OUT AND ABOUT 2018

[Johnwebley]

Went for a ride.met some old friends. Including the guy that sold the CB about 41years ago.nice crowd. Good collection of bikes.
Reasonable beer.massive queues for that and burgers. Almost starved to death waiting


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[Nurse Julie]

Out and about all over the place today on the CB550. Saw this stunning Vincent with a Watsonian side car, both in absolutely stunning condition.  What I would like to know is why does it have 2 rear sprockets, one either side of the wheel ?. [ Guests cannot view attachments ]

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[Johnwebley]

guessing different sizes,take the sidecar off,,swop the wheel around for solo gearing.

 those bikes were way ahead of their times .
very well thought out


you know the lower mudguard  stay acted as jacks when you changed a wheel .

[Moorey]

Called in at Squires on the way home, it looked like the CBX1000 owners were having a meet up. A few others I hadn't seen there before as well.
Most innovative side stand of the year goes to
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A couple more
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 And something I have never seen before. I think a Rumi Formichino 125 twin
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Another good day.

[Laverda Dave]

Moorey, great photo of the Laverda 'sidestand'. As any Laverda owner will tell you, great engineered bikes let down by the self collapsing tubular side stands! I modified mine by using a cast sidestand from a ZZR1300. I believe Ducati's suffer a similar problem with sidestands that flip up on their own accord.

[Moorey]

A cunning ploy by Ducati to sell panels and mirrors. They have nearly caught me out a time or two

[K2-K6]

guessing different sizes,take the sidecar off,,swop the wheel around for solo gearing.

 those bikes were way ahead of their times .
very well thought out


you know the lower mudguard  stay acted as jacks when you changed a wheel .

Exactly John, for sidecar use to lower the gearing.
My father was a personal friend of the Vincent engineering director who raced those bikes with a chair, so the interest in sidecar use was well supported at the factory. Interestingly he once showed a Honda starter sprag clutch to dad as he was fascinated by the simplicity and effectiveness of the engineering in that component and it amazed him they'd come up with such a brilliant solution.
They (The Vincent) where very advanced with cantilever rear suspension and virtually no frame,  just all structural parts bolted to the engine.

[Johnwebley]

Oh I do like to be besides the sea side.well.Weston S mare
With some bikers from the aircooledrd forum.
Met up at Chedar gorge.ride around the area. Ended at WSM

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[Moorey]

Is anything in place for Crich Tramway this year or not.

[Nurse Julie]

Is anything in place for Crich Tramway this year or not.

Yes, on another thread
http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,15199.0.html

[Moorey]

Thanks

[Nurse Julie]

Lovely day for a ride out on Hettie. [ Guests cannot view attachments ]

[mike the bike]

Put another 120 miles on the 400 on the annual VMCC Seaside Run.  The was a wide variety of bikes; mostly British bikes, with a few wop and Hun bikes and a fair few Jap bikes.  As the name of the run suggests, we got to see a lot of the Bristol Channel.

[mike the bike]

There's more photos to post but I'm shite at attaching them.  Tried resizing and all that bollocks but it don't happen.  I should go and ask a fcuking 3 year old.

[Johnwebley]

Lovely day for a ride out on Hettie. (Attachment Link)

  Hettie is looking grand ,

  you will have to show Mike how to post pics ,
 we never seem to get any of 400/4 's