(small) Bike Things You've Done Today

Gone from this:


To this:


I thought the low beam LEDs were on their way out but after a long chat with @Old Jock, we got it sorted.
Still needed to bake it in the oven to open it, bypass the low beam driver then seal it back up. All in a day’s work.


Before, they were only getting 10 volts and were very dim. Now you can’t even look at them.

 

Finished rebuilding this

 

Fitted the later version comfort seat to my MT09. Even got some bins in the picture for someone.

 

Washed and waxed two bikes today that was overdue, also on the Trails bike for a few laps, plus i also looked at a Triumph Bonniville.

 

Which year Bonnie?

 

installed an oxford USB charger, as i use iPhone for satnav

didnt want some crappy Oxford thing on the top mount so i utilised the battery tender lead which sticks out by clutch master cylinder, adapted a lead so i can plug straight in to it

only to be used when desperate i can plug in and secure the charger, which is about the size of a box of matches, with velrco inside the fairing, otherwise i'll keep it under the seat

 

A 1972 model, but wasn't stock format and a very expensive purchase price, so perhaps not this time around.

 

When did they switch to lefthand gear change from the suicide ones?

 

My dad has a few old British bikes, I don't know how he can ride one of those in the morning and a modern left change in the afternoon!.

 

Practice my dear boy practice.

 

Do you mean, from the correct side to the incorrect side, dear boy ?

 

Perhaps the John Bloor period and not before.

 

No, my Trident & Bonnie both had lefthand gear change, they were '76 & '78.

 

Yes when did the Meriden mob realise that whilst we would put up with oil leaks, putting the gear change where the rear brake belonged was no longer an option!

 

Seems it was '75 / '76. Had to do with American laws requiring the brake controls to be on the right. I believe that BSA and Norton did the same.

 

Wow that's given me confidence with some of these old fossils, that one i viewed had RHS gearchange attached.

 

I owned four old school trumpets simultaneously whilst living in the USA. They looked gorgeous. They rode well and whilst not super fast it was a real pleasure to ride them. They were often crap to start, and their poorly designed or simply low quality electrics were a constant problem.

I'd have another one only if I had an extra large garage, and other bikes to actually ride. Which would mean I could polish and smile at the Trumpet & ride it gently, on perfect days, short distances.

 

I'm not a fan of the latter disc brake version, but the leading shoes / hub...it looks so sexy in my opinion.
Anyway who needs to stop when your having fun.