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From: BryanUT on 17 May 2010 19:16 Thought I'd share with UKRM, this is pretty cool: http://www.yfaonline.com/assetDetails.cfm?film=100&keyword=&sortby=&title=¬es=&context=&date=&yearValue=&decade=0&between_start=&between_end=&format=0&colour=0&ing
From: Rob Kleinschmidt on 18 May 2010 01:02 On May 17, 3:16 pm, BryanUT <nestl...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Thought I'd share with UKRM, this is pretty cool: > > http://www.yfaonline.com/assetDetails.cfm?film=100&keyword=&sortby=&t... Very nice. Great old bike. I recall helping a friend reassemble one down in Big Sur in the late '60s. Lacking a valve spring compressor, he figured the best way to do it was to compress the springs and then lash them with rawhide. One of them let go as we were working and the two of us spent some twenty minutes or so searching around in the chaparral, looking for the lost spring. I also understand a UK service team did trials competitions on their beezers, despite the lack of a rear suspension. Thanks for sharing.
From: Mike Barnard on 18 May 2010 04:19 On Mon, 17 May 2010 16:16:51 -0700 (PDT), BryanUT <nestle12(a)comcast.net> wrote: >Thought I'd share with UKRM, this is pretty cool: > >http://www.yfaonline.com/assetDetails.cfm?film=100&keyword=&sortby=&title=¬es=&context=&date=&yearValue=&decade=0&between_start=&between_end=&format=0&colour=0&ing I see some things don't change, 4:22ish...
From: Derek Turner on 18 May 2010 06:11 On Mon, 17 May 2010 16:16:51 -0700, BryanUT wrote: > Thought I'd share with UKRM, this is pretty cool: > > http://www.yfaonline.com/assetDetails.cfm? film=100&keyword=&sortby=&title=¬es=&context=&date=&yearValue=&decade=0&between_start=&between_end=&format=0&colour=0&ing My God-father and uncle (may he rest in peace and rise in glory) was a dispatch-rider during his National Service in Palestine during the Mandate. He was trained by a certain Sgt. Geoffery Ernest Duke.
From: R C Nesbit on 18 May 2010 07:54
BryanUT spoke: > Thought I'd share with UKRM, this is pretty cool: > > http://www.yfaonline.com/assetDetails.cfm?film=100&keyword=&sortby=&title=¬es=&context=&date=&yearValue=&decade=0&between_start=&between_end=&format=0&colour=0&ing Brilliant! - and the rest of that site as well! It's an improvement over the usual British Army training technique: "This here is a motorbike. Press down on this to start it Twist this bit to go faster Pull this bit to slow down There's the road, off you go!" -- Rob_P UKRM(at)indqualtec.co.uk uppercase(d) BBIWYMC#1 BOG#11? MRO#31 IBCDBBB#1(kotl) FJ1200, CCM130 Benelli Cabriolet (gone) Looks like Rab C Nesbit. |