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iceni
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Took my BSA 650 Gold Flash out on Tuesday and it's a pleasure to ride. Everything about it just seems "right". Enjoy the bike, John, even if the purists give you grief!!
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Loopian
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Very nice indeed
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johnno
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when I was 19 I jumped on the back of my friends 650 Gold Flash and he took off bloody fast and I was close to being left on the floor , I soon had a BSA 650 Thunderbolt in me garage
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1100 sport corsa , Yam R1, guzzi 650tt rider
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v7john
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I've never been a purist and I like how this bike has ended up. It's been here the best part of a week but I still haven't managed to get out on it. Life's really busy/complicated at the moment and I'm unlikely to be able to ride it for at least a week more as I'm going to be away from home a lot. All my mates assure me I've got a good-un and I can't wait to give it a go even if it's still wet and salty out!
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1972 V7Sport "The Racing Rhino".
1972 V7 700cc "The Fire Bike". 1954? Superalce 1954 BSA M33 (to be sold) Read my blog https://racingrhino.wordpress.com/ |
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Brian UK
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When I was much younger, I bought what I believe was the first privately owned Norton Commando on the road. Went to Scandinavia for a tour a couple of weeks after. Somewhere in the middle of Sweden, was at the side of the road talking to other bike owners over there when a Brit reg new BSA went past. So I shot off up the road - that Commando could accellerate. Caught the guy up. He was a Swede who had just been to Britain to buy the BSA. When he saw the Commando he had rather a green face. He had previously had a Norton. When I went back to the people I had been talking to, they said "do that again".
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Brian.
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c13pep
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Although slightly `left field` whilst visiting a bike dealer in Leeds on Friday I was met by a sound from the past in the shape of a Norton Rotary being fired up after repair. I have to say that the noise made the whole visit worthwhile especially after being invited into the workshop for a closer look.
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you can`t have any fun in a straight line
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jpc
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Well, c13pep, "left field" is what a rogues gallery is about, and not everyone may know why the noise a Rotary makes leaves an impression (and a big smile, more often than not):
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johnno
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1100 sport corsa , Yam R1, guzzi 650tt rider
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iansoady
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That would be Startright Motorcycles, who are the acknowledged experts. I always fancied a rotary but stuck with the Commando. I suspect the rotaries would be too heavy for me now.
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Ian
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c13pep
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Spot on Ian it`s the father who is the expert with many years experience, obviously it wasn`t an F1 but he did mention that he had a couple of them fully secured in the back of the workshop
CHRIS Edited by c13pep - 21 Jan 2019 at 16:48 |
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you can`t have any fun in a straight line
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Brian UK
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I remember going to a talk on the development of the racing rotary. On first try out, just accellerating in a yard the rider wasn't too impressed - until he looked back ad saw the black line where the tyre had been spinning all the way. |
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Brian.
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V7Chris
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That sounds exactly the same as my Garelli 50 sounded in my mind away from the lights on the A34 in Birmingham 1976......
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V7Chris
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As the kid doing his paper round on a pushbike overtook me....
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iceni
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My first motorized venture onto the road was courtesy of a Minimotor mounted on the back of my bicycle, driven by a roller rammed against the rear tyre. Very entertaining
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c13pep
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That sounds exactly the same as my Garelli 50 sounded in my mind away from the lights on the A34 in Birmingham 1976...... [/QUOTE] That then reminds me that my mate had one of those (Garelli) in our very young days that couldn`t keep up with my scabby trials Tiger Cub. Then he went and bought a Ducati Elite (200 or 250 can`t remember) but suddenly the laughing stopped as he regularly disappeared down the road with the rest of us trying to catch him CHRIS |
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you can`t have any fun in a straight line
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