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Go on. Youll enjoy it! Words of advice to one of my neighbours, newly arrived to motorcycling with a licence still damp and a Super Dream with barely 20 miles under its wheels since he rebuilt it.
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In these enlightened days of the 21st century, youdve thought that that the old spectre of discrimination against people on motorbikes wouldve long been a thing of the past, wouldnt you? well, it isntits alive and well in Scotland A few years ago I was meandering me way up through the Highlands on the way to the Wildcat Rally and, having got utterly drowned (and caught, passed and left by a cement mixer truck with the drum going round) going up the side of Loch Ness, decided to stop and call it a day for the day in Inverness. I was thinking about a hot shower, dry clothes and a cold beer (in that order too) as I pottered through the town, keeping an eye out for B&Bs with vacancies. Three times I pulled over when I saw signs and three times, by the time Id walked up to the door, the sign had changed from Vacancy to No Vacancy. Really? Three B&Bs in a row all filled their last room in such a short time? Its possible, of course, but I doubt it Then a few weeks ago as me and a mate were making our way up to Skye for an event, we got to Mallaig to get the ferry across, and once again, set about trying to get somewhere to kip prior to finding food and a glass or two of something foaming. Now I know it was a Friday night in August and so the number of places available would be few and far between, but you can normally find somewhere. We had a trot round town to no avail (particularly unhelpful they were too in Mallaig, unlike almost everywhere else in Scotland Ive been), and so we looked on the Late Rooms website and found a place that had a twin left. We got back on our bikes, rode over to it and, indeed, spotted a Vacancy sign in the window. Woohoo, we thought, thank ferk for that. But, by the time wed turned around and pulled up outside, the Vacancy sign had gone, replaced with a No Vacancy one. Now, again, I can understand this happening; they couldve taken a phone booking or something, but five minutes later, after a last fruitless look around town, we passed the place again to see the Vacancy sign back out again tossers. Nik
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Kustom Kulture Design would like you to know about their huge range of Wall Art There are over 400 designs, both bikes and also classic cars and hot rods too, and sizes are up to seven feet! Prices vary from 1529.50 (plus shipping), and as they are die-cut from signwriting vinyl they are perfect for vehicle graphics as well as home or office use. They also do a huge range of other graphics too, including tank decals. Check them out at their website at www.kustomkulturedesign.co.uk.
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Triumph, the UKs top selling brand of 500cc plus motorcycles, has gone back to the future with its Bonnevilles, Thruxton and Scrambler models, by developing eye-catching new colour schemes, improved tonal characteristics and an even better riding experience for its legendary classics range The Bonneville gets new silencers, new tank badges, new engine details, a new seat, a new grab rail and a choice of Phantom Black, Lunar Silver or Crystal White/ Sapphire Blue colours. And the Bonneville T100 gets new pipes, engine detailing, a chrome grab rail and chainguard, and as a nod to its 60s heritage, the new T100 has a new Crystal White and Aurum Gold paint scheme, inspired by the 1964 Bonneville, with the stylised colour split continuing across the front and rear mudguards. It also comes in a mean and moody black
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The third annual Wheelie Good Bike Show took place in Newton Stewart in Dumfries & Galloway on Sunday August 4
Organised by the Rotary Club of Newton Stewart, its held to raise money for local charities and Riders for Health. Over 130 bikes and trikes took part in the ride-in from New Galloway, which was led by road-racing legend, Ian Simpson, and some 250 bikes parked in the towns main street, leading to a carnival atmosphere. The organisers hope to build on the success of this years event, making it Scotlands largest street gathering. For more info on the event, go to their website at www.wgbs.org.
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Casarva Custom Conversions have developed a new bolt-on trike kit as part of their range The new kit, dubbed The Brute, has been developed to cater for those wanting to convert their bike to a trike where the donor bike is a heavier, less svelte machine and is made from larger tube. Using larger diameter tube not only increases the load-bearing strength, but looks the part blending in with the manufacturers chassis constructed of similar size tube. Casarva have seen a strong demand for The Brute kits, which start at 1,399, and the new addition boosts the range of kits available from them that can be configured to convert shaft, chain and belt drive bikes. To see Casarva in action, go to their Facebook page where you can see current and past builds for inspiration or www.casarva.co.uk.
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The Circus of Horrors is about to begin a massive two-fold tour to run between October and March Firstly, theyre going to running a series of performances at The Lyric theatre in Londons West End (the first time a circus has appeared in a West End theatre for 100 years), and also a huge British tour, taking in around 100 venues in pretty well all of the UKs major cities from Aberdeen to Truro. The latest incarnation London after Midnight is inspired by the film of the same name, and is set in plague-ridden London and climaxes with the Great Fire of 1666. The story twists and turns with grisly murders and sensational shocksinterwoven with some of the greatest and most bizarre circus acts on earth; sword swallowers, knife throwers, daredevil balancing acts, astounding aerialists, demon dwarfs, hair hanging beauties, sinister sisters, and much moreand performed by an almighty cast with a forked tongue firmly in each cheek and the devil driver rock n roll of Dr Haze & The Interceptors from Hell. For more info on both the London gigs and the British tour go to their website at www.circusofhorrors.co.uk.
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Love the look of a set of apes on a Softail and Dyna, but hate sorting out which cables and brake line to use? Burly have designed specific kits for the late model Dynas and Softails, designed for 12-inch, 14-inch, 16inch and 18-inch apes The kits include extended throttle cables, extended clutch cable, extended brake line and even wiring harness extensions specific to HDLAN (H-D Local Area Network), and all instructions. They fit 2011-2013 FX and FL Softails, 2012-2013 FXD Dyna models (except Fatbob), and can be got from anywhere that stocks the MAG Europe range or www.mageurope.net.
Outdoor specialist Extremities is encouraging motorbike enthusiasts to reap the benefits of its range of silk clothing accessories, which are perfect for base layers As a natural fabric, silk holds many properties. It is hypoallergenic and has natural temperature regulating properties, making it suitable to wear in all climates, and its thermostatic properties and high absorbency make it an ideal companion for motorcyclists, particularly as a base layer in winter. Their silk balaclava (20) can easily be worn under helmets and offers a soft and comfortable fit, while the balaclava style provides more warmth than a standard buff. And silk gloves (12) also make great liners, as the lightweight fabric provides warmth while the close fit allows for flexible movement underneath heavier gloves. For more information on Extremities products or to buy online visit www.extremities.co.uk.
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My winter boots of choice, the Infinity Gore-Texs are luvverly. Theyre tough (leather upper, reinforcement everywhere), waterproof, warm, and comfortable. Theyre easy to get on and off, and have a reassuringly chunky feel to them They cost 239.99 and you can get them from anywhere that stocks the TCX rangecheck out www.nevis.uk.com for your nearest dealer.
The Treks are made from leather and are 100 percent waterproof They have a breathable membrane, moulded internal shin deflectors, quick-release buckle and velcro fasteners, a moulded gear change overlay, and a deep grip anti-slip sole. They cost 89.95 from anywhere that stocks Spada or www. spada clothing. co.uk.
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Alpinestars New Land are Gore-Tex touring boots. Theyre short boots, crafted from a full-grain leather upper with a breathable and guaranteed waterproof internal Gore-Tex liner They have velcro tab closure for flex and comfort on and off the bike, a grippy sole, and velcro calf adjustment for individual fit and adjustment. They cost 169.99 from www. getgeared.co.uk or in-store at GetGeared Leeds or GetGeared Leatherhead.
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Used by elite tactical and police teams across the world, these waterproof boots will never let you down Constructed from waterproof leather with a ballistic nylon upper, they also feature a waterproof and breathable Gore-Tex lining, cushioned removable insert, and slipresistant rubber outsole. Available in all the usual sizes, they cost 139 from Mean & Green on 08458 991133 or www.meanandgreen.com.
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The Jazz is a custom style ladies boot, made from high quality leather, with a waterproof and breathable membrane, pull tabs for ease of fitting, and a wedge style sole Available in black, they come in sizes 48 and cost 79.95 from Eccles Racing at www. ecclesracing.co.uk.
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The legendary Couriers from Sidi are manufactured in full-grain leather, and are lined with a Tepor membrane, and a ZeroSweat liner to allow maximum absorption and quick dispersion of sweat The front and rear joints allow enhanced flexibility, the gearchange pad is in leather, and the sole is in rubber with a specially designed tread for improved grip. They cost 224.99, and last an eternity cant recommend Seal of these enough. Get yours from anywhere that Approva l stocks Sidi or www. sidiselect.co.uk.
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These new boots have a leather upper, a waterproof Drygate lining, a rubber touring sole, and protection all the way round the foot and lower leg They have all the features youd expect a biker boot to have, and a price tag you might not expect. They cost just 69.95 from www. getgeared.co.uk or in-store at GetGeared Leeds or GetGeared Leatherhead.
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dear 100% Biker, Thanks again for sorting out the photo for Dick from the Popham Mega-Meets retirement party; heres a photo of Dick receiving it from us. He loved it, but said it wouldve been better if Jo, the model, had given it to him instead of me as Im an ugly bugger! Yep Im going to miss him. Cheers! Gorbz Ps. I shouldve replied Id rather have seen Jo sat on that Manx Norton than you, shouldnt I?
dear 100% Biker, Due to falling numbers, caused by both the weather and the sate of peoples finances, sadly the Jugsters MCC have decided to call a halt to our Frozen Bladder Rally. We all had nine years out of an event that really started as a joke (camping in -9 degrees very funny, ha ha), and the club would like to thank all you lunatics who made this the special event it was. Our April rally, the Bosted Bladder, is not affected and will continue as usual. Once again a special thanks to all who supported us. Tapeworm Tim, Jugsters Mcc Sorry to hear it N. dear 100% Biker, Jurassic Coast 8; thank you to Satan Slaves MC Dorset for inviting us to join in with this event. The weather was great, as we had hoped, and good fun was had by all. We got quite a few signatures for our campaigns and we auctioned a paddock jacket with comical auction banter provided by our Political Officer, Danny. Thank you also to Geoff Wheelan who was on the CMA stand next to us for helping to erect the ED MAG Fortress of Solitude (aka the gazebo) as Danny was woefully inadequate! Well thats what our Treasurer, Evi, says anyway! East dorset MAG
dear 100% Biker, Not sure if this is of interest, but I had an interesting, but scary, chat with an insurer yesterday. I was asked if I had a B1A category on my licence, as without it I couldnt ride my beloved trike. I informed them I had a B1 and an A, but according to the DVLA website theres no such thing as a B1A. After consulting a colleague, he came back to say my licence was okay, but it makes me wonder how many people have been told they can no longer ride in error! Hoping Im right, there is no such thing as a B1A, is there? Stuart Rochford
dear 100% Biker, Last weekend I went to a small bike and trike show. This was run by the S.L.U.T.S and was at a brilliant venue; it had everythinggood food, good beer, good music, good people, and the weird and wonderful! My trike was entered in the show and as always do it won a trophy; Best Rat! I was delighted, over the moon! I dont consider my trike a rat as I think its got too many shiny bits, but it made me think; what about all the trikes that dont have show-winning paint jobs and loads of chrome? Why not have a new class at shows and rallies and call itJust a Trike? We put them in shows and we know we aint gonna win, but we do it anyway! I am so proud of me and my old Ford trike; having my photo taken with it, was only the second time in 18 years of triking! It was, and still is, a World Cup feeling and Id like all the other rats out there get the chance to feel the same way as me! Big Al Trog, Trike-riding old git!
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Ive been riding 20-something years and in that time Ive owned dozens of sports bikes, but I had always hankered after something one-off; a caf racer, a streetfighter, something unusual
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hen about three years ago, while killing time on eBay, I stumbled across a hardtailed Suzuki GS550 with a GSX-R 750 engine and Yamaha R1 front end. I could see the potential in it and as it only had 14 minutes left on the auction, I bought it. Its silhouette was very similar to how it looks now, but there isnt much that I havent altered or replaced. It came with a pearlescent purple paint job, a race bike exhaust end can, wide chrome flyer bars, and chromed Bates headlight, and although still quite cool, it just didnt work aesthetically (and pearlescent purple and chrome really isnt me!), but despite the styling mismatch I ran the bike for a year whilst the plans for its metamorphosis took shape in my head. As a fan of sports bikes, and given the chops sports bike donors, I thought Id create a bridge between the two styles. Off came the skinny chrome bars, the Bates, and the brown leather seat
with is chrome springs. I have a mate, Paul, whose business, Zero Limits Carbon Fibre, specialises in supplying carbon fibre car and bike bodywork, but he also provides a bespoke service where he can have almost anything remanufactured in carbon fibre too. The tank and rear mudguard were handed over to him and he sent them off to his factory in the Far East to have them wrapped in the finest quality Japanese 3mm 2k twill weave carbon fibre. I opted to wrap the steel items rather than simply have them reproduced in carbon for two simple reasons; strength and longevity. Petrol eats carbon fibre, you see; the pure carbon fibre fuel tanks used by race teams are replaced every year or so, but I wanted mine to last a lot longer than that! Zero Limits also supplied the matching front mudguard to finish off the look. While the bodywork was off on its travels I set about the rest of the bike. I had Raw Steel (www.
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rawsteelfabrications.co.uk) make me a set of very wide one-inch bars, which I cut to length and had powdercoated. I fitted an internal throttle and routed all the cables and hoses inside to give the clean and uncluttered look (I tried an internal clutch too, but there was just too much force required to operate a cable clutch and the internal twist mechanism just wasnt up to the job). A Hayabusa master-cylinder was sourced and fitted along with Goodridge braided hoses, and to eliminate the gap where the switchgear would normally reside,
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SUzUKI GSX-R 750
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I knocked up some bespoke length grips out of aluminium on the father-in-laws lathe, along with various spacers required during the rebuild. eBay came up trumps for the headlight, the shocks for the seat, and he race bike fuel filler. plus all the components I needed to remake the wiring loom and make the remote starter. The race can on the exhaust looked so out of place that I just had to bin it. I knocked up a brushed stainless steel end cap and an internal baffle to help the bike fuel correctly as running the titanium exhaust without any form of baffle sounded good, but it ran rough as a badgers bum. With the baffle fitted it still howls like a demon, but allows the engine to do its job. Apparently the motor has been slightly tweaked, and given its propensity to lift the front under heavy acceleration, I have no reason to doubt it. Whats it like to ride? A complete hoot; its comfier than it looks, it goes like a sports bike and the handling is surprising capable once you adapt to its erm characteristics. I just need to sort out the 120mph-plus speed wobble and itll be perfect. It draws admiration from all aspects of the biking community, from the betassled chrome cruiser types to the sport bike power rangers; even non-riding members of society ask about it.
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Engine: 1986 Suzuki GSX-R 750, race cams, Mikuni flatslide carbs, K&N stainless cone air-filters, unknown one-off titanium 4-1 exhaust with one-off internal baffle & brushed stainless end cap by owner, offset front sprocket Frame: 1981 Suzuki GS550, professionally hardtailed, Yamaha R1 foot-rests/ controls/ hangers Sharp End: Yamaha R1 wheel/ discs/ calipers/ forks/ bottom yoke, Lucas Racing top yoke, Goodridge braided stainless brake lines, one-off one-inch bars with internal cables/ hoses/ throttle, Suzuki Hayabusa master cylinders, one-off grips by owner, Vapor multi-function digital speedo unit Sharp End: Yamaha R1 wheel/ disc, Suzuki GSX-R caliper, Brembo mastercylinder, one-off steel torque arm, aftermarket rear sprocket Bodywork: Carbon fibre Yamaha R1 front mudguard, metal fuel tank clad in 3mm thick 2k twill weave carbon fibre. aluminium racing fuel cap, leather seat sprung with pushbike suspension units, one-off steel rear mudguard clad in 3mm thick 2k twill weave carbon fibre, one-off steel electrics/ battery box Electrics: One-off loom with remote start by owner, unknown headlight with idiot lights by owner, modified outboard motor prop housing as rear light with 1950s Lucas glass lens, horn switch on bars, rest on battery box, some components in rear third of tank Paint: None Powdercoating: Frame and bars by Stamford Blast Cleaning Engineering: Grips, various other spacers etc by owner Thanks To: Paul at zero Limits Carbon Fibre (01778 422722) for carbon work; Karl at Stamford Blast Cleaning (01780 0479192) for powdercoating; the girlfriends dad for letting me loose on his lathe; my girlfriend Rachel and my sons Mason and Ashton for tolerating my obsession and having a dining room full of motorbikes and tools; and all my fellow members of Tigers MCC for listening to me prattle on about the build
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Im really pleased with the way its turned out, but regret that I didnt build it from scratch myself. Ill give credit where its due; whoever had the idea of using an outboard motor propeller housing for the rear light needs a pat on the back, and the titanium exhaust is a work of art, as is the frame. As with all custom bikes, it isnt finished; the oil cooler could do with being replaced with a smaller item, and I want to change the yokes for billet ones, and fit longer fork stanchions to give me a slightly longer rake and improved ground clearance. Over the winter I plan to strip it down and smooth the welds on the frame, re-powdercoat it, and Im sure the engine would love an overhaul and re-paint too. p
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BIKE FEATURE
TRIUMPH T140 BONNIE
WAsh N go
Nige Bamber and Triumphs; theyve been synonymous for what seems like forever
f this was a poncy sports bike mag, Nige would be labelled unreconstructed for not moving with the times and zipping himself into day-glo leathers nowadays and riding slowly to a local biker haunt every Sunday morning with his mates before bragging about how fast they all went But this is 100% Biker and the real world, so Nige actually displays that effortless cool that only comes when the long hair and even longer beard are showing more than a smattering of grey, and youre still building dead groovy custom bikes and hammering them all over the country on a regular basis like
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youve done for the last 40 years or so. Smart. Unusually, Nige didnt build this Bonnie from scratch. It was started by his mate Des, whod done a fair bit of the work; not just in getting the stance and look set, but also doing most of the fabrication as well, before then zooming off to New Zealand. Nige took over the build, but is keen to give credit to Des for all the styling, All I did was turn it into a functioning motorcycle he says modestly. The engine features Niges usual trademarks; a careful rebuild utilising a Morgo oil-pump, Boyer ignition, Devimead
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needle-roller pressure plate, PSP hydraulic clutch conversion and Norman Hyde oil cooler, although this time he used an oil-filter extension on the seat post rather than an external spin-on filter. The oil-in-frame Bonnie chassis is a decent bit of kit, but it always suffers from a high seat height. Dropping the seat rails two inches, and extending the swingarm by the same amount, transforms the
in their wisdom used different hub halves front and rear, and nothing mates up. Sigh. Shaking his head at the incomprehensible factory reasoning, Nige turned up his own alloy spacer for the front You probably also wont have noticed that the engine has been moved 5mm to the left, to give a sensible chain clearance with the wider 16-inch rear tyre. For the front and bottom engine mounts, that simply involves different spacers,
riding position, which is evident as soon as you swing a leg over itit just feels far more planted than a stock Bonnie. The swingarm doesnt have any parallel sections, so extending it also makes it wider, and although you cant tell just by looking, to keep the rear shocks upright, the upper mounts were correspondingly moved out during the lowering process. You will have noticed the wider alloy yokes, courtesy of Blod, to accommodate the fat front tyre, but you may not have spotted the wider front hub. Latemodel Triumph hubs are a two-piece affair, or at the rear a three-piece jobbie with a spacer ring in the middle. No problem, use a rear spacer in the front and the hub fills the forks properly, rather than having to use spacers on the spindle except when you try it, you discover that Triumph
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but for the rear it means cutting and re-welding the plates, taking the dog-leg out of the right one, and adding a dog-leg to the left one. Did you also spot that the tank has been modified; the front lifted a couple of inches or so on new mounts and the resulting gap filled in? Or the neat Magura handlebar levers? Or the rose-jointed rear torque arm? Or the flush popup filler cap transposed into the original Triumph tank, along with the cutsey little balance pipe welded in at the rear? Details,
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TRIUMPH T140 BONNIE
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Engine: Triumph T140 Bonneville, fully rebuilt, Morgo oil-pump, Boyer ignition, Devimead needle-roller clutch pressure plate, PSP hydraulic clutch conversion, Norman Hyde oil cooler, Mikuni carbs, TT-style downpipes, stainless extensions, reverse cone megaphones Frame: Triumph T140 Bonneville OIF, seat rails lowered, shortened sub-frame, extended swingarm, modified engine mounts Sharp End: Modified stock wheel/ brakes/ forks, wide alloy yokes, Western style hirise handlebars Blunt End: Extended stock swingarm, Hagon shocks, stock wheel & brake Tinware: Short front mudguard, stock tank with relocated tap outlets, one-off seat, cut-down rear mudguard Electrics: Modified stock loom, Bates headlight, Sparto style rear light Paint: Very green Engineering: Lots of one-off parts by owner
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details, details the shape of the rear rack follows the unique design of the tank rack originally fitted to much earlier Triumphs, and hours of work went into extending the front TT exhaust pipes with hand-bent and welded stainless tubing to bring the two high-level exits out to the offside. And then theres the NCC diamond cut into the baffle plates that you cant even see unless you peer down into the reverse-cone megaphone silencers. So weve set the style, weve made it rideable, and weve made it functional; now were about to make it user-friendly. All the alloy work is powdercoated; again that was Des idea and doing, not just in the choice and execution, but even going to the extent of having the powder for the silver-grey specially mixed. And when I say all the alloy work, I mean ALL the alloy work; the engine crankcases and outer
cases, the head, barrel and rocker boxes, the wheel rims, hubs, yokes and fork sliders. No oxidised alloy, or hours of polishing needed here. With stainless fittings and miledeep paintwork, its about as wash n go as you can get. Sure, the discs are showing rust, but dont let that fool you into thinking its because of lack of usecast-iron discs can do that by the afternoon if it rains in the morning. No, the bike gets plenty of miles added to it, and not only has Nige made good use of the bike himself, but its been lent out as a shop bike (Nige works at Will Burrows H-D shop in Inskip, just north of Preston) to customers whove broken down, and been returned heaped with praise. And even though Willd never sell his own Harley, he did let slip to me on the quiet, if ever he did, Wash N Go would be the bike hed want to replace it. Very high praise indeed. p
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BIKE FEATURE
INDIAN SCOUT & FOUR
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I spotted these two Indians at the Autumn Classic All American Weekend hosted by the Prescott Hill Climb; a great day out with many hot-rods competing. The bikes were aptly parked alongside the Wall of Death, and the owners were as interesting as their machines
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eter has owned his 1941 Indian Scout 741 for nearly 60 years; a fact that I struggle to get my head around. I mean, I dont know about you, but I tend to get bored with my own toys after a year or two. I dont know whether that means the bike is very good or Peters the type of chap whos happy with what he has maybe a bit of each. Hed ridden his bike up from Berkshire that morning, and hed been to the Isle of Man earlier that year too; not bad for a 72-year-old bike and rider. This Indian was built under contract for the British Army in 1941, and for some reason the engines capacity was reduced from the usual civilian 750cc to just 500cc for the army. Peter has since bored it out to 600cc, but would need to stroke it to get back to full size. The other difference between the military and civilian models was the increase in ground clearance on the army bikes; this was achieved with longer forks and a different subframe. Peters family were farmers in Norfolk and at the age of just 15 he bought the bike from a local scrap man for, get this, 5. His aunt,
he hAD to PUsh it hoMe As the eNgiNe WAs seiZeD soliD FRoM beiNg stooD, bUt UNDeR the sUPeRvisioN oF his FAtheR, he stRiPPeD AND RebUilt it
you see, had left him the princely sum of 25, a lot of money for a 15-year-old in 1955! He had to push it home as the engine was seized solid from being stood, but under the supervision of his father, he stripped and rebuilt it, soon getting it running perfectly. In those days he had to ride his push bike eight miles to school, which must have been incredibly frustrating when he owned a 500cc motorbike, but at the age of 16 he passed his test after only two weeks of (legally) riding it on the road. He used it to go back and forth to college, but says that he had no end of trouble as the other students used to mess about with it, playing with the settings on the variable jet carb. The machine then underwent a perioda long periodwhen
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Original Year, Make & Model: 1941 Indian Scout 741 army spec 500cc Engine: 1941 Indian Scout 741 army spec, bored to 600cc Frame: 1941 Indian Scout 741 army spec (different subframe for better ground clearance) Sharp End: 1941 Indian Scout 741 army spec (longer forks for more ground clearance) Blunt End: 1941 Indian Scout 741 army spec Tinware: 1941 Indian Scout 741 army spec
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INDIAN SCOUT & FOUR
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he sAYs hes too olD FoR this big olD beAst these DAYs. it DoesNt get leFt iN the gARAge, thoUgh, oh No; his soN RiDes it WheNeveR he CAN
it languished untouched in a garage until December 2010, when, with the help of his friend William Davis (who he is part-owner of a glider with), the poor old bike was pulled out into the light of day (or garage anyway) and stripped, checked over, refurbished and bored to 600cc. You may be wondering where he managed to get the parts for such a rare 60-yearold motorcycle? Well, theyre readily available from Germany of all places. Mike and his 1933 Indian Four 1270 make both Peter and his bike seem like youngsters. Mike is 88 years old and his bike is 80, and hes another who regularly rides his machine. He also has a Sports Scout which he rides all over Europe as he says hes too old for this big old beast these days. It doesnt get left in the garage, though, oh no; his son rides it whenever he can. Mike is a World War II veteran who served in the Royal Navy; he signed up in 1943 at just 17, and says it was a different world then, none of these riots and lootings. He also went to the Isle of Man, this time for the 100-year celebration of Indians TT win when the bikes took not only first, but second and third places too. The weekend before he was in Wales with a sidecar fitted so that he could take his wife, Sybil, too. Shes been the Secretary of the Indian Riders Club for the last 25
years and is as dedicated to the marque as he is. The bikes had a long and colourful history; in his earlier, more spirited, days he rode it so hard that it threw a rod out of the crankcases bloody hooligan! Luckily for him, his company repaired car and van gearboxes so through this he knew a good welding company; Alpha Welding from Croydon, specialists in the Nuclear Energy business, so as you can imagine their work had to be top notch. While it was in pieces, he fitted a new set of pistons too to get the performance back up to what it should be, and apart from another set and a rebore since then, its hardly needed any major work at all. Not bad for an 80-year bike, is it? Thanks to the Demon Drome Wall of Death (www.demondrome.com) for letting us use the Demon Drome for a backdrop. p
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Original Year, Make & Model: 1933 Indian Four 1270 Engine: 1933 Indian Four 1270, rebored Frame: 1933 Indian Four 1270 Sharp End: 1933 Indian Four 1270 Blunt End: 1933 Indian Four 1270 Tinware: 1933 Indian Four 1270
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BIKE FEATURE
ARIEl 350
The quite, quite stunning motorcycle you see here in front of you, ladies and gentlemen, is living proof that you dont have to spend gazillions of pounds to build one of the best custom bikes in the land
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ARiel FUsioN
his is actually the third bike built by Matt Barnard that weve featured in Biker; you may remember his very cool gunmetal grey Intruder chop from a few years back and his orange GS500 hardtail too. This one, his 1952 Ariel NH350 Red Hunter, was a garden ornament outside his house when I visited to photograph the two bikes mentioned above; hed found it leaning against a tree, buried under vegetation, during a garden clearance in May 2011. It was extensively corroded with holes in the frame, and the tinware had largely rusted away (the tank had
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rotted in such a way that it was almost like a piece of sculpture, but the rear tyre still had air in it!), and he doesnt think it would be an exaggeration to assume itd been untouched for something like 40 years. He saw me looking at it and said with a smile, Ill build a chop out of that one day Every time he walked past it he kept looking at the engine, weighing up how it would look in
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the bike he had in his head, and of course, it was really only a matter of time before the project began. Surprisingly, given that itd sat outside uncovered and unprotected for longer than some of our readersve been alive, the internal damage to the engine wasnt as bad as youd expect it to be. Itd need a new piston and liner, the head rebuilding, and a complete new clutch, but considering how bad it couldve been that was getting off lightly. Star Engineers in Chelmsford were given the job of reboring the cylinder and sorting out the head, and Matt fitted a much newer and better carb from a Royal Enfield Bullet on a new one-off manifold. The magneto was reconditioned Z
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ARIEl 350
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to provide sparks, the primary rebuilt and fitted with a nickelplated chain, and the Burman GB gearbox given the once over, and any worn parts replaced as necessary. Last job motor-wise, apart from cleaning it up and detailing it, was the creation of the one-off stainless exhaust that so lovingly hugs the engine and exits through a moped silencer that he found on the verge of the local bypass and adapted to fit. With the engine shipshape and Bristol fashion (whatever the hell that means), he turned his attention to the frame. As usual he planned to make it himself and envisaged a single downtube goose-neck affair rigid of courseand planned to use the original lower rails, complete with engine and gearbox mounts, as theyd
survived four decades of neglect by being coated in leaked engine oil and chain grease. This would help to align the engine and gearbox in the frame, you see, and make his life a little easier. He also decided to tilt the engine forwards approximately 15 degrees to give the bike a lower profile and a more sporty look. Forgoing traditional spoked wheels, he plumped for a pair of ultra-modern
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five-spokes from a Yamaha YZF125R sports learner (the one that looks like a mini R1) and new old stock tyres sourced from eBay. Both were fitted with tiny but powerful AJP scooter calipers, and while the rear was shoehorned in as is, the front needed to be matched up to the stock Ariel forks which took a bit of jiggerypokery on Matts part. The result, though, with the original fork shrouds, yokes and speedo, looks just perfect, helped, of course, by the fact that hes colour-matched the aftermarket headlight to the frame and tinware. The bike has that look of an old un about it, doesnt it, even though its only been built a few months. Matt made a conscious decision to use a colour scheme that was as close to the original as
he could get it, you see, wanting it to be the same as it wouldve been when it left the factory 61 years ago. And the lack of chrome, and the little brass details throughout, just add to the old bike look too. But were getting ahead of ourselves, arent we? We havent finished talking about the Ariels construction yet. A D1 Bantam tank (thats a BSA Bantam for our Z
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ARIEL 350
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Original Year, Make & Model: 1952 Ariel NH350 Red Hunter Engine: 1952 Ariel NH350 Red Hunter, rebuilt, new piston/ liner/ head/ valves, reconditioned magneto, Royal Enfield Bullet carb, jetted to suit, one-off manifold, one-off stainless exhaust with modified moped silencer, open primary with nickel plated chain, Burman GB gearbox, new clutch basket and plates Frame: One-off single downtube gooseneck rigid by owner, original lower frame rails, engine as stressed member Sharp End: Yamaha YzF125R wheel and disc, Metzeler tyre, AJP scooter caliper, original forks with shrouds, original speedo and yokes, widened Ariel Heavyweight handelbars, oneoff steering damper/ handlebar clamps/ mirror Blunt End: Yamaha YzF125R wheel and disc, Continental tyre, AJP scooter caliper Tinware: BSA Bantam D1 fuel tank, lawnmower petrol tank for oil tank, autojumble rear mudguard, Lycett replica seat Electrics: Total loss ignition system, 4.5-inch LED bullet headlight, one-off LED rear light Paint: Satin black and claret by owner Polishing: Owner Engineering: Owner Thanks To: Star Engineers (01245 440501) for rebore and head work; Tony for help and advice; Bob for enthusiasm and all those second opinions; the customer for the donation of what was once his fathers motorcycle; and the Ariel Owners Club spares department (its restored as original, honest!)
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younger readers) was pressed into service, along with a lawnmower petrol tank adapted for use as the oil tank. The seat is a Lycett replica (Lycett were a famous bicycle and motorcycle saddle maker with a history dating back to 1893), and the rear mudguard came from an autojumble (as did the two tanks). The rear light is a complete one-off; a combination of a mixer tap lever, a lorry marker lens, and an LED light, and this ingenuity is extended to the mirrormade from a door knob, a door handle, and a blind spot mirror. Almost everything on the bike was made by Matt himself, and he wired it and painted it too, and did what little polishing he felt necessary. The finished machine, he reports, is as low as hed planned, and as youd imagine, quite slow, but he says, keeps up with modern traffic provided you keep off dual carriageways. Its also picked up awards at just about every event its been to understandable as it is, as I said at the beginning of this article, quite, quite stunning. Its an inspired
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blend of the old and the new, the sort of thing that highly-paid motorcycle designers would be proud to have in their portfolio, and the fact that it was done by one bloke, on his own, in a small workshop, just goes to prove something Ive always said; the British custom bike scene is one of the best, most innovative, and least blinkered in the world. Thanks, Matt, for confirming that. One of the best custom bikes in the UK? Youd better believe it! p
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f youre going to alter, modify or build motorcycles, sooner or later youre going to need to bend some metal. Bending solid bits of metal isnt all that difficult, but bending tube starts to present a few problems which are typified by handlebars and exhausts. The problem with exhausts is that youre trying to bend thin wall tube through a large angle on a tight radius and it wants to collapse. For a set of handlebars you can use tube with a thicker wall, and the radius of the bends can be larger, but they also have
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to be precisely equal and in the correct plane. This is why a lot of custom exhausts are made by welding pre-formed bends together, and also why we have T and Z bars. There are lots of plans out there on the internet for DIY benders, but you either have to buy or machine the formers for most of them, which doesnt make them cheap. About eight years ago I wrote some article on chopping up a Z400, which was all a little pointless unless you had a way of bending tube. For most traditional style stuff, being able to bend tubes of between 7/8-inch and 1-inch in diameter is a useful range, and after a little bit of thought, I came up with an idea. Originally I called it the Fiesta bender, but it gets called a Blackjack bender quite a lot too. It goes like this Dig around under a Ford Fiesta or Escort with rear drum brakes, and youll find that the entire hub, drum and stub axle
unbolt from the car (you wont need the brake back plate) (Fig.1). The point about these is that the whole of the hub and the drum are a single casting and quite stiff. Youll need one for each diameter of tube you want to make a former forand try and find one without a step around
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it. Theres some variation in brake sizes too, so look at a few if you have the chance. Carefully measure the diameter of the drum. Then cut out two scythe shaped pieces of quarter-inch plate so that the inner diameter is a tight fit on the drum; the blade of the scythe is half of the tubes Z
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diameter in thickness, and theres a handle on it as in (Fig.2) I used a jigsaw to cut mine out, cutting it a little over-large and filing and sanding it to size. Once I was happy that the two scythes were as good as I could make them, I welded the first one to the drum taking care that it was square to the stub axle by rotating the drum once the scythe was tacked in place and watching for vertical run out (Fig.3). Once its welded, run a piece of the correct diameter tube around the drum and make sure that the tube will clear the weld, as any high spots will dent the tube when you bend it. Grind down any high spots. The second scythe is positioned so its handle lines up with that of the first one, and its clamped to the first one using spacers that match the diameter of the tube that the former is being made for (Fig.4). The bender is also going to need a frame and a guide for the tube. I used some 2-inch by 1-inch box section for the base of the frame and the upright that supports the former. After Id made a plate to mount the former to the upright, I centralised the former over the base and measured the amount I needed to offset the upright. As it happened, it was 1 inches and I had some box section that size, so I cut some packers and welded the upright to one end of the base (Fig.5). To make the guide I found some thick wall tube that had an
inside diameter the same as the OD of the tube I wanted to bend, since I was making a former for 1-inch tube, I found some 1-inch tube with an 1/8-inch wall thickness. The length of the former should be about a quarter the circumference of the largest part of the former. Cut the tube in half lengthways so that the piece youre going to use is a full semi-circle and doesnt have a weld seam (Fig.6). The easiest way to get everything aligned is to line it all up on the base of the frame. I used some -inch by 1-inch steel bar to back the guide up with, which is why its packed up on two pieces of -inch plate in Fig.7. The reasoning behind that is if you decide to make formers for other sizes of tube, then its easier to alter the height of the guide than to alter the height of the former, but you could just weld the guide to the base.
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With everything welded in position, I cut the handles off the scythes in line with the axis of the tube, and cut another piece of the tube the guide was made from to act as the stop for the tube (Fig.8). The further away from the point where the tube contacts the former the stop is, the easier it is to bend the tube, but the sausaging there will be on the bends. Its easier to move it closer than it is to move it further away, but having the mid-point of the stop about twice the diameter of the tube from the contact point with the former ought to be a good compromisecloser for thin wall stuff; further away for thick wall stuff. I cut a couple of feet for the base and welded those on, making the front one quite long and cut a bracket from some more of the -inch plate to allow the handle to be bolted to the former (Fig.9). The extra long foot let me park a car on it to keep everything stable, and the bolt-on handle means that you can move it round for a second bite if you want more than 90 degrees of bend (Fig.10). It quite happily bent one-inch OD 1/82 wall tube as was, but for thinner wall stuff, the groove in the former was filled with P40 fibre-glass bridging filler and shaped with a piece of tube to provide more support. When I use it, I measure the amount the tube is pulled along the bed rather than the angle Ive bent it through, which makes it dead easy to produce two identical bends. p
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f youve missed any of the articles and would like to read the full story of the build in sequence, back issues are available from www.100-biker. com/back-issues, and the build started in issue 169. As previously mentioned, Sheena decided that she wanted a trike. This was due to the fact that she struggled to keep a large capacity bike on its wheels and didnt want to downsize. Unlike most men, myself included (so Ive been told), Joff, Sheenas other half, actually listened to what she said, so instead of Of course dear, yes love, whatever you think poppet, he set the (three) wheels in motion and found her a 98 Harley-Davidson Sportster to chop up. He didnt stop there; he did all the research and legwork too. Who says romance is dead these days? Initially the plan was to simply buy a bolt-on swingarm conversion, but Joff wasnt keen on either the look of them or the idea of the extra twisting forces on the swingarm pivot area created by this design. He doesnt do things by halves either; Joff
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was the first UK V-Max owner to have his bike mono shocked, so between them they decided to have a complete custom job. They were both fans of the Attitude Customs/Exile Cycles trikes so the first parts to buy were a bargain set of 15-inch Mickey Thompsons from eBay; a trike isnt a proper trike without monster rear wheels, you see. Sheena wanted a set of our split rims and to save a few quid, we used her original solid rear in the front and widened it to fit a sensible sized tyre (200). We chocked the frame with blocks of timber to get the
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correct ground clearance and then set the tyres in place to get the correct stance, and after a round trip from Essex and one happy Sheena later, we were ready to go. The rear tyres were meant to be mounted on 12-inch rims so it goes without saying that we had to stretch them out over 14-inch wide rims. As always, top quality rubberware looks at its best when its a good fit. We finished the wheels then had a call from Joff, Weve bought some spinners for a 50s MG, can you make the wheels so that they look like theyre proper knock-offs and you cant see the bolts? The original MG wheels had splined centres and splined hubs with a large thread to retain the wheel, and the wheels could be fitted and removed with just a hammer. To get around the problem, we made
new wheels with a smaller bolt PCD so that the spinner covered them, and made the hubs with a thread protruding through the wheel to fit the spinners; one lefthand thread and one right-hand. Sheena decided that she wanted a solo seat as this trike was going to be just for her enjoyment, but it didnt look right with the stock tank. Si Harris at Attitude Customs sent one of his and a trick oil tank too for approval. They looked good, but caused another problem; the sub-frame mounting area was too big to fit the tunnel of the tank. We decided itd be easier to cut this off the frame than modify the tank, so Bill got the nine-inch grinder out and a quarter-of-an-hour later the tank was on.
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Engine: 1998 Harley-Davidson 883 Sportster, re-jetted carb, Attitude Customs air-filter, one-off two-inch stainless headers with Supertrapp cans Frame: 1998 Harley-Davidson 883 Sportster, bolt-on trike rear end, stock foot-controls Sharp End: Harley-Davidson rear wheel widened to 6.5-inch, 200 tyre, stock disc/ caliper/ forks/ mastercylinder/ switchgear, one-off raked yokes, HEL Performance brake lines, one-off bars Blunt End: Taylormade Wheels axle, modified Reliant diff, Taylormade Wheels 14x15-inch split-rim wheels with 50s MG knock-off spinners, Suzuki Hayabusa wavy discs, HarleyDavidson V-Rod four-pot calipers Tinware: Attitude Customs petrol tank and battery box, Biltwell solo seat Electrics: One-off loom by Attitude Customs, Arlen Ness headlight, 1912 Aston Martin Lagonda running lights as rears, LED indicators Paint: Gloss black by Russ & Jonny at RJS Polishing: Yokes and exhaust by Gav at GS Polishing Thanks To: Joff for inspiration, design and helping me through it/ordering parts; Steve and Bill at Taylormade Wheels; and Si Harris and crew at Attitude Customs (07758 241123)
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strong area. We jigged it up, bent up some tubes and mounted one of our own axles. The frame was raked at the headstock and the yokes raked too, resulting in the perfect combination of looks and handling. It steers one-handed at any speed without shaking its head; its amazing the difference it can make by getting the trail right. A few niggles appeared; first was the tank (again)the bars hit it when any sort of lock was needed. Joff came to the rescue here with the idea of curved risers. Sorted. The second was the shotgun type silencers theyd supplied; there just was no room for them. We changed them to stubby Supertrapps from Demon Tweeks, with one mounted above the other. We fabricated the exhaust pipes out of two-inch stainless tube and pre-formed bends, then TIGwelded it together as most one-off exhaust manufacturers do these days. Finally, Gav at GS Polishing made it look like an exhaust. We used Si Harris next door neighbours, Trestan Finishers, for the powdercoating on the engine cases and wheel centres, and once it was rolling on its own wheels Joff and Sheena collected it with the idea of completing the job themselves. Unfortunately due to work commitments, they didnt have time, so Si Harris stepped
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up to the plate. He and his crew wired the bike, made an electrics box, got it running sweetly, and got the registration sorted out. He took it for the obligatory 2030mile thrash around Southampton, including some high-speed motorway work, and was straight on the phone as soon as he returned saying, It handles really well, cant believe its a bolt-on kit! Praise indeed from the man who inspired Sheena to want one in the first place! p
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PISSED & CONFUSED RALLY
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2123 June, The Sun & Anchor, Steeple, Essex

Sometimes we forget how good it can be to step outside the bubble of our regular rallies. Its far too easy to get stuck in our ways, and its good to try summat new
he Sun & Anchor in Steeple, the home of the Pissed & Confused MCC, isnt easy to find, but its worth it. The last few miles were fun; whoever had designed the road obviously used cooked spaghetti and a spirograph. Cracking bit of tarmac! The pub was lovely, and there was camping in the field out the back with a stage and a bar set up at the bottom so are not to upset the locals too much. It was all very pleasant; wandering the campsite looking at bikes and chatting, sitting around on hay bales watching the bands, even dancing by me. I blame the generosity of the man with the cider that didnt taste alcoholic in any way, yet managed to convince me that not only could I dance, but I was good at it. We all have our favourite rallies, but if you want to try a new one (and a road the same shape as a drunken worm playing Twister) with really friendly people and a cracking breakfast in a nice little pub then may I suggest this one? p
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y old french teacher in the 70s; a hippy mate of my brother on a communal farm in Germany in the 80s; Al at Notts Custom Cycles and the Orange Whip drag race team; and a bloke I met on a campsite in Yorkshire in the early 90sthey all had one thing in common super-cool XS650s. I rode mine for a couple of years before rebuilding the engine completely (having met the oracle that was Tony Hall at Halco Tuning) including crank bearings, pistons, VM carbs and pipes. Gradually, though, the sweet note of the engine began to fade behind a mist of dodgy leave-you-stranded electrics, tired shocks, poor brakes, and wallowing handling. Slowly but surely, the XS sank to the back of the shed and began to blend with the dust and foliage lurking there. And it stayed there until last year when, having landed a small but pivotal tax return, I started browsing the XS forums and the dreaded (fl)e(a)Bay. I heard exotic tales of rephased engines that liberated power (and stopped the bike vibrating its way down the drive while on the side stand); mythical reports of bikes running without batteries and such like. A plan was hatched; the engine would be re-born as a 277 degree twin, and I would house it in a stiffened XS frame thatd trade its notorious tubular swingarm and twin shock combo for a more contemporary (and much better handling), monoshock/ box section arm/ fat rubber ensemble. I didnt want a straight dirt-trackinspired style, though, I was after something more old/new fusion.
The engine was first on the operating table and as Id already rebuilt it some years before, I wasnt too worried about stripping it down. Most of the internals were still quite serviceable, but I fitted new springs, seals, bearings and gaskets. Then I boxed up my precious crank and cam and sent it off to Holland for the rephasing. This involves splitting the crank, rotating one side forward three notches on the main crank pin, refitting and welding in position. The cam is then cut in half and rotated a corresponding amount. This cancels out as many of the primary and secondary forces created by pistons moving very fast up or down the bore, yet coming to a standstill at either end of the stroke, only to then accelerate back up to maximum velocity on the
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Original Year, Make & Model: 1978 Yamaha XS 650SE Engine: 1978 Yamaha XS 650SE, stainless valves, heavier valve springs, light porting, iridium plugs, 277 degree rephased cams, Mikuni VM34 carbs, pod air-filters, crank rephased to 277 degree firing order, rebuilt clutch with heavy-duty springs, overdrive 5th gear cog, PAMCO electronic ignition to suit 277 degree firing order, twin Green Monster coils, 1.5-inch Halco 2-2 pipes with reverse cone megaphone end cans, Heiden side-mounted oil cooler, permanent magnet alternator with Honda VF500 stator/reg/reg & Yamaha RD 250 rotor, electric start removed, battery replaced with Sparx capacitor, offset front sprocket Frame: 1978 Yamaha XS 650SE, headstock modified to take FzR stem and lower yoke, braced/ gusseted/ de-lugged, new monoshock mounts, modified seat rails, Yamaha FzR600R rearsets on braced hangers Sharp End: 120/17 Bridgestone tyre, Yamaha FzR600R wheel/ brakes/ forks/ yokes (machined bearing collar/spacer, top modified for handlebar mounts), HEL braided stainless brake lines, Renthal bars, Suzuki GSX-R master-cylinder, modified stock switchgear, stock controls, motocross grips, stock clocks with LED bulbs and modified brackets Blunt End: Yamaha FzR600R swinging arm/ modified wheel/ brake/ mastercylinder/ torque arm, Suzuki GSX-R600 shock mated to FzR linkages, one-off sprocket, 160/60 17 Bridgestone tyre, modified stock battery box as rear light/seat mount Tinware: Yamaha FzR600R front mudguard, stock petrol tank, one-off fibreglass seat base upholstered in black vinyl tuck and roll with fake suede piping, modified Yamaha SRX600 tail-piece, modified Yamaha FzR600 hugger/ chainguard, modified custom oil tank as battery box Electrics: One-off loom by owner, stock headlight with halogen bulb conversion, Triumph T595 LED rear light, aftermarket LED indicators Paint: Candy Orange with 2K clearcoat lacquer by Paint Munkey, Exeter Powdercoating: Revill Industrial Paint, Exeter Polishing: Owner Engineering: Sprocket carrier/rear hub machining/ all critical welding/PTFE swingarm bushes etc by Tony Martin at TMS, Crediton; head bearing collars/rear wheel spacers by Si Tomlinson
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next stroke. All of this necessitates a dedicated ignition set-up and a very pleasant chap in the US called Pamco Pete has been building such systems for a while now. After buttoning up the now painted and polished power plant I started to turn my thoughts towards electrics and engineering. I realised that Id have to draw up a one-off wiring diagram as well as physically rewiring the bike, but having re-wired my GSX1100 from scratch, I wasnt too freaked by the physical process, but drawing up the wiring diagram did involve lots of late nights and head-scratching. The engineering shenanigans involved much grinding and welding; some machining; a sprinkling of drilling and filing; a whole bunch of sweating/ grunting/ swearing; and industrial quantities of tea and beer. FZR 600 front and back ends were successfully grafted onto the now reinforced XS frame and the final rolling chassis was
starting to look promising. Having sloughed off all and sundry battery-related tyrannies, I was granted a perfect space to mount an oil tank as a battery box. I had one lying around since building an old rigid Triumph chop, and it got cleaned out, topped and tailed, and filled with a reg/rec, a blade fusebox and a bunch of wiring. To mount it, I used a pair of ally pre-unit Triumph engine plates which, turned upside down, where a good match for the modified oil tanks circumference. It was starting to look like it might all have been plannedI think its called serendipity!
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Tony Martin for engineering support and workshop space at critical moments; Jerry at Heiden Tuning in Holland for the re-phase and all engine parts; Stuart Coote of Grove Upholstery for the seat; Julian at Paint Munkey; Pamco Pete for ignition and support; Hugh Punkskalar for PMA support and inspiration; Dom for bike trailer and all-round good buddy duties; Marijke for tireless support and encouragement; the forum community at XS650.com for inspiration and boundless knowledge; and the late Tony Hall of Halco Tuning for original inspiration and support with the first rebuild
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So whats the bike like overall? Well it all worked straight off (phew) and I am delighted with the look. The rephased engine is an absolute revelation; oodles of stomp, smooth without feeling sterile, and an exhaust note to die for. The new charging system seems to be doing its job well and, most importantly, it now starts first kick! The steering geometry is sharper than the original XS, and combined with the upgraded suspension and modern rubber it handles almost like a modern bike! There have been a couple of flies in the proverbial Chardonnay though (or Stella, more likely); the superb paint job that Justin at Paint Munkey applied was on top of the prep and prime that Id already done (he prefers to start with bare metal, and wasnt too happy about it), and it now looks like I may pay a price for my stubborn pride as the primer is beginning to bubble under the paint bugger! The other issue is that, in spite of the intentionally aggressive riding stance of the rearsets that I fashioned from the FZR pegs, the riding position throws too much weight onto my wristsI can only manage about 15 mins before cramps set in. I am now returning the pegs to the original (and considerably more moderate) location Ill just have to ride the bike more aggressively to compensate! p
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Fighting For Riders Rights
AG, as you know, is there to defend our freedom to ride our bikes wherever we see fit and to have the same rights as other road users. However, there are times when you wish parts of the motorcycling scene would disappear up their own exhaust pipes. Maybe the few morons who enjoy racing down Rainsford Road in London havent got the balls to try it on the track or, if the YouTube videos are anything to go by (where theyre all going really slowly), theyre scared that theyll do themselves some serious damage as they do fall off quite a lot; to date, according to the council, there have been 174 crashes on that small stretch of road. For those that dont know already Brent Council instigated an 18-month experimental traffic order banning bikes on Rainsford Road in the Park Royal Industrial Estate after they allegedly ran out of options. If you look at the councils Facebook page, they say theyre trying to do all they can, but banning motorcycles doesnt solve the problem. Im amazed by their justification for the ban; The police have tried to disperse them, to ask them nicely to stop. Maybe if the policed sent more than one car and actually enforced the law, then there wouldnt be a
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need for the ban, but obviously theyve gone for the cheaper option of a blanket ban. MAG is, of course, doing something about this ban; a couple of weeks ago our Transport Policy Adviser, Dr. Leon Mannings, had a second meeting with Brent Council and the police. More meetings are to follow. Brent Council doesnt want to be seen as an anti-bike council but theyll have to go a long way to convince us otherwise. Lets see what they come up with, eh? In other news, you may recall how this Governments notion of justice leaves a lot to be desired. Recently, the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, announced that he wont be re-visiting the lenient sentencing of Mark Walsh who slammed on his brakes on the M65 causing the death of Peter Sarchet, who lost control of his bike trying to stop behind him after his front brake locked. If you read the Daily Mails website (well, someone has to!), youll see all the numpty comments saying that if you hit someone from behind on the road, then its automatically your fault. Sorry folks, thats bullshit and Im actually living proof of that. Nine years ago I had a prang going to work one morning when a van driver, not observing the tailbacks ahead of him, panic braked. I ended up going into the back of him,
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mangling my GTs front end, but, luckily, walking away without a scratch after going over the handlebars. It all went to court and I won. There is a minimum speed limit on the motorwayas any JCB driver would tell you who has been stopped for driving slowlyof 30mph unless in heavy traffic. For a driver to slow down to 10mph so he can pull off at the junction shows either a great degree of fuckwittery (as in he was travelling too fast and got to the junction too late) or he was malicious in his intentnot wanting the biker behind him. The fact that Dominic Grieve doesnt want to look into this matter further just shows what utter contempt he and his fellow ministers have for the average motorcyclist and for public sensibilities.
Mitch (or John Mitchell, to give him his proper name) has been a member of MAG since 1999 and was elected as National Chairman in April this year. Hes the proud owner of a Triumph Speed Triple, which he rides everywhere, and is a member of CAMRA whod love MAG to have the same number of members. Heres hoping!
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nd Hurricane hi be us ni ge tic tis ar d an r ne ow e Hilary is th in the east of the country er ov d se ba op sh t in pa a t, Ar sh Airbru
hes made a name for herself painting the bikes built by So-Low Choppers and others from the region, and continues to turn out some beautiful artwork
aT whaT aGe did you GeT inTo painTinG?
I was always interested in art over everything else from a very early age; and when it came time to decide what to do when I left school the obvious and only decision was to go to art college! I went to Ipswich Art College for four years and it was while I was there that I discovered airbrushes. I was already into bikes and had a little Triumph Tiger 90, and I began doing paintwork on friends bikes and also on denim and leather jackets too. When I left college it was a natural progression to start a business painting custom bikes and
I painted a bike (well, a scooterthe one you ran in the mag) in a scheme based on a Lynx deodorant can
I soon had a thriving business for about four years back in the 80s which continued until my son came along. Then four years ago, after bringing my son and daughter up, I got the chance to get back into painting when Clive at So-Low Choppers offered me a project bike hed built to paint. That was itit all started again!
where do you Find your inspiraTion? who are your heroes (bikinG or oTherwise)?
My inspiration comes from all over the place, from bike shows to the colour of packaging in supermarkets; in fact, I painted a bike (well, a scooterthe one you ran in the mag) in a scheme based on a Lynx deodorant can.
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Dealing with customers and interpreting what they want is part of the service. As for heroes, well, I admire all the well-known airbrush artists Piers Dowell especiallybut one of my real heroes is Jason Fowler, owner of JLF Designs in Stanton, who paints crash helmets and is a brilliant artist in my eyes. I had the pleasure of working with for a while several years ago, a true inspiration!
which is your FavouriTe bike youve painTed? and why?
Its always hard to choose your favourite as you like them all for different reasons. Ive done so many now that I think it tends to be whatever youve just finished thats your favourite, and so Id have to say that currently its the Alice in Wonderland scheme on a bobber
that I completed not so long ago. Mind you, I also have a soft spot for the crew of metalflake chops that went to the Isle of Man from Hero Garage, and Bob from Krazy Horses bike now Im getting carried away.
where do you see cusTom painTinG GoinG in The FuTure?
Im kinda wondering whether well soon be going back to old time fantasy murals! God help us!
I think that theres been a lot of old skool retro paintwork out there this summer and, as far as I can tell from the work Ive been asked to do, it doesnt look to be changing any time soon! Gold leaf, etcetera, is still really popular and Im kinda wondering whether well soon be going back to old time fantasy murals! God help us! I think that whatever happens custom paintll always have a place in bike building; after all, its the icing on the cake!
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Colchester, Essex. Tickets 20 on gate. More info from www.condomrally.co.uk. 4-6th Oct: Hednesford MCCs Stags & Slags Rally at The Unicorn, Hampton Loade, Chelmarsh, near Bridgnorth, Shrops. Tickets 10 prebook or 12 on gate. More info from Facebook. 5th Oct: Rugby MAGs 2 Balls in Hand Rally at St Thomas Cross, Newton Road, Rugby, Warks. Tickets 5. More info from 07949 867760 or www. warwickshiremag.co.uk. 5th Oct: Ride To The Wall to the National Arboretum, Staffordshire. More info from www. ridetothewall.org.uk. 5th Oct: Rufforth Autojumble at Rufforth Park, Wetherby Road, Wetherby, Yorks. Tickets 4. More info from 01904 738620 or www. rufforthautojumble.com. 5th Oct: Four Winds MCs Bikers for Boobies at the Ram Hotel, Swaffham Road, Brandon, Suffolk. Tickets 5 or 10 with camping. More info from Facebook. 5-6th Oct: The Bike Sheds The Event II at Shoreditch Studios, 37 Batemans Row, London (EC24 3HH). Tickets 5. More info from www.thebikeshed.cc. 6th Oct: Normous Newark Autojumble at the Newark & Notts Showground, junction A1/A46. More info from 01507 529470 or www.pff-uk.info. 6th Oct: Honda Hornet Swarm at the Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London. More info from 020 8961 1000 or www. ace-cafe-london.com. 6th Oct: Victoria Bikers Pubs Pet Monkey Pet Food Run from the Victoria Bikers Pub, Whitwick Road, Coalville, Leics at 2pm. Please bring dog & cat food. More info from 01530 814718 or www. vicbikerspub.co.uk. 11-13th Oct: Pict-On PissedOff In The Woods at Candlestone Castle, Merthyr Mawr Road, Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, S.Wales. Tickets 07509 904032 or www. pictonpissedoff.com. 12th Oct: Randomers MCCs Rock Night at The Madra, Napton, Norfolk. Tickets 5 including camping. More info from Facebook. 12th Oct: Peterborough MAGs Rock Night at the Elm Tree, Girton End Road, Peterborough, Cambs. Tickets 4 on door. More info from www.mag-uk.org. 13th Oct: Brit Vs Day at the Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London. More info from 020 8961 1000 or www.ace-cafe-london.com. 13th Oct: Brightona at Madeira Drive, Brighton. More info from www.brightona.net. 16th Oct: KKS69 MCCs Bikenite at the Breighton Ferry, Breighton, Yorks. More info from 07816 036804 or www.kks69mcc.co.uk. 18th Oct: Biketober Fest at Flambards in Helston, Cornwall. Tickets 5. More info from 01326 573404 or Facebook. 18-20th Oct: KKS69MCC Black Pig Frolic VIII Rally at the Breighton Ferry, Yorks. Tickets 12 prebook or 15 on gate. More info from 07816 036804 or www.kks69mcc.co.uk. 18-20th Oct: Mobile Chaos MCCs Piss Up in a Brewery Rally at Lancaster Brewery,
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27th Sept: Bike of the Year Night at Weston Bike Night at the Beach Lawns, Weston super Mare, Somerset. More info from 07581 731307. 27-29th Sept: Ribcrackers Run to the Sun Rally at Catton Hall, Walton on Trent, Derbys. Tickets 12 prebook or 15 on gate. More info from 07738 266211 or Facebook. 27-29th Sept: CAT MCCs Catapult 7 at Vernon Carus Sports Club, Factory Lane, Penwortham, Preston, Lancs. Tickets 10 prebook or 12 on gate. More info from 07734 500143 or www. cat-mcc.talktalk.net. 27-29th Sept: Shite Shags Geordielands Little Tiddler Malarkey Rally at Northumbria Gliding Club, Currock Hill (near Hedley on the Hill), Chopwell, Tyne & Wear. Tickets 10 prebook or 15 on gate. More info from 07904 235787. 27-29th Sept: Oddballs MCCs Summer Rally at Shropshire Aero Club, Sleap Aerodrome, Harmer Hill, Wem, Shrops. Tickets 12 prebook or 15 on gate. More info from 07779 866869 or www.oddballsmcc.co.uk. 27-29th Sept: Doggs Bollocks MCCs Bike Show & Party at RAFA Battle of Britain Club, Hillingdon Road, Uxbridge, Middx. Tickets 5. More info from 07854 100 010 or www. doggsbollocksmcc.com.
29th Sept: 59 Club Day & BSA Bantam Meet at the Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London. More info from 020 8961 1000 or www.ace-cafe-london.com. 29th Sept: Leighton Buzzard Railways Sand & Motorcycles day at Pages Park Station, Biillington Road, Leighton Buzzard, Beds. Free entry. More info from 01525 373888 or www.buzzrail.co.uk.
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Wyresdale Road, Lancaster. Tickets 15 prebook. More info from 07939 462955 or www.mobilechaosmcc.co.uk. 19-20th Oct: Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at Stafford County Show Ground, Weston Road, Stafford. More info from www. classicbikeshows.com. 20th Oct: Red Oktober Eastern Bloc Bikes at the Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London. More info from 020 8961 1000 or www.ace-cafe-london.com. 20th Oct: Trike Day at The Cross Keys, Main Road, Henley, Ipswich, Suffolk. More info from 07873 777253. 25-27th Oct: Caldarium MCCs Hex-Rated Rally at the Millennium Hall, Hortoncum-Studley, Oxon. Tickets 15 prebook only. More info from 01865 433429 or www.caldariummcc.co.uk. 25-27th Oct: East Durham MCCs Cauld Arse Rally at Hurworth Hall, Hurworth upon Tees, Darlington. Tickets 15. More info from 0191 526 6635 or www. eastdurhammcc.co.uk. 26th Oct: Unwanted MCCs Halloween Party at the Rockbar, Shobnall Sports & Social Club, Shobnall Road, Burton on Trent, Staffs. Tickets 5. More info from 07988 521400 or wwwunwantedmcc.co.uk. 26th Oct: Antistack Rock AllDayer at the Bell & Crown, Warminster, Wilts. Free entry. More info from Facebook.
26th Oct: Ghost Rider Halloween Bash at The Academy, Church Farm, Church Road, Barrow, Suffolk. Tickets 7 on gate (6 if in fancy dress). More info from Facebook. 26-27th Oct: Classic Car & Bike Show at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancs. More info from 01253 782828. 27th Oct: Rat Bike Review at the Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London. More info from 020 8961 1000 or www. ace-cafe-london.com. 27th Oct: Huddersfield Autojumble at the Old Market Building, Brook Street, Huddersfield, Yorks (next to Tesco). 10 am start. More info from 01773 819154 or www.phoenixfairs.jimdo.com. 27th Oct: Malvern Classic & Off Road Motorcycle Show & Jumble, Wye Halls & Outside, Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcs. More info from www.classicshows.org.
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3rd Nov: Ton Up Day England Expects! at the Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London. More info from 020 8961 1000 or www.ace-cafe-london.com. 7-10th Nov: Original Cruisers Halloween Rock Weekender at Pontins, Southport, Lancs. Tickets 15, chalets from 26 per person. More info from 07732 696438 or www. southportoriginalcruisers. webs.com. 10th Nov: Poppy Day Parade & Service Military Vehicle Meet at the Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London. More info from 020 8961 1000 or www. ace-cafe-london.com. 10th Nov: EACSR Remembrance Sunday Run at 9am from McDonalds, London Road, Thetford, Norfolk. More info from Facebook. 15-18th Nov: Rhythm Riot at Pontins Camber Sands Holiday Park, New Lydd Road, Camber Sands, Sussex. More info from 020 8566 5226 or www.rhythmriot.com. 16th Nov: Cogheads MCCs Frightmare Before Christmas at the Poplar Club, Wellington Street, Accrington, Lancs. Tickets 5. More info from www.cogheadsmcc.co.uk. 17th Nov: Super Moto & Scramblers Day at the Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road,
8th dec: Bike Day at the Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London. More info from 020 8961 1000 or www.ace-cafe-london.com. 8th dec: Coffinscratchers MCCs Christmas Toy Run from the Victoria Bikers Pub, Whitwick Road, Coalville, Leics at 9.45am. Please bring presents for kids. More info from 07802 472766 or email [email protected]. 14th dec: Scoundrels RSCs Double Birthday Party at the Tap & Barrel, Dean Lane, Bedminster, Bristol. Free entry. More info from Facebook. 14th dec: Unwanted MCCs Christmas Party at the Rockbar, Shobnall Sports & Social Club, Shobnall Rd, Burton on Trent, Staffs. Tickets 5. More info from 07988 521400 or wwwunwantedmcc.co.uk. 15th dec: Xmas Toy Run at 10am at the Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London. More info from 020 8961 1000 or www. ace-cafe-london.com. 15th dec: Normous Newark Autojumble at the Newark & Notts Showground, junction A1/A46. More info from 01507 529470 or www.pff-uk.info. 15th dec: Trike Day at The Cross Keys, Main Road, Henley, Ipswich, Suffolk. More info from 07873 777253. 22nd dec: Paws n Claws Pet Food Run at 10am at the Ace Cafe London,
Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London. More info from 020 8961 1000 or www. ace-cafe-london.com. 22nd dec: Xmas Carol Service at 7pm at the Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London. More info from 020 8961 1000 or www.ace-cafe-london.com. 26th dec: Cold Turkey Meet at the Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London. More info from 020 8961 1000 or www. ace-cafe-london.com. 29th dec: Bike Day at the Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London. More info from 020 8961 1000 or www.ace-cafe-london.com. 29th dec: Huddersfield Autojumble at the Old Market Building, Brook Street, Huddersfield, Yorks (next to Tesco). 10 am start. More info from 01773 819154 or www. phoenixfairs.jimdo.com. 31st dec: New Years Eve Party at the Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London. More info from 020 8961 1000 or www. ace-cafe-london.com. 31st dec: Unwanted MCCs New Years Eve Party at the Rockbar, Shobnall Sports & Social Club, Shobnall Rd, Burton on Trent, Staffs. Tickets 6. More info from 07988 521400 or wwwunwantedmcc.co.uk.
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A FAMILY AND BIKER FRIENDLY 60S-STYLE CAFE/DINER, THE ROUTE 1066 CAFE IS ON THE A21 AT JOHNS CROSS, NEAR ROBERTSBRIDGE, IN EAST SUSSEX, FIVE MILES SOUTH OF LAMBERHURST
hey have a large car park and garden, a fivestar food hygiene rating, and they accept debit and all major credit cards. Theyre open weekdays 7am6pm (til 7.30pm Thursdays) and weekends 8am6pm. Under new ownership since August 2012, the cafe is a friendly and family-run and in a fantastic location right on the A21. The Ford family source their fayre locally wherever possible and seem to spend hours making sure even their sausages are the best flavour for the best price. The menu offer all-day breakfasts, lunches, sandwiches, snacks and soups, hot and cold drinks, milkshakes, smoothies, cakes and ice creams, and also kids meals and vegetarian options. Not only do they care about the food they serve, but they also care about their customers and being keen petrol heads themselves, bikers and car enthusiasts are very welcome here. Due to the location and a very large car park at the front of the cafe there are never any issues with parking, so its the perfect meeting point! Its been host to the 1066 Hastings Monthly
Bikenites, supported by MSV-T, from April to September this year as well as a number of other motorcycle and custom car meets, and is a popular meeting point on the Spring Opener Run into Hastings on May Day. Open seven days a week, licensed to play music, usually 60s, Route 1066 isnt a cafe you just pop into as you drive by; make it your destination at the end of your journey or the start point for a blast around the local Kent/Sussex countryside.
Route 1066 Caf A21, Johns Cross, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5JH www.route1066 cafe.co.uk Opening Hours Weekdays: 7am-6pm (Thursdays 7:30pm) Weekends: 8am-6pm
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BMw R100 TRIKE PROJEcT: Not registered, bolt-on subframe, Reliant axle, 2 sets of wheels, good motor, needs ignition system to run, needs finishing 1000. Tel 07812 950759 (Dorset).
dESPERATE dANS V8 TRIKE: 1998, 3.5 V8, taxd, MoTd, original manual from Chris Ireland, 1 owner, looks & sounds amazing, ready to ride 13,500 ono. Tel: 07919 340204.
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understand why most people may take it for granted that a biker with disabilities may have gained those disabilities as the result of a motorcycle accident, but I am often surprised when other bikers leap to that same conclusion. In my case I had stopped off on the way home from a job to use a telephone box in a shitty estate in north Manchester (it was 1991 and phone boxes were very common, and mobile phones werent). After completing the call I stepped out of the phone box and Bangbangfuckingbang! I found myself flying through the air and landing in a heap in the middle of a busy road. Apparently a stolen car had mounted the pavement at speed and, silly bugger that I am, I had completely failed to look left and right before stepping out onto the pavement! I didnt see it coming, but I do vaguely remember it passing underneath me as I flew through the air with all the aerodynamic grace of a caravan full of porridge. As I lay in the road, in the torrential rain, I began to take stock of my situation. Fuck me! I thought, that could have been a lot worse if I hadnt rolled over the bastard like a Hollywood stuntman! I became aware that something was channelling water into my earhole so I tried to get up. It was at this point I began to doubt my prowess as an amateur stuntman. I tried to push myself off the tarmac with my right arm but nothing happened. I turned my head to see what was causing the problem; it took a few seconds to focus on the object under my head and perhaps another second to recognise it. I remember thinking quite calmly What the hell is my foot doing there? Suddenly the gates to the world of pain opened and in the best traditions of fearless macho bikers I passed out like a booted baby. When I regained consciousness my eldest brother, Jimi, was leaning over me with grave concern. Where the fuck are we Jimi? I asked, oblivious to my situation. North Manchester General, youve been in an accident, he replied with tears in his eyes. I put the smoke detection system in here, was my incongruous, albeit factual, reply before a wave of pain returned me to blessed oblivion. My next foray into cognisance found me face-to-breast with a large nurse as she pushed a rolled-up towel under my right armpit. As she took the strain an extremely young-looking doctor noticed that my eyes were open and explained; The surgical team are on their way in to see to your leg, but you also have a dislocated shoulder. Im just going to pop it back in for you. The whole thing had a dreamlike quality until he began to wind my arm firmly while pressing it hard against the joint. The pain was incredible, but this time unconsciousness did not come to my aid; after what felt like an eternity of torture I had no alternative, but to headbut the poor bugger to get him off me. It later transpired that, in addition to the dislocation, my shoulder had been split up the middle and a sizeable piece of bone had been sheared off. The young doctors attempt to relocate my shoulder without getting it x-rayed first had essentially been an exercise in grinding three badly broken bones together. When the nurse told me that the poor bugger had been working non-stop for 18 hours before I had arrived, I reassessed my anger and apologised for head-butting him. At some point a surgical team had been assembled and I was sent back to the soothing arms of Morpheus while they worked their magic, saving my leg and sorting out the jigsaw of my shoulder. When I began to come around in the recovery room a stern looking nurse glared down at me and with the voice of a pox-ridden Harpy she crowed, You bikers will never learn! You go tearing around without a care in the world and when it all goes wrong its us who have to deal with the mess! Motorcycles are dangerous! I hope youve learned your lesson! Despite my mind being clouded by the anaesthetic I attempted to explain to her in a clear and concise manner that, in my experience, motorcycles were not as dangerous as telephone boxes. At this she stormed off in a huff, then a theatre technician gave me a cheeky wink and said, Its about time somebody put her in her place. Well done young man!
The pain was incredible, but this time unconsciousness did not come to my aid; after what felt like an eternity of torture I had no alternative but to head-butt the poor bugger to get him off me
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