BennyD
Sea Urchin Pate
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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.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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