Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / Classic (UK Group) / November 2004

I have been offered a very original 1957 AJS 18S 500cc single. It has been
in the same ownership for 30+ years and has it's original registration . It
has not been used for 5 years though since the owner dropped it on a
roundabout when he slid off on some diesel, this left the ...

Right, mate of mine is flogging this, so I said I'd hawk it about on 'ere
1982 Honda CBX 1000 Prolink
First registered in '86, so it's a D reg, (was in the crate til then)
9000 miles (genuine), MOT til May '05, Krauser (?) panniers, dark metallic

Twice a week I travel 50 miles to work and I am
considering getting a road bike for the journey.
(all my bikes are off road or enduro type)
Up till now the biggest road bike I have owned was

This one, is a photograph my dad took, of one of the bike races he used to
organize whilst serving as an officer in the REME, in Egypt.
( I'm currently archiving the family pictures)
http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/album_photo.html?c_photo=15397870

How do you stop your visor misting up in
the cold weather. I was thinking of getting
a balaclaver to cover my mouth and nose.
taz.

Come on all you Classic riders, Christmas is coming how about subscribing to
what has to be one of the best Bike magazines currently on the market.
Written by bikers for bikers, and at only £20 per year it's the cheapest by
far of all current mags, full of current topics and events  ...

And after a bit of a run the engine had little inclination to
settle down to a calm tick-over.
It would stick at 1500 revs and sometimes up to 2000.
I could pull it back (at stand-still) by braking and letting out

I followed a 180 Jota for about 7 miles today on the way to work along some
cracking B-roads down through the 'Deverills' (Wilts/Dorset border). Just
like my old Jota I had a few years ago, this one had a 3-1 pipe with
'minimal restrictions'. Ridden pretty enthusaistically (for a ...

This link takes you to a brochure bike piccy:
http://tinyurl.com/6rhau
Who knows their stuff?
I want the make, model and approx year.

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For those interested.
Further to a discussion some time ago about the best way to preserve
bikes for a winter garaging.
I was put onto this stuff by a guy(and fellow biker) who works in

anyone know where I can get a workshop manual (mainly a wireing diagram) for
a 1938 bsa empire star?
cheers

Same zero-feedback buyer bidding a silly sum on this old KH250:
4503605882
And this (rather nice) Suzuki X5
4503614370

Does anybody out there have a reasonable condition Snubeam S8 front
mudguard???
Paul

Does anybody out there have a reasonable condition Snubeam S8 front
mudguard???
Paul