

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IMO, everything about that photo is just wrong. An American twin banger that prioritises history over reality, and the other twin banger that prioritises crappy ink over common sense. Tbh, I wouldn’t ride either.

 

[BennyD]

Fabrizia Pons
Michelle Mouton's co driver.
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Ah yes, Michelle Mutton. After a tough stage on The RAC Lombard, I’ll bet the inside of their Quattro smelt like Billingsgate on a hot summers day. Imagine that with hairy armpits.

 

[philw696]

Ah yes, Michelle Mutton. After a tough stage on The RAC Lombard, I’ll bet the inside of their Quattro smelt like Billingsgate on a hot summers day. Imagine that with hairy armpits.

I'm sure the blokes cars smelt worse

 

[Geo]

How time flies! It’s two years since my Ducati has seen the light of day and after a visit to my shed yesterday by a wee rodent I thought I should get it out and check it it over.

Before I put it in storage I filled the tank to the brim with petrol that I had removed the ethanol from and ran it through the system before storage. The good news is that after two years all is well, it started up first time and ran beautifully. I will drain the fuel in the next week or two and fill it up with fresh.