Classic Project

It looks magnificent and sure to turn heads. A real beaut don't tell me you are going to ride it or is it for the show bench

 

Superb - cannot believe the 182 miles and two owners!

 

Just a thought, Al, when you've done all the things to it to get it running nicely and handling as well as a slimline featherbed endowed bike should, don't forget to install new brake shoes/linings 'cos I doubt that 66 year old brakes will provide much in the way of retardation forces. Using solid objects to stop one's progress is not to be recommended ... certainly not on a regular basis!

 

Superb,
look after that magnificent piece of motor cycling history, they don't crop up like that very often, how lucky you are to own that, I'm so envious.

 

GPWM!
But I bet I'm not the only one herein that stripped down brake drums many years ago and proceeded to blow/brush the brake dust out of them. Then when that was all done, the aforementioned brake dust was swept up off the garage/shed floor, probably with a dust pan and brush, and thrown over the garden or into the dustbin for others to savour.
Thinking about it, and a few other things, such as creosote liberally applied to fencing/clothing/skin, I'm surprised that we have survived.
Happy days .... sigh!

 

Incredible mileage!!!

 

No mate,modern bikes,since, I believe about 1975 have them both on the wrong side.lol
To me the old way was better coz the braking ,ie levers were equalised ,one on each side of the machine. I have always thought that a lot of drops are caused by both levers being on the same side,in an emergency you are applying pressure to the right foot and right hand.
Probably on my own here tho,just my thoughts.

 

Lovely bike and it's nice to see that after all these years it can still create lots of interest. I wonder how more modern stuff will fare, maybe just as well as we are all mad with rose tinted glasses full of nostalgia.
Enjoy and keep us posted on progress.
Andy

 

What a beautiful bike you have I ride both old and modern bikes, i am sure once you have sorted it in your head the gears and brakes will be no probs. When riding the older bikes everything happens much slower so you have loads more time to think about gear changes than you would on a modern bike

 

How true. And the deadlier it was the better it worked.

 

Compulsory reading for anyone (like myself) with a "Classic Bike".
Taff

A Treatise on the Importance of Smoke
by Joseph Lucas

Positive ground depends on proper circuit functioning, which is the transmission of negative ions by retention of the visible spectral manifestation known as "smoke". Smoke is the thing that makes electrical circuits work. We know this to be true because every time one lets the smoke out of an electrical circuit, it stops working. This can be verified repeatedly through empirical testing. For example, if one places a copper bar across the terminals of a battery, prodigious quantities of smoke are liberated and the battery shortly ceases to function. In addition, if one observes smoke escaping from an electrical component such as a Lucas voltage regulator, it will also be observed that the component no longer functions. The logic is elementary and inescapable!

The function of the wiring harness is to conduct the smoke from one device to another. When the wiring springs a leak and lets all the smoke out of the system, nothing works afterward.

Starter motors were considered unsuitable for British motorcycles for some time largely because they consumed large quantities of
smoke, requiring very unsightly large wires.

It has been reported that Lucas electrical components are possibly more prone to electrical leakage than their Bosch, Japanese or American counterparts. Experts point out that this is because Lucas is British, and all things British leak. British engines leak oil, British shock absorbers, hydraulic forks and disk brake systems leak fluid,
British tires leak air and British Intelligence leaks national defence secrets. Therefore, it follows that British electrical systems must leak smoke. Once again, the logic is clear and inescapable.

In conclusion, the basic concept of transmission of electrical energy in the form of smoke provides a logical explanation of the mysteries of electrical components - especially British units manufactured by Joseph Lucas, Ltd.

"A gentleman does not motor about after dark."

Joseph Lucas (1842 - 1903)