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Other Stuff => Misc / Open => Topic started by: paul G on January 28, 2020, 08:28:21 AM
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Sure some of you guys girls will be aware of this guy, but check out some of his work on youtube simply mind blowing. ;D ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wE877ompoE
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He’s just finished building a 6 cylinder z1 engine - made from a pair of Z1 spares motors. He cut / welded the crank cases, block, head all in his small home workshop. He also made his own crank, camshaft, carbs from donor parts. The guy is a bit of a genius.
https://youtu.be/uK0xFOJT-Ts
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He’s just finished building a 6 cylinder z1 engine - made from a pair of Z1 spares motors. He cut / welded the crank cases, block, head all in his small home workshop. He also made his own crank, camshaft, carbs from donor parts. The guy is a bit of a genius.
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James,
I sent the video to Graham this morning asking him if he fancys doing it with a Honda :o :o
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He is a genius and a nice bloke that will turn up somewhere on one of his creations and stand chatting to anyone that wants to chat.He made a lovely Vee twin Velocette that looks like it’d come out of the factory
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He’s just finished building a 6 cylinder z1 engine - made from a pair of Z1 spares motors. He cut / welded the crank cases, block, head all in his small home workshop. He also made his own crank, camshaft, carbs from donor parts. The guy is a bit of a genius.
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James,
I sent the video to Graham this morning asking him if he fancys doing it with a Honda :o :o
Biggest problem with doing it with a sohc4 is the line boring required for the crank bearings. Allan openly admits that the ball bearing crank arrangement in the big z’s and H two strokes make the conversion a bit more straightforward. That almost makes it sound simple, which clearly it isn’t.
But personally, his vision, skill and determination to undertake these builds, all from his home workshop simply amaze me. I’m in total awe of the guy.
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I love the little 100cc Honda V twin ;D ;D
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And his V10 Viper engined bike. Not to mention. The 5 litre Flying Millyard Vtwin.using two radial aircraft cylinders
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I can't stand him, makes me sick when I see his workshop that is no more than a garage and what he turns out, he should be banned 😉. Seriously, a very nice guy and always willing to chat when at shows.
He also appears with Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove on the Motorbike Show and sometimes Shed & Buried, both well worth a watch.
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I can't stand him, makes me sick when I see his workshop that is no more than a garage and what he turns out, he should be banned 😉. Seriously, a very nice guy and always willing to chat when at shows.
He also appears with Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove on the Motorbike Show and sometimes Shed & Buried, both well worth a watch.
A genius ... I think he does sub some machining out on occasion though, as someone went to a sub contractor and they were doing some compicated maching for him.
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I can't stand him, makes me sick when I see his workshop that is no more than a garage and what he turns out, he should be banned 😉. Seriously, a very nice guy and always willing to chat when at shows.
He also appears with Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove on the Motorbike Show and sometimes Shed & Buried, both well worth a watch.
Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove
Now there is a pair that get on my tits ::)
If I see one more show where they find a 60 year old bike clean the plug put some fuel in it and start it first kick ::) ::)
I do watch all the shows though :o
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I can't stand him, makes me sick when I see his workshop that is no more than a garage and what he turns out, he should be banned 😉. Seriously, a very nice guy and always willing to chat when at shows.
He also appears with Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove on the Motorbike Show and sometimes Shed & Buried, both well worth a watch.
Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove
Now there is a pair that get on my tits ::)
If I see one more show where they find a 60 year old bike clean the plug put some fuel in it and start it first kick ::) ::)
I do watch all the shows though :o
On 'Junk and Disorderly', where they buy and sell up and down the country at autojumbles, they are seen travelling around in an old ex-ambulance camper thing. Seen them at Newark Autojumble three times now and each time the camper is trailered in ... If you watch the programmes you often see the big trailer next to their pitch. ;)
Don't really mind their programmes though if I am honest .. lets face it not much else on related to bikes apart from the odd Guy Martin programme.
Started watching the Suzuki feature of 'Twist-the-Throttle' repeat last week until they pictured a GT750 Kettle but described it as an in-line fourstroke.
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I did think How do they get all that stuff in the camper.
Now I know ::)
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I can't stand him, makes me sick when I see his workshop that is no more than a garage and what he turns out, he should be banned 😉. Seriously, a very nice guy and always willing to chat when at shows.
He also appears with Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove on the Motorbike Show and sometimes Shed & Buried, both well worth a watch.
Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove
Now there is a pair that get on my tits ::)
If I see one more show where they find a 60 year old bike clean the plug put some fuel in it and start it first kick ::) ::)
I do watch all the shows though :o
On 'Junk and Disorderly', where they buy and sell up and down the country at autojumbles, they are seen travelling around in an old ex-ambulance camper thing. Seen them at Newark Autojumble three times now and each time the camper is trailered in ... If you watch the programmes you often see the big trailer next to their pitch. ;)
Don't really mind their programmes though if I am honest .. lets face it not much else on related to bikes apart from the odd Guy Martin programme.
Started watching the Suzuki feature of 'Twist-the-Throttle' repeat last week until they pictured a GT750 Kettle but described it as an in-line fourstroke.
That's the 'magic' of TV. Why show all the boring & tedious bits such as cleaning the crud off engine cases, going to and from the chromers, painters, machine shops etc when they can 'do a deal' with an 'old mate' for a rare bike in bits and hey presto, an hour later its up, running and gleaming and all done in the same wooden shed! I admit to watching them though, its that or Love Island :o.
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I can't stand him, makes me sick when I see his workshop that is no more than a garage and what he turns out, he should be banned 😉. Seriously, a very nice guy and always willing to chat when at shows.
He also appears with Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove on the Motorbike Show and sometimes Shed & Buried, both well worth a watch.
Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove
Now there is a pair that get on my tits ::)
If I see one more show where they find a 60 year old bike clean the plug put some fuel in it and start it first kick ::) ::)
I do watch all the shows though :o
On 'Junk and Disorderly', where they buy and sell up and down the country at autojumbles, they are seen travelling around in an old ex-ambulance camper thing. Seen them at Newark Autojumble three times now and each time the camper is trailered in ... If you watch the programmes you often see the big trailer next to their pitch. ;)
Don't really mind their programmes though if I am honest .. lets face it not much else on related to bikes apart from the odd Guy Martin programme.
Started watching the Suzuki feature of 'Twist-the-Throttle' repeat last week until they pictured a GT750 Kettle but described it as an in-line fourstroke.
That's the 'magic' of TV. Why show all the boring & tedious bits such as cleaning the crud off engine cases, going to and from the chromers, painters, machine shops etc when they can 'do a deal' with an 'old mate' for a rare bike in bits and hey presto, an hour later its up, running and gleaming and all done in the same wooden shed! I admit to watching them though, its that or Love Island :o.
OK why not make it realistic add a carb clean and three kicks ;) :D love island never seen it, but I bet it's more realistic ;D 90% of the people watching their shows do what they are doing and think F O first kick ::) ::)
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If you want a good day out. Thousands of bikes. And a good chance of meeting and chatting to Alan. Go to Calne bike day.normally last Saturday in July.
Well worth it.
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On the Repair Shop. Some punter bought in a Raleigh Chopper that needed restoring. The chroming took no time to get back. If that was me,I'd still be waiting for it. They must have paid double to jump the queue.
And Ed China rebuilds an engine. Drops it back in the car and it starts first time. They don't show the fcuk ups, like forgetting to connect the battery or forgetting to put juice in.
The magic of telly innit.
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On the Repair Shop. Some punter bought in a Raleigh Chopper that needed restoring. The chroming took no time to get back. If that was me,I'd still be waiting for it. They must have paid double to jump the queue.
And Ed China rebuilds an engine. Drops it back in the car and it starts first time. They don't show the fcuk ups, like forgetting to connect the battery or forgetting to put juice in.
The magic of telly innit.
Yes on the other hand. It annoys me when those programmes with a deadline to meet always have an issue when it wont start at the last minute.....
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On the Repair Shop. Some punter bought in a Raleigh Chopper that needed restoring. The chroming took no time to get back. If that was me,I'd still be waiting for it. They must have paid double to jump the queue.
And Ed China rebuilds an engine. Drops it back in the car and it starts first time. They don't show the fcuk ups, like forgetting to connect the battery or forgetting to put juice in.
The magic of telly innit.
Yes on the other hand. It annoys me when those programmes with a deadline to meet always have an issue when it wont start at the last minute.....
That's more Car SOS.
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Watch carefully in the background on Car SOS, they say were at the last few hours and will have to work all night to get it done (again). Then the camera pans around and lo and behold two other almost finished projects (that were both down to the wire in earlier episodes) are on a ramp and half under a sheet behind them. Utter bullshit to just try to inject some tension for the viewer. Nobody, and I don't care who you are, can restore an E-Type Jaguar in three weeks.
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Watch carefully in the background on Car SOS, they say were at the last few hours and will have to work all night to get it done (again). Then the camera pans around and lo and behold two other almost finished projects (that were both down to the wire in earlier episodes) are on a ramp and half under a sheet behind them. Utter bullshit to just try to inject some tension for the viewer. Nobody, and I don't care who you are, can restore an E-Type Jaguar in three weeks.
Stop it, stop it you’re all shattering my illusions :-X ;D ;D
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And then there's the real cost of restoring these old wrecks and then selling them on for a profit. Take Wheeler Dealers, Mike Brewer buys a TVR for £10k but it needs a complete new chassis. Ed China spends a week stripping the car to put the new chassis in place in addition to a lot of other work like renewing the brakes etc. Brewer then sells the car for £12k and claims they've made a big profit despite the new chassis cost £2k! Ed China obviously works for free and for the love of the work. I might try the same thing when I ask Trigger to rebuild my 750 engine for the Rickman 😁......
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I refuse to watch anything with Mr Cole in it. Can't stand the man. Watched an early episode of the Motorbike Show, when he was 'restoring' a classic Bonneville. He spent 10 minutes explaining about the carb...then handed it over to his 'mechanic' to bolt it on. Move along...nothing to see here....
Wheeler Dealers? It was always a giggle, and I used to play 'spot the bits they replaced but never mentioned'. Usually followed by a quick check on the DVLA website to see if the car was still actually on the road. If I was feeling particularly rough, I would search out the owner club forum for the car they had just done, to see what was being said. Usually got a chuckle or 2! You could often turn up what had REALLY happened to the car they had 'sold' to a member of the production team.
I prefer Car SOS ..... but I also think it would be better by far without the fake 'rush' all these programmes think we need. Without the fake blagging, the fake 'stealing' of the car, and the even more fake 'surprise reveal'. I have spent 18 months tinkering with my old Honda, slowly doing bits and pieces. It's therapy. I suffered badly from stress, and have some unpleasant things I have to cope with at home. When things get too much...I slope off to the shed, and do some work. If some git went and did it all for me....I would be FURIOUS! I would have to buy another and start over!
For me...it's not about the finished item. If it was...I wouldn't have an F2. It's about the pleasure of doing it.
And...in a swervy link back to the original post...that's why I find Alan Millyard's articles fascinating. Not only is he skilled, he is also imaginative and doing these things for the love of doing them. Not doing a job or trying to be a celebrity.
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This is what happens when entertainment gets confused with reality! Even if they do cheat over timescales etc., it's good to see that there are still folks around with genuine skills. :D
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So, that Edd China, how come he has never got any oil / grease / crud / shite etc on his gloves or his long sleeve T shirt he wears under his short sleeved T shirt 🤔🤔🤔🤔 I only have to look at a bike and I'm covered in crap 😭😭😭😭
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Folks....I'm really sorry to have to tell you......but those programmes on TV like Car SOS, Wheeler Dealers and Henry Cole..........well they are NOT real.
Really......they aren't.
Sorry.
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A few years ago the Antiques Road Trip came to the auction house we used to work and what a load of old bollocks that was. The vehicles were only driven a few yards by the celebs and the auctions rigged. But thats showbiz folks. The only redeeming feature was my 750 got on the telly. ;D
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Car SOS and Wheeler dealers have a few things in common apart from doing up old cars obviously. You have the cheeky chappie and the mechanic. As others have said already, in the case of both shows the mechanic works for free, but another thing I've noticed on Wheeler dealers is when they buy a sporty car with ropey looking alloy wheels, they get the wheels refurbed for say £50 a corner. Thats fair enough, but they often omit to mention the brand new set of tyres they invariably put on too, when chummy Brewer is doing his outlay totting up at the end of the show.
I have to say I do like both shows, but like Sumpmagnet I can't stand Henry Cole. He has one of those whiney voices that irritates the hell out of me. I watched the Phil Read replica episode of his show, but had to turn it off half way through. If I was Sam Lovegrove, I'd hit him around the back of the head with a Vincent Black shadow cylinder head when no one was looking. ;)
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I get really p155ed off with producers that think we've all got the attention span of an American goldfish.
"Coming up.. blah blah (shows the best bits)" before the show starts and before the advert break.
After the ad break, there's the recap, in case we forgot what we were watching 5 minutes earlier.
Rant rant rant.😠
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Car SOS and Wheeler dealers have a few things in common apart from doing up old cars obviously. You have the cheeky chappie and the mechanic. As others have said already, in the case of both shows the mechanic works for free, but another thing I've noticed on Wheeler dealers is when they buy a sporty car with ropey looking alloy wheels, they get the wheels refurbed for say £50 a corner. Thats fair enough, but they often omit to mention the brand new set of tyres they invariably put on too, when chummy Brewer is doing his outlay totting up at the end of the show.
I have to say I do like both shows, but like Sumpmagnet I can't stand Henry Cole. He has one of those whiney voices that irritates the hell out of me. I watched the Phil Read replica episode of his show, but had to turn it off half way through. If I was Sam Lovegrove, I'd hit him around the back of the head with a Vincent Black shadow cylinder head when no one was looking. ;)
I'm with you on Henry Cole, i cringe when ever i see him with his stupid childish antics, and yet i'm compelled to watch the next episode. Sam Lovegrove must be paid a good wedge to be on the same show as Cole.
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The Triumph combo at the start/end of Antiques Roadshow is owned and ridden by a chap I know in the VMCC, Bill with his wife Jean in the sidecar. It was filmed at Tredegar House in Newport. He told me it was a real pain in the A, he kept getting asked to ride through the gates again for a re shoot.
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In fairness to Cole he has come back from being a total druggie at rock bottom to being off hard drugs AFAIK and having his own successful production company and he is annoying sometimes I agree but he seems passionate about bikes and as I said before not much else on about bike related stuff. Wonder if they will ever do a bike SOS version of Car SOS. New venture for Trig and Julie perhaps. :) Can just hear Graham coming back with ' no faaaarkin way mate' ;D ;D
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I got annoyed with Henry. But enjoyed his shows with Sam.
I met about a year ago. He was friendly and chatty.
I think he deliberately acts a prat to show how skilled Sam is.if you noticed. Henry does very little tricky jobs. Spends most of his time brewing tea.
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He looks a happy bunny there. ;D
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He looks a happy bunny there. ;D
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Mike, do you mean recaps of shows like this......
https://youtu.be/7MFtl2XXnUc
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Sure some of you guys girls will be aware of this guy, but check out some of his work on youtube simply mind blowing. ;D ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wE877ompoE
Apologies if its already been mentioned on the thread but I seem to remember that there "Honda 6" was based on Yamaha components?
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Of course TV programs cheat...would you really want to watch 40 minutes of Sam grinding valves or Edd sanding a car body for ready painting? After all the programs are only made in the hope you'll buy some product that's advertised so you do need to keep your audience watching. ;D
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Mike, do you mean recaps of shows like this......
https://youtu.be/7MFtl2XXnUc
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Very good. Adequately takes the p155.
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There isn't enough stuff on TV about motorcycling (I suppose as a biker I would say that) but with YouTube and the internet you can get your fill in other ways.
Just going back to Henry Cole, I agree he's defo a bike enthusiast whatever other shortcomings he might have, but I can't help thinking there are plenty of people out there who would be better front men (women) for the Motorcycle show. Suzi Perry springs to mind, also Andy - The Missenden Flyer, off YouTube would make a very decent TV presenter IMHO. I'm sure you can come up with many more yourselves.
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Jenny Hanley gets my vote for a decent bike presenter. She has the experience, interviewing Barry Sheene in thick snow shows her dedication 👍.
https://youtu.be/wW6_THfEt-M
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Jenny Hanley gets my vote for a decent bike presenter. She has the experience, interviewing Barry Sheene in thick snow shows her dedication 👍.
A very nice lady, but she's in her 70's now I believe, having said that none of us are getting any younger. :(
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To me they all seem to make to make the best pastime going as boring as possible. Its riding bikes thats magic and makes you feel alive.