Honda-SOHC
Other Stuff => Misc / Open => Topic started by: Nurse Julie on October 14, 2018, 02:16:38 PM
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An enchanting old silent movie about bike building.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6m8PmMQK76s
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Is that where Trig did his apprenticeship? :D ;D
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Is that where Trig did his apprenticeship? :D ;D
Haha, Yes Peter. It looks like the engine building room here, not a computer or such like in sight.
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Great bit of film. The road test looks like a lot of fun....
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That looks like my old engine on startup, smokey and slow ;D
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Chuffin hell, i used to work on a lathe like that one......
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40 years on and how things changed, i wouldn't liked to have the job of sharpening all those drills !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsyQufiWhio
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Health & Safety, wot's that?, especially in the foundry and paint shop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxFemHWBHsE
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No sign of any cutting oil on those cylinder blocks!
About 15 years ago one of the contract manager where I worked noticed a photo of my Triton on my desk and asked me if I would be interested in buying his father in law's old bike for £250. When I asked what it was he said it was a 1960`s 500 Triumph that needed some work to get it running but as it was only £250 it was a bargain. I said I'd buy it sight unseen and would collect it the following weekend. I hired a van and drove to Crawley to collect it. When I got there the the old guy led me down his garden to a rotten timber shed. When he opened the door there was a really old rusty bike leaning against the side of the shed. I didn't recognise what make it was as there was no paint on the tank, it certainly wasn't a 1960's Triumph! The bike was actually a complete side valve, single cylinder 1927 Triumph SD550, a bit like the Rover in Julie's post! Considering I had hired a van at £70 I bought the bike although getting it out of his shed, through his house and into the van with two flat tires and rock solid steering was something else!
I still have the bike and have always saved it to restore as part of my retirement plan, now I'm retired I have no excuses not to start the restoration! 🙄
Nice videos and thanks for posting 😊
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What Has been around comes around.
I'm just about to make the pattern for this 1913 Premier.
I rode one in the Pioneer run ,Epsom to Brighton for 10 years until the traffic became far to dangerous.
Most of the ones on the road have brazed up cylinders sop someone wants to make a batch of 5 to keep them going .
The Foundry process is still basically the same only using different sand than was used back then .
The casting can be machined without any coolant as Grey Cast Iron is[attachimg=1][attachimg=2] 'free machining' the graphite flakes lubricate the cutting process but tool life is reduced.
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I have a few engines that are very similar to those, the ones I have a 600cc British junior sievalves for rotovator, oldest being 1944 I think. Pity the oldest has had bits robbed. No plans to rebuild it.