Triumph build video.

[erik]

Eric , sorry how did you do that for Mplayer ??
using ubuntu , but I couldnt get that file to open

Stephen

I haven't ever used ubuntu.

One thing I forgot to mention is the spaces in the file name need to be replaced with '%20' when running mplayer from the command line, so instead of:

mms://69.64.171.16/WebZeum/Classic BSA Film Try 2.wmv

you should probably use:

mms://69.64.171.16/WebZeum/Classic%20BSA%20Film%20Try%202.wmv

I'm not sure if this is just a windows thing, or if it'll work in ubuntu as well. The command to type is just what they have on the documentation with different url and filename, just copy and paste:

mplayer mms://69.64.171.16/WebZeum/Classic%20BSA%20Film%20Try%202.wmv -dumpstream -dumpfile ClassicBSA.asf

as one line, and it will save the video to a file ClassicBSA.asf in the same directory as mplayer. Then you can play it with mplayer or VLC media player (the other players I've tried don't seem to work).

[pete376403]

bloody excellent movie but they missed one bit - where the young boffin comes in saying "sir, our research shows that motorcycles made in Japan will eventually take over 90% of the world market!" and the old managing director says "their tiddlers are ok but all they are doing is creating a market for our big bikes. No we'll carry on just the way we are, thanks"

That movie could have been made in 1945, or even 1935 with only a few details altered.

[Motu]

I think those may have been competition engines they were assembling, the pistons look very high compression, and the cams decidedly cammy.
Interesting too that they made their own pistons ? I thought by then that the specialists like Hepolite had pretty much taken over .

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It was a T100,which was their most high performance bike at the time.I have seen pre unit 500 pistons like that,and they are about 8 or 8.5:1,which is very high for the period...maybe an export bike,the USA would be the only country in 1954 with the fuel to run them.My wife had some slipper pistons of about the same ratio in her 5T,and E3134 cams too.

The lack of engine cushdrive a cush drive clutch hub is a puzzle - a good friend of mine still has his 1954 T100 that he has had since it was about a year old - I'll ask him if he has a cushdrive next time I see him.

[Motu]

bloody excellent movie but they missed one bit - where the young boffin comes in saying "sir, our research shows that motorcycles made in Japan will eventually take over 90% of the world market!" and the old managing director says "their tiddlers are ok but all they are doing is creating a market for our big bikes. No we'll carry on just the way we are, thanks"

That movie could have been made in 1945, or even 1935 with only a few details altered.

But in 1954 they were still supplying Japan with the technology to build such things - supplying tooling,blueprints and patterns to build complete British cars under licence.Japan was as much a threat in 1954 as Iraq is today with taking over Microsoft.In 1964 they were blind to Japan,but 10 years earlier they were sowing the seeds of their downfall.

[Blackbird]

It was a T100,which was their most high performance bike at the time.I have seen pre unit 500 pistons like that,and they are about 8 or 8.5:1,which is very high for the period

When I bought my '55 tiger, it had been breathed on with 10.5:1 pistons, E3134 cams and tuned pipes. It would only run on premium fuel. The pistons look very similar. The attached photo is the only one of the innards of my Tiger and is not particularly clear. However, you will probably be able to see the scallops in the conrods and broken rings. I had new cylinder liners fitted at one stage of ownership and they turned in the block, with the conrod cutaways gently wearing against the rods and blocking oil galleries until the engine seized!

Whilst I was looking the photo out, I came across the other two which are attached. Blast from the past quiz: What, where, aproximately when?

[Motu]

Those are the same slipper pistons my wife had in her Speedtwin,they have no sideskirts.I don't think they were 10.5:1,I reckon only 8.5:1 max.

Dunno about the other photos,they are from England I presume - we were using a dirt drag strip at Kopuku in those days.Nero? The Alf Hagon JAP,I see the Wal Phillips fuel injector,I had a couple of those.There are very few Reliant Scimitars in NZ,not enough to cut one up for drags.I used to work for a Reliant agent and only had a couple come in.

[NordieBoy]

Eric , sorry how did you do that for Mplayer ??
using ubuntu , but I couldnt get that file to open

Stephen

Get hold of "kmplayer".

It will solve all the worlds problems for you.

[Kickaha]

Whilst I was looking the photo out, I came across the other two which are attached. Blast from the past quiz: What, where, aproximately when?

#1 Alf Hagon supercharged JAP? mid to late 60's

#2 is a Scimitar and probably Santa Pod, late 60's early 70's

[xwhatsit]

Eric , sorry how did you do that for Mplayer ??
using ubuntu , but I couldnt get that file to open

Stephen

I'm using Ubuntu too -- here's what I typed on the command-line:

mplayer "mms://69.64.171.16/WebZeum/Classic Triumph Film Try2.wmv" -dumpstream -dumpfile ClassicTriumph.asf

That's for the Triumph vid, mind you -- you'd have to find out the address of the BSA one. A tip, on the Linux command-line, any path that has spaces in it, put quotes around it and it will then parse properly.

That will just download the file into the current directory, then just type

mplayer ClassicTriumph.asf

to view it. You can even do this while the film is still downloading, although if you catch up to the download mplayer will quit as there's no more file to play back at that point.

[Blackbird]

Well done guys, have a chocolate fish!

The drag engine is Alf Hagon's own 1100 Jap, the first bike in England to break 10 seconds and 150 mph for the standing quarter. The photo was taken at RAF Honington where he achieved just over 200 mph over the flying quarter. Rather him than me on that thing! The date was the late 60's.

The Scimitar is called "Whistler" and has a big block supercharged Chev in it. One of the early British funny cars and ran in the 9's on straight methanol. Creases showing low tyre pressure combined with torque stand out nicely! Again, late 60's. A guy who works for the same company as me but over at the Mount has a rather nice Scimitar. He says that there are at least 60 in NZ.

[xwhatsit]

Get hold of "kmplayer".

It will solve all the worlds problems for you.

You're a weak little shit, NordieBoy! Use the command-line! It's good for you

And KDE as well... *shakes head*

[Kickaha]

A guy who works for the same company as me but over at the Mount has a rather nice Scimitar. He says that there are at least 60 in NZ.

We have one that comes into work at least once a year, it is the owners daily drive car

[NordieBoy]

You're a weak little shit, NordieBoy! Use the command-line! It's good for you

And KDE as well... *shakes head*

I use kmplayer to play it but...

mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy "mms://69.64.171.16/WebZeum/Classic Triumph Film Try2.wmv" -o triumph.wmv

To D/L it...

[sidecar bob]

Interesting observation, During the entire assembly process i didnt see a torque wrench once, but i saw a hammer about twenty times.

[Ixion]

Yup. They was professionals. True, they were, proper fitters not assembly line workers.