Dresda 650 Triton Cafe racer Norton wideline frame with T110 preunit triumph engine, goldie silencers, all alloy fittings by 'tickle' & 'lyta' and twin leading shoe brakes. The dogs danglies (in 1955!)B) Its good for 100mph if you brave/stupid enough and like completely numb feet, hands, blurred vision and also the fillings being vibrated out of you head! What a waste of a Norton rolling chassis. Would you like a proper Norton engine to put in it ? I have a shelf full of 16H power units ! - No risk of the ton appearing on the speedo then ! Phylo, the provisions of the rehabilitation of offenders act make it difficult to discuss Mr.D on an open forum.
Probably my late father's old Rover 214, I kept it for almost 10 years after his death , it was 16 years old when it had to go. My youngest hated it in the end, " It is a heap of scrap Dad ........ I know it was Grandad's car but it is so embarrassing when you pick me up from school in it".
My first Honda Motorcycle, a Benly 125 super sport, very elegant even without telescopic front forks. Unfortunately I have no photographs of it to hand. Found this photo on the internet. http://www.google.com/images?q=tbn:4iuG8JxGGX3g4M::www.motorera.com/honda/h0125/benly125/HONDA.CB92Pressphoto.jpg&t=1&h=94&w=145&usg=__SPxxCllEvBJsqJpv0vOCUYbMU_E= honda benly 125 - Google Search Regards Tom
I owned a Honda 750 F. Lovely bike. I now own a Landrover Series 111 SWB made by Letland South Africa
Phylo, No Mr D's reputation proceeded him and his services were not required. anyway back to subject.... Rich, thanks for the offer of the Norton Engine but i already have a wartime period single. Its a French 1925 Terrot 350 which is decked out as a FFI vehicle. The only problem is the sten gun keeps getting tangled with the hand gear change lever and the jerries alway find your home by following the oil drips from the constant loss lubrication system. I believe the bike was rebuilt during WW2 in france as the front forks were found to be shimmed with 1 franc coins with there centres drilled out instead of washers. All the coins were dated 1936-1939, my guess is the Jerries took all the steel washers availible in france.
Crikey, that's a sporty looking thing. I don't think you need a total loss oiler to leave a trail. My Norton has plenty of breathers and pipes to dribble from. Not to mention the gearbox and that wretched tin chaincase. Didn't lots of French coinage from the depression period have holes in ? You're lucky to have shims. Nortons did but those manky old BSA things don't. Do you know this photo ? I think a later (and larger) Terrot than yours. It looks a bit odd due to the cut-off dynamo chaincase. I imagine that this one had been confiscated, liberated and put back into service again with 2 TAF in Normandy.
Rich, thanks for posting that Terrot picture. Looks like another 350 but with the earlier fork design (mines got the 1938/9 type fitted) and with the more common rounded tank design. (again mines the 'Magnet Debon' sporting version and to be honest the bikes a bit of a 'Bitza'). Your right the dynamo at the front of the engine has been binned along with the lights and battery, less weight more speed?. I wonder if he was running it on ‘AV gas’ , stolen from the ground RAF, that really would have made it fly… Does it look as if its been painted in two tone camouflage to you? I like the allied forces star crudely painted on the tank, and wonder if that’s his leather bike jacket and jerry crash helmet on hanging on the cannon. It makes him look like a 1960's hells angel 20 years before they were invented. Those with big singles will recognize this sound then? bang……...bang.........bang........bang….....bang.........Dong ding ding BANG….....BANG........BANG…………………….....BANG.......squeeeeeeek. That would be the silencer* falling off where something has rattled undone (again) and the application of the brakes. * this can be substituted with any other essential part, oil tank, footrest, battery, carburettor etc. Ride em don’t hide em
I thought that the 2 TAF bike looked larger than a 350 but my only source of reference for French stuff is Negro's "Motos Militaires' so my IDs are often not spot-on. Those side-spring 'Druids' certainly look older than the rest of the bike. The drag from a dynamo's worth half a horsepower or so, isn't it ? That counts on a 350 side-valve ! Definitely a multiple disruptive pattern on the bike but not in a style that I recognise. Maybe the ground grew worked out their brushes on it ? The allied star is something that I've noticed a few times on captured or appropriated motorcycles in France, never on a WD motorcycle though. My 'Sweet Sixteen' s been fairly good about not losing bits but I check-tighten obsessively. I can't remember if I posted a Youtube link of me posing-around last summer on this forum previously ? YouTube - Norton 16H (1) YouTube - Norton 16H (2)
Vespa SS 200 Red with crome bubbles,toolbox.front mudguard and Volks Beetle round hubcap on front wheel, special seat etc, Lovely! a little thinner then. We are the mods, we are the mods, we are we are we are the mods!! Stock Pic Rob, You're a man after my own heart for all the cars ive owned and loved over the years, nothing beats any of the vespa's that ive owned or currently own this is my mate Alex in 1980 on my 1966 Primivera 90 (that I bought for £20) with the reg HMS 950 D biggest regret is getting rid of my rally 200
This is as close as I get. I'm in no doubt about the Saab; it's a 900 model from 1991. I won't state the mileage, as sensitive people may faint. Please comment with care, if at all, on the DIY paintwork. (Yes, there still is more to be done, always more to be done...) Not so sure which bike would be my all-time favourite but the 2009 Merida Blackwood serves me very nicely; rolls as well in rough terrain as on prepared surfaces. On a peg in my garage there even is a set of studded tyres for the winter.B)
My present car Vauxhall 2,2 litre, automatic. Black hatchback. fast comfortable and expensive to run, in our hilly up and down roads. The petrol consumption computer, rarely gets above 12 to the gallon. The trips are too short and rarely can I get into top gear. I have an electric lift in the back to get my wheelchair in and out.
There is a saying among the PA. Dutch "Too soon old and too late smart" after 63 years I am finally approaching doing some actually smarter things with my life. We had all kinds of cars over the years. None I would sell to a friend or enemy. At 63 we needed something new and something we pray will keep us going for a while. I learned to late to listen to Nancy's opinion and views on cars. This time she got through to me and told me what she had read in reviews and columns. We purchased a Subaru Forrester, it is rather new yet, but so far it is the best car we have owned and could afford. (A 26 year Air Force Veteran friend of mine told us he has two Subaru's only because they are manufactured in the US and employee US workers, so we got his approval as well. Even our old stand by Fords are now being build in South America now) She never complained and always went along with me, but it was so much better purchasing this as a team with her approval. I figure it will be our last and she will hopefully out live me so more than anything I wanted it to be a car she would be happy with. If she passes on first I told her in two weeks they will find me dead in my recliner with dead batteries in the remote, starved to death in dirty boxers. So it is my prayer she lives a longer and a more fulfilled life then me.
Car. My old 1974 mk1 Escort, 1600 crossflow engine 1300 pistons Kent Hi lift cam' twin 40 Weber carbs RS2000 gearbox ,3in single box exhaust ,bucket seats and half rollcage. Looked like a heap of scrap but went like s*** of a shovel. Used to take a wee while to warm up so used to let it sit and tick over, was a bit noisey and sometimes MyOldDads dad would come out and switch it off : ) . Favourite bike appart from my current Suzuki GSX1400 was my 1979 Kawasaki Z1000zir.
This is my Ducati 748 Biposto I love this bike it handles so well and has loads of grunt but its not the fastest. But do enjoy riding her just makes me smile Danny
Mmmm, tough one this as I've had so many duffers. Best of the bunch, my wife's MkI Escort in Royal Blue. Lovely car that was. Bike-wise: Royal Enfield Bullet 500. No guts but it certainly got you noticed. Lovely for a slow ride to anywhere.
My 1998 SAAB 95se with a 2.3L engine. I got this in June 2014 and it lasted till 2022 without costing me much at all, except the RIP-OFF Road Tax. Replaced immediately with another SAAB 95 T with a 2.0L engine. A 2008 Model. Wonderful Cars !