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Glad it was of some use, I made the video a long time ago and just recorded it on a phone but it seems to have helped a few owners.

Thank you, I’m looking forward to riding it again this year.

Thanks for watching. Yes, it was a flyer.

Glad you enjoyed it.

Sorry about that, it was a video to show the bike running well as I was offering it for sale. It was used with still photos during the sale. A good point and I will try to do that if I shoot another bike.

I also rode one as a teenager in the 70s and it’s the reason I wanted to restore and ride some in later life. Never, intentionally tried mine off road but agree that they are light. I was riding the country lanes in Surrey back in the day. Thanks for watching!

Yes, it does go up hills. The engine speed drops fairly quickly when you start climbing but it keeps pulling once it drops to a lower level. If it really struggles, it’s possible to add some LPA or light pedal assistance! Small engines need to be in really good condition to go up hills so my bike had a new cylinder barrel and piston which gave it good compression. Thank you for watching!

Glad you enjoyed the ride, it was a Mountain Cub but with slightly raised overall gearing, although first and second are both quite low and close together, with bigger spacing to third and top. A nice lightweight classic bike and spares are easy to get.

Thanks for looking. The models were N and S I think. N was basic and S had more enclosed mudguards, both were two speed and as you said a decent machine to get people around without costing much to run. My first restoration in the mid 1970s was a 3 speed Quickly, rebuilt in best friends fathers garage. We skimmed the head with glass sheet and grinding paste and re sprayed it with aerosols from local car accessory shop in closest colours we could find. It kept going for a year until we could move on to a bigger bike. Great times and probably not something the current generation of teenagers would dream of doing.

You are welcome, glad you enjoyed it.

Totally agree with you, the engineering and general quality is very good for a bike like this and better than many others. They survived thrashing by 16 year olds in the 70s when we got our hands on them as well. Just became old fashioned looking when the Japanese bikes appeared.

You are welcome and glad it was useful.

Glad you enjoyed it!

It all depends on what you are trying to achieve and how long you are prepared to take. I bought the bike as a project many years ago, it needed complete restoration. I slowly gathered the parts I wanted to get it back to fairly original condition, I could choose which parts to buy when the price was reasonable. I got the engine completed first and then arranged the painting, which I received back just before the first covid lockdown and this was the point I really started to get things put together. So, it all depends on what work you can do rather than subcontract out and how long you are prepared to allow the project to run without loosing enthusiasm to finish it.

@@classicrider5274 thank you for the advice I’ll look into it

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. I restored it to bring back memories of my past.

Glad you liked it!

You are welcome! Prices vary so much depending on originality, mechanical condition and desire.

Yes, it took me back to being 16 again in the 1970s. Happy times.

No, it was a T20SM. A French army bike which was to Mountain specification generally and painted in Mountain Cub colours rather than army green.

Yes the maximum is around 30 miles per hour or 45 km/h but it feels like much more when you are riding!

Yes and I hope they maintain their Tiger Cubs.

I had one in 1968 when I was 16, it was fab. The registration was SAM 530 I remember.

Not sure now but it cost more to restore than I sold it for. It seems impossible to complete a full restoration on anything and get your investment back, but that’s not always the reason why we do it.

Thank you, they are great little bikes for the back roads.

@@classicrider5274 i passed my test on a trials cub with dragging clutch

@@eweunkettles8207 may have made the emergency stop and slow speed manoeuvres difficult!

use use airplane motor oil 1040 weight Arrow shell motor oil for 50 weight is good

I rebuilt one with a friend when we were 15, that was a long time ago. It kept going, despite the abuse for a year, until the friend could ride a bigger bike. The bike in the video had a full engine rebuild and did go quite well. Thanks for watching.

Yes, it was a good one but wide gear ratios made it difficult to get from third to top gear. It was a Mountain Cub with off road gearing.

Ah, you know the area! a little short test route of mine. No obvious vibration levels above what I would expect, having ridden a number of Triumph models, it feels quite smooth compared with some.

@@classicrider5274 I know the area very well though it took me a while to twig. I find my T90 vibrates quite a bit especially at speed having said that it is dead easy to start and stop and very reliable however mine leaks oil like like nobodys business from around the pushrod tubes and I have never managed to cure it. I would not like to ride mine at anything much above 60 mph despite it supposedly being good for 90. what do you think.. Was it you I saw at the top of Cow Ark sat on a bench admiring the Hodder valley.I think youwere on a Tiger Cub? just curious

I spend a fair amount of time checking to make sure the amount of crush of the seals is correct for each push rod tube. I bought a selection of seals and use the most appropriate thickness to suit. I have owned a Tiger Cub and you will find it in my other videos but sold it some years ago so if you saw someone recently, not me although sitting and taking in the view does sound familiar.

Thanks for watching and enjoying, unfortunately prices are considerably higher now!

Glad it helped you.

it cant be worse than a 1945 single speed autocycle which i have ridden and pushed along the lanes of lancashire since 1976. routes have to be carefully thought out steep hills avoided like the plague. how do you find the nsu on climbs. would it tackle waddington fell for example.

I would love to know also

it had a low compression piston but the sports camshaft, lower than standard road gearing helped acceleration as well.

@@classicrider5274 It looks faster than my old T100A!

Well with compression released its easy to turn through. On the other hand, if the zylinder is flooded somehow with fuel, its POSSIBLE to crack the crank. So I heard from someone destroyed it this way.

Close, it was north Lancashire in the Trough of Bowland