Another old fart

[Cajun]

damn southen folk always getting lost dc:<

[Mongoose]

damn southen folk always getting lost dc:<

Not ALWAYS

[Cajun]

hahhaah mongoose

[Motoracer]

Welcome to the Site!

Shit I am slow. I somehow missed this thread before too...

[Cajun]

slack bugger MR

[Zed]

Yeah Hi,

Just joined in so hopefully I do it right. ...

Hi sporty03, if you think that introducing yourself as an old fart will earn you some sort of respect...then you've got mine!

Welcome to KB.


Zed

[sporty03]

Lynda,
Thanks for the suport. Jules has been bought out by Davidson Honda in Alexandra. The U.T. boys now have a different boss, different coloured overalls and some different machines to work on. They all seem happy enough.
I first ran into the Deans when Dixie ran his shop out of his garage in front of the house in Devonport Rd. A guy Bruce Cross had the BSA before me. It was orange in those days. I changed all that. By the time I had the Triumph, Deans were in Cameron Road but still pre big shop days. They were a terrific bunch. Always ready to help and advise. Must of tossed away 1000's of billable hours but, well, they helped a lot of young guys get up and about. Something of the old Kiwi spirit I guess. It was a real shame about about Robbie's son. My sister sent me the paper clipping.
Anyway, thanks again and keep the shiny side up.
Graham

[sporty03]

Hey sporty you might know my father in law - Ian 'Mac' Mcdonald he use to hang out with robbie when the were younger, he was in to bikes, use to be of a hoon?? he in his 50's now. He is also the president of local uylsses club.

Can't recall a Mac. There was a Dave Gray on a Triumph Trophy and Tracey Mitchel springs to mind. Also a real nice and easy quiet guy that rode a Norton 600 SS. Think he was the brother of the guy that started the marijuana party. We are talking early 70's here. Like I said,....Old Fart. Oi Oi.

[sporty03]

Later still, my flat mate had a bog stock swing arm B31 that was the bike you rode when your triumph or norton let you down. 73mph flat out regardless of load. It was a bloody good bike, much better than the AJS/Matchless single I started out with (apart from that poxy seal on the pushrod tower)

I'd own another one in a flash (little BSA joke)

Paul N

Yeah really. My one was bog standard apart from being 60 thou oversize. As Motu said, all the advancing and retarding and trying to get it right. I would have given anything to stop that bleeding plain taper on the ignition timing from slipping. My favourite trick was to roar downtown on a Friday night, whip it back to full retard and snap the thottle shut. Blue flames around the leg from the carb and yellow ones out the back and oh man what a bang she made. Nasty little shit wasn't I?
I usually ended up with the job of fixing the 'other bikes'. Seems building a machine from old DB cartons full of bits gives one a bit of an insight. One guy had a Red Arrow that went pretty well but there was a 500 single Matchy that made us all jealous.
Keep rolling.

[LB]

I'd own another one in a flash (little BSA joke)

Paul N

I got it!!!!

sporty03 - interesting that Davidsons have bought Uptown. I spent a couple of hours there (at Davidsons in Alex) last October while they fitted a tyre to my bike (the wonderful coarse chip you have down there grips like you-know-what to a hairy blanket, but eats the rubber). Talked for quite a while with the owner - he seems a really nice guy.

[pete376403]

Yeah really. My one was bog standard apart from being 60 thou oversize. As Motu said, all the advancing and retarding and trying to get it right. I would have given anything to stop that bleeding plain taper on the ignition timing from slipping.

My speedway bikes had magneto drive gear (jawa) or sprocket (jap) on a plain taper. My fix for the slipping problem was to lap the gear to the taper with fine valve grinding paste. Never had a problem after that. The early Jawa six spring clutch was on a taper also, I have seen a few of these take off down the track after the slipped off the shaft. I lapped the clutch hub to the shaft same as the mag gear and that fixed that.

[scumdog]

Hey all,
Thanks for the welcome.
I guess Harleys are still 'of the old school'. Now I have one the fun really begins. High flow cleaner and bigger jet, 2 into 1 pipes and a bigger custom paint tank. Most of this can be done at home, with a little help from ones friends. Something that seems to be missing with some of the newer high tech crotch rockets. But then, each to their own eh?

Hey sporty03, just come across your thread, good to see you enjoy the Sporty, there are faster/nimbler rides out there but as you said the Sporty is fun, and as I said before, I would only end up in trouble on a gruntier machine.

My 'S' came from Hamilton area (I think) and then one South Island owner who fitted bigger mufflers, Screaming Eagle carb/air-filter kit.
Why do you want a bigger tank? is it for looks or to increace the riding range?
- my old Sporty only held $9 from empty, maximum distance I ever went on a tankful was 125km!! , new Sporty is heaps better, holds about $13 or so. What colour is yours and do you go to rallies (my next one will be M.A.T.E.S. at Waikaia.

[scumdog]

Worst goddamn troll ever posted.

troll? TROLL?, he is serious man, like would WT ever troll? :sneaky2:

[magnum]

hello and welcome

[sporty03]

Hey Scumdog,
Yeah the bigger tank is for more range. Riding up to Cromwell or where ever, one has to keep an eye on the odometer and where the next pit stop is. The 2003 only holds 12 litres and goes about 240km, if you dare. The guy that sold it to me now has a 2004 custom with a 17 litre tank. Asked the guy in Southern about that and he reckons it's a totally different mount and I couldn't do it. Shame. I've emailed all over the place including US but haven't had much joy. Need an old coach builder or something to make me one. The ones that can be bought around the place, are 100's of $ for a couple of extra litres. Stuff that. Will get to a rally sometime soon. Just joined up HOG so have yet to get it all sorted. The bike is black. Just tried to upload a photo but missed the cut by 160 odd K. Will resize and have another go sometime. On the bosses time right now. Speaking of which I had better get back to doing something.
Cop -ya