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Identify these bikes! / Re: Please identify this motorbike
« Last post by Rex on Today at 10:47:21 PM »£20G's for that? It might be a rare bike but it's scrappy resto job at best.
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Identify these bikes! / Re: Please identify this motorbike
« Last post by cardan on Today at 12:00:24 AM »Here's one that sold a couple of days ago at Bonhams. 500 twins are pretty rare and it brought 20,000+ pounds - a very good result for the seller in the current environment. https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/29273/lot/309/the-clive-wood-mbe-collection-1934-bsa-498-hp-j34-15-ohv-twin-wd-frame-no-b15328-engine-no-b15372/
I'd be most interested to learn if the bike in the original photo is AMP366. There are 26,000 combinations of one letter + three digits, so to see two bikes of the same model both with regos ending in ...P366 would be a remarkable coincidence if they were not the same bike. There's a story there somewhere, but unfortunately the original poster seems to have lost interest.
Leon
I'd be most interested to learn if the bike in the original photo is AMP366. There are 26,000 combinations of one letter + three digits, so to see two bikes of the same model both with regos ending in ...P366 would be a remarkable coincidence if they were not the same bike. There's a story there somewhere, but unfortunately the original poster seems to have lost interest.
Leon
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British Bikes / Re: Brooks toolboxes
« Last post by R on April 22, 2024, 10:48:28 PM »Heh heh.
That makes me feel better - not !
That makes me feel better - not !
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British Bikes / Re: Brooks toolboxes
« Last post by cardan on April 20, 2024, 11:55:47 PM »"Crickets are omnivores... a natural cricket diet consists of plants and meat and includes protein, grains, and produce."
Leather + neatsfoot oil. Yum.
Leon
Leather + neatsfoot oil. Yum.
Leon
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British Bikes / Re: Brooks toolboxes
« Last post by R on April 20, 2024, 04:27:53 AM »Thanks for the thoughts folks.
I am due to visit the local ye olde leather shop, so we might see what they say.
I do have a neatsfoot oil story.
Was in the garage, a good while back, and heard a strange repetitive noise.
Narrowed it down to a giant cricket chomping on an old seat's leather - which have been treated with that stuff
Chewed a fair hole in it - although it wasn't exactly pristine to begin with.
Hmmm !
I am due to visit the local ye olde leather shop, so we might see what they say.
I do have a neatsfoot oil story.
Was in the garage, a good while back, and heard a strange repetitive noise.
Narrowed it down to a giant cricket chomping on an old seat's leather - which have been treated with that stuff
Chewed a fair hole in it - although it wasn't exactly pristine to begin with.
Hmmm !
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Identify these bikes! / Re: Please identify this motorbike
« Last post by cardan on April 19, 2024, 02:33:19 PM »Also worth noting on grandad's bike is the sheet-metal shield that has been fitted in front of the twin down tubes, and presumably turning underneath as a bash plate. The rear stand has been removed and replaced by a long "field stand" behind the rider's left leg. I think these were part of the Ariel WNG design.
Leon
Leon
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Identify these bikes! / Re: Please identify this motorbike
« Last post by cardan on April 19, 2024, 12:38:56 PM »Some reading:
The photo of AMP366 comes from here https://motorcycletimeline.com/1935-2/ where it was captioned: "Three years after acquiring its first BSA 498cc V-twin for assessment the War Office ordered a lightweight version (hence the undersized fuel tank) but subsequently decided a side-valve single would be more suitable."
Here's a similar model that was for sale (some time ago) https://motorcycles-for-sale.biz/sale.php?id=37628 The model was called the B15 - some interesting comments on "standardisation" that happened on the military models. The tank on the bike in the photo with your grandad is most likely BSA C11; perhaps part of the standardisation process.
Leon
The photo of AMP366 comes from here https://motorcycletimeline.com/1935-2/ where it was captioned: "Three years after acquiring its first BSA 498cc V-twin for assessment the War Office ordered a lightweight version (hence the undersized fuel tank) but subsequently decided a side-valve single would be more suitable."
Here's a similar model that was for sale (some time ago) https://motorcycles-for-sale.biz/sale.php?id=37628 The model was called the B15 - some interesting comments on "standardisation" that happened on the military models. The tank on the bike in the photo with your grandad is most likely BSA C11; perhaps part of the standardisation process.
Leon
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Identify these bikes! / Re: Please identify this motorbike
« Last post by cardan on April 19, 2024, 12:16:11 PM »BSA built some lightweight 500cc ohv twins for the army around 1935. Here's one of them - could your grandad's bike be AMP366, and this be the actual bike?
Leon
Leon
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Identify these bikes! / Re: Please identify this motorbike
« Last post by cardan on April 19, 2024, 11:15:08 AM »And whats that circular object in front of the engine, below the horn ?
No idea! Guess it could be magneto or generator related, or...
The nearly-vertical front down tube on the frame must be a decent identifying feature, but can't think of what it identifies!
Leon
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Identify these bikes! / Re: Please identify this motorbike
« Last post by R on April 19, 2024, 12:21:51 AM »So, we have twin petrol caps, a lucas headlamp with ammeter and switch on toppish, and a biggish looking sloper engine
(unless its a v-twin, which I'd doubt - doesn't look solid enough build).
Rear brake inside the rear sprocket.
And whats that circular object in front of the engine, below the horn ?
So its 1930s, and almost certainly British.
At first I'd plump for a Raleigh, but I think the headlamp is later.
Hmmm
(unless its a v-twin, which I'd doubt - doesn't look solid enough build).
Rear brake inside the rear sprocket.
And whats that circular object in front of the engine, below the horn ?
So its 1930s, and almost certainly British.
At first I'd plump for a Raleigh, but I think the headlamp is later.
Hmmm