jimmy

Guessing these bikes take about 100cc of oil in each leg. To lose that amount in 12 miles would be obvious with oil running down the fork leg. Before buying new fork legs, drain out the oil from each leg to see much is still in there. If there is still some there then remove the springs and measure them against the size given in the manual. Re the stone chip, a wee trick back in the day when we were all skint was to fill these chips with araldite and carefully 'sand' it down with very fine emery cloth or similar

S'easy, Just move over....Guarantee you'd love it.........and some of the young bloods on here would be just as delighted

Am I the only one who keeps reading this as Xmas exhaust, and thinking he wants a new zorst off Santa

Failing that, do you know any engineers/turners that can make one up for you

The bottom mounting is supposed to be like that . It is a shouldered stud. Try and pick up a manual, it shows it in there

It's in Ayrshire, John Not too far from Kilmarnock. I was going to head across Country to California....Moscow to California....That would have beaten Bippos' Iron Butt

I also came across this woodpile (although not literally, that would be wrong). Enough wood to keep my chiminea burning brightly for a few months.....

Had a wee ride out out today and ended up here, albeit I could have sworn I was travelling in a South Westerly direction

Well done bud, safe riding. Not been up that way for a guid few years, last time was before the Skye Bridge was built

Of course we are all brilliant riders on here and never make a fuck up, but there are a lot of pricks on bikes out there as well

Once your mums on the mend he may consider this. It's a Triumph, and although a 750, they are very light (I've owned two, but not leccy start) and its a leccy start http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1982-TRIUMPH-Bonneville-T140ES-Electric-Start-V5C-Factory-Show-Model-VGC-/311689453020?hash=item4892239ddc:g:WwQAAOSwxg5Xyb~0

Cynic, Did you manage to get anything http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1967-TRIUMPH-MOUNTAIN-TIGER-CUB-/331958428166?hash=item4d4a43a206:g:Ej0AAOSwFdtXyb3H http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-Tiger-T90-350cc-500cc-1968-Matching-Engine-Frame-Numbers-/302061892889?hash=item46544ab519:g:nmYAAOSwxg5XzE18

My solution is simple. Get some fresh petrol, not much, just maybe about half a pint. Make sure the bike is in a well ventilated area. Pour the fresh petrol all over the bike light a match, set the bike on fire....walk away whistling, and feeling as if a weight has been lifted from your shoulders........ Not much help I know matey, but I hade a very bad experience with an XS250 back in the day as a spotty 17 yr old and I've never forgave it

Not quite dead, I still use a flush before changing the oil in my bike.....The car? I do't bother

I took my bike for an MOT today, no issues, but when I came home the wife wanted to go a wee run. Within the first 5 miles 3 cars had pulled out on me including one that was a brown trouser moment*. She is now going on about me and my boys safety when we are on our bikes.........pricks the lot of them * Probably one of the few times I have regretted being in my job, cos I wanted to put my boot through the fekkers door, and then his fekkin head

NSU

So what happened with the throttle cable

Nice 'toe out' technique on the first pic Tommy

A good few years ago I bought a Q plate xs1100. It had matching numbers and was imported from Holland. I contacted Yamaha UK with frame and engine numbers. They sent me a letter stating it was a 1979 model imported to Europe. I forwarded this onto DVLA and was issued with an age related plate. A couple of years back I also bought a Triumph Speed Twin also on a Q plate. This bike also had matching numbers, so this time I contacted the Triumph Owners Club, supplied them with pics of the engine and frame numbers, and they then gave me a dating certificate that it was a 1959 model. This time I had to get a VOSA inspection which was straightforward and I was, again, issued with an age related plate. Neither was an overly complicated piece of business and both hinged on the dating letter from the appropriate 'specialist' so as stated above contact Mr Dawkins, whose name has been used a number of times on this forum

Yea, and my auld man went from being an amateur road race cyclist to having 25% lung capacity before his death due to asbestosis and a load of his mates from the shipbuilding industry all died from the same shit. Anyway, it doesn't say that it is aeroplane proof

Its a 20/30s Scott. I think they were 2 smokes (but could be wrong) They were built in Shipley, so another bit of Kudos for the Yorkshire lads

You know what!!!

http://www.rsbikepaint.com/en-gb/colours.php#makeid=164&modelid=4700&prodyear=1975

I know you were bud, I was agreeing with you and just putting a different slant on it

Welcome to my world. Unless you have driven Blues and Twos on the streets of any major UK city you cannot objectively comment.