Nice oneOriginally Posted by Dan Mapp
But what about old bikes with a modern design
But was the engine put together by the cleaner because all the staff were out on strike like a true British classic?
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Nice oneBut what about old bikes with a modern design
But was the engine put together by the cleaner because all the staff were out on strike like a true British classic?
Blast From The Past Axis of Oil
Fair weather rider
The cleaner would of being the 1st one on strike.Nice one
But was the engine put together by the cleaner because all the staff were out on strike like a true British classic?
To do something well is so worth while that to die trying to it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of a life to do nothing with ones ability, for I feel life is not measured in achievement, not in years alone. BRUCE MCLAREN
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The 'cleaner' bikes are, in fact , highly sought after, since they had far fewer problems than the normal production. The cleaners made the fundamental observation that most of their normal work involved mopping up the oil leaking out of the machines. If the bikes could be assembled in such a way as not to leak oil, they reasoned, our cleaning task would be much easier. Not being restricted by union rules which forbade screws to be tightened with a screwdriver (since that would have required payment of a specialised tool allowance), the cleaners simply screwed everything up tight. voilà, no more oil leaks.
Fair weather rider
That makes sense.
But the Hinckley Trumphs don,t leak oil so must make them highly sought after to
To do something well is so worth while that to die trying to it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of a life to do nothing with ones ability, for I feel life is not measured in achievement, not in years alone. BRUCE MCLAREN
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What ! ? Hinckley ? A spy ! An infiltrator ! A turncoat! Seize him. Bind him. Burn him . As if there could be any other name used in conjunction with Triumph than Meridan .
C'mon lets ride....
You get him boy! Just mention "air box" and watch them squirm.
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Air box ? Air box? What is this air box you speak of?
C'mon lets ride....
Early Hinkley multis had the airfilter sitated such that a large portion of the bike had to be dissassembled and the a for mentioned object removed completely and split in half to just change the air filter. Non to this remove the side cover or seat, remove the air box cover then filter stuff. Quite an unique design really. Guys have been know to get it down to 2hrs.
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Ah. Air filter. Little round thing that screws onto the carb once you remove the bellmouth. Dunno about no air boxes.
Bored Room
I've been down country working in Kapiti and the Beehive for a bit, things seemed to have moved onwards and upwards....
Excellent.....
By the way anything that left Bologna is automaticly a classic....
unlike the snow mobile powered stuff from Lake Como(toes).
The 500 V8....mostly DNF.
Fair weather rider
It's all part of the fun of owning oneEarly Hinkley multis had the airfilter sitated such that a large portion of the bike had to be dissassembled and the a for mentioned object removed completely and split in half to just change the air filter. Non to this remove the side cover or seat, remove the air box cover then filter stuff. Quite an unique design really. Guys have been know to get it down to 2hrs
To do something well is so worth while that to die trying to it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of a life to do nothing with ones ability, for I feel life is not measured in achievement, not in years alone. BRUCE MCLAREN
Bored Room
Whats Hinkley......didn't he shoot Ronald Rayguns?
Triumphs were made at Meridan ....end of story.
cor...next it will be Brit cars made by Germans....
VW is developing a motorcycle with KTM....hope its better than those trike's they used to make...
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