Hi Dave, I don't have a cub-de-sac video, but I've had the chance to ride it a couple of times. It's a lovely smooth bike that you can tell has been really well-maintained over the decades! Here are a couple of videos of the ride to give an on-board view. Hope you like them. ua-cam.com/video/UK2guO2iLGg/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/FEEHIGIMSJ0/v-deo.html Best wishes, Mike.
I absolutely love that Triumph Mike. It screams of the beginning of that Rock n Roll era and a fabulous time for British bikes. I love the bars too! Great vid thanks Mike.
Beautiful bikes , Beautiful ride this reminds me so much of New Zealand's central plateau North Island , thank you . I own a 1966 650cc Triumph Saint , ex Police bike as well , first registered owner was ' Commissioner of Police Central Wellington ' and 2021 650 Royal Enfield Interceptor . Love them both .
Thanks very much Brian! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. Great to hear about your bikes. I love the new RE motorcycles. They look so cool. Best wishes, Mike
Loved this era motorcycle. I did freak out a little when you said "tools in my backpack". It hurts when you land on wrenches. Not that any of us ever crash...
That’s what I call a perfect day out, love the Triumphs, had my 68 Daytona 3 months now and love it, had a couple of small issues to fix, but it’s running great now,🤞 cheers Mike. 👍
Great video of a great ride, thanks for taking us along..... I like the bars, makes the bike look like it has a life outside of the garage, $0.02. Thanks again!
Thanks for sharing Mike, it was another great ride there in Oregon. And I am in love with your 1956 T110 ❤ a beautiful bike. The handlebars are perfect for me on the T110, really old school style, Greetings Erwin.
We finally got cooler weather here in Central Florida. Went out at dawn on my 1976 Yamaha XS650C. Nice to wear my leather jacket and put up the summer mesh jacket. I did about 116 miles of smiles this morning.
Thank you Mike. Really enjoyed the ride today with you and Jeff on the Triumphs. The handlebars look great Mike but then when you look at Jeff’s handlebars they do look to be more natural somehow. Oh what a joy to have them Roads almost to yourselves sadly not like that in the Uzj these days. Take care guys and I look forward to your next video
Thank you very much. Yes, I think I will swap the bars back one of these days. The drop handlebars are fun but I think I would like to try the originals again. Best wishes, Mike
Watching that was almost like riding along with you. I love the sound of an old triumph, just enough rattle to identify all the right parts are working, and nothing has quit. A 650 twin just sounds so nice and solid, like it's supposed to. Hearing you narrate, with no blasting engine noise, was a nice touch, I live in North Carolina, but have to get out that way perhaps this summer, I haven't ridden in a decade, taking care of my wife who was sick, and I'm hoping to be on the road again this summer. Those two bikes sound awesome together, and the rapide is fine as well, wish I were there. Thanks!
When all triumph twins had a 360 degree firing order,that sadly is missing on the new triumph twins! Come on triumph give us back that unmistakable triumph sound!
Thank you for this wonderful ride! If you keep those bars I think you should add racing number plates and tell people you purchased the bike from Percy Tait!
Love the sound of the Thunderbird Mike. Beautiful ride and a great video. We rae just coming into beter weather here in Victoria, ao my HD Heritage Classic will get some kilometres put on it. Cheers, Australia
Hehe, thanks a lot! Hope all is well and you have a great summer! It's winding down here and it feels like the summer is definitely coming to an end, but hopefully will have a few more days for riding! Cheers, Mike
Thank you Henry. I really enjoyed that ride. The weather has changed now. I did manage to get out this morning, but brrrr it was cold!. Best wishes, Mike
Great ride, Mike! I was watching thinking that was the Willamette Valley as you were passing the vineyards. You stopped at one of my favorite wineries, Ponzi! I got to visit the area a few years back, the whole time thinking 'this would be a great area to be on a bike" (as us riders often do when in an area like that) .. and there you are! 😃🏍 Cheers!
Looks like your meticulous attention to detail has paid off. No mufflers left in the ditch anywhere, or anything else rattling off. It sure looks and sounds great, and if those bars are comfortable, I would leave them on, not only for their uniqueness, but they look cool too.
Wow , you have some lovely empty and curly roads and great scenery , nice to see them old Triumphs in action , looked on Google maps where abouts this was in America , looks great , I just don't think of America as that nice of a place , I guess we only see the bad side of it when its in the UK news which is a shame really , looking forward to your next video , cheers
Hi Gary, thanks very much for your note. Yes, Oregon is a really big state. It's the 9th largest in the US I believe and would you believe it, bigger than Great Britain and nowhere near as densely-populated.. and no speed cameras 😎! There is so much more of the state that I would still love to explore, from mountains to high desert to coastal rides. There doesn't seem to be enough time!! Best wishes, Mike
"Honey! Fetch me my drool cup! He's taking out that Thunderbird Pre-Unit." As for those handlebars, I had a pair of rather short flat so-called "Z-Bars" on my Norton when I first got it that had a rather similar downward not-quite-cafe-racer orientation at the grips like yours. They were pretty beat up by the time I got 'em, but I thought they gave the handling a really deliberate feel. I had to replace them though. They'd just been whomped too many times and one of the welds was getting dodgy.
I like a plug center electrode to be soot free, and just shade lighter than a brown paper bag. Plugs one or two grades hotter than recommended by Triumph seem right for me.
“Everything’s perfect”, you summed it up well. Still my favourite looking bike of yours and runs lovely. Not sure about the bars, the camera angle makes them seem quite odd but from a walk around they look okay. I’d probably go back to standard though. Fast speeds are non essential on a ride like that. Really enjoyed it (especially as very wet and miserable here). Cheers Mike👍🏻.
Many thanks Neil.Yes, I go back and forth on the bars. I may just put the original style bars back on for next spring. Yes, it was a lovely leisurely pace for those bikes and we had a terrific ride. Best wishes, Mike
Nice Ride Mike! Maybe the Audio or my ears, but I think that Rapide has a slight whine in the gear box until 4th gear. Maybe top off the lubricant or go to a slightly heavier weight. Can you hear it?
Thanks very much. Yes, thanks for spotting that. It wasn't charging. One of the little springs that holds the bushes onto the dynamo had fallen off. It's on the list of jobs to do. Best wishes, Mike
Three lovely bikes. Always good to give them a run out, especially on such a nice day. How was the plug check? If I just stop on my A10 the plug is very sooty but cut the engine out at high revs and coast to a stop and the plugs look fine. Cheers.
Mike have you ever come across a Triumph Tiger 90 in your travels? A friend from the old days had a 1967 T90 but I've never encountered another one since.
Hi Barry, I haven't seen a T90 here locally. I nearly bought one once in North Yorkshire, but it was a long time ago. I was going to trade my Royal Enfield Crusader Sport for it ;) It was a really nice looking bike. I'll keep my eyes and ears open and will let you know if I ever see one. Best wishes, Mike
Great video , I enjoy watching your Triumph videos. Have you been in USA for many years and where in England did you come from? Dave Lincolnshire, England🙂
Hi Dave, it's been 27 years!! Originally from Blackburn, Lancashire, then Colne, Barrow-in-Furness, Halifax, Scarbough and Dallas Texas, before moving to Oregon!- hence the whacky accent 😀
Mike what a great ride, love the scenery and the sound of your Triumph! Now at the 14-15 minute part of the video how much was it sped up? Could be deceiving, but looked like the speed I like under ideal conditions on my much newer '86 Guzzi LeMans or 2006 BMW!
Hi who was riding the Vincent please? Please add more comment on the history of the bikes please which I find interesting. Your friend mike seems to have quite a stable of bikes, can you list please. Thks again for bringing us along with you. Please include the chit chat at coffee breaks if interesting. Thank you
Good morning Mike, great ride out with you guys. Bikes sound awesome the Geoff 'tinker' did the final setting, just what the T110 needed a 'little thrash' around the block 👍 I kept meaning to ask, from what I can see is the area well known for 'fruit farming' Mike? Have a great week, stay safe. atvb t ..
If you can select neutral at a standstill on a pre-unit Triumph then you have indeed set things up nicely - I tried for years to get a Slick-Shift gearbox to do that and only managed it when I found a brand new outer cover ( with all the other components of the clutch lever pivot thing and gearchange plugers etc that actuates the pushrod pivot thing via the ramp and roller ....all brand new) for £25.... in 'Happy Hamrax' as was in Ladbrook Grove, London in the mid 1980's....... He even found me a new shiny 'diamond' inspection cover for the outer ! The guy behind the counter found it in a storeroom an hour before I went there and was moaning about my bike's gearchange whilst waiting to be served. It seems they were starting to have a clearout with the intention of closing down and selling the parade of shops they had aquired over the years. It was very novel not having to use the clutch at all.... even pulling away from a standstill ! Holding it when stopped still required a hand lever though.... ah, happy days !
@@daveco1270 Never had a unit Triunph so I can't comment but the trick I learned of selecting neutral while rolling to a stop has stuck with me ever since ! Another little trick I learned concerned the clutch push rod :- I removed the pushrod after taking off the outer cover and then the little bush in the end of the mainshaft... the things that hold the ends of the pushrod in line with the clutch 'top hat' and operating mechanism in the outer cover. I then cut the push rod in half, shortening one piece a little - the same amount as the diameter of a ball bearing. Harden and temper the 'new ends' of the push rod pieces and fit one piece in from the clutch side, put the ball bearing in the mainshaft, then fit a new bush and finally the other bit of push rod. Refit the covers etc and adjust as necessary - this trick stopped the (turning-with-the-clutch) pushrod 'burning out' the end of the push rod on the operating mechanism in the gearbox cover. I tried that before I got the new gearbox cover as the mechanism, pivot pin and hole in the cover were all worn so much as to make adjusting things extremely difficult. When I got the new cover etc, I just left it in.... a later owner of the bike was a bit of a purist and made a big fuss about it, but he spent three years and a lot of money rebuilding the bike and then just leaves it in a shed never riding it ! - It was a bike that was built out of parts from all years, disc front end, twin downtube frame, nine-stud top end etc etc so hardly a 'ClassicBike' more of an old hack anyway.
![Norton club crashes the cul-de-sac! [visit 15 of 31]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/c5IDvO7jWuE/mqdefault.jpg)
The 56 is sounding good. Have you done a cul-de-sac episode on that Thunderbird? I'd love to know more about it.
Hi Dave, I don't have a cub-de-sac video, but I've had the chance to ride it a couple of times. It's a lovely smooth bike that you can tell has been really well-maintained over the decades! Here are a couple of videos of the ride to give an on-board view. Hope you like them.
ua-cam.com/video/UK2guO2iLGg/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/FEEHIGIMSJ0/v-deo.html
Best wishes, Mike.
Cool story about Geoff's T'bird.
I have a machine I bought when I was 26.
Now I'm 61.
Longest relationship,I've ever had :D
Bars look beautiful.
Lovely bikes, lovely country side and lovely weather, lovely video 👍
I absolutely love that Triumph Mike. It screams of the beginning of that Rock n Roll era and a fabulous time for British bikes. I love the bars too! Great vid thanks Mike.
Thanks so much Chris. It was a pleasure riding the bike that day. I loved every minute of it. Best wishes, Mike
Your T110 is gorgeous. That colour is fantastic. Enjoy her!
Many thanks Jeremy. Best wishes, Mike
Thank you for this beautiful ride.
I smiled when you mentioned the tools. Nice ride.
Hehe, thanks. Best wishes, Mike
What a fantastic year 1956 , Another great video Mike…😎🇬🇧🇺🇸🏍……
Great to see the Triumph out Mike! This was a nice start to a rainy Sunday in the UK! Cheers Andy. ✌️
Thank you Andy! Best wishes, Mike
Glorious sound!
Beautiful scenery from the seat of a beautiful classic machine.
Enjoy Mike 😉
Thanks very much Greg. Glad you liked the vid. That was a wonderful ride and I'm so pleased that the video came out so well. Best wishes, Mike
Beautiful bikes , Beautiful ride this reminds me so much of New Zealand's central plateau North Island , thank you .
I own a 1966 650cc Triumph Saint , ex Police bike as well , first registered owner was ' Commissioner of Police Central Wellington ' and 2021 650 Royal Enfield Interceptor . Love them both .
Thanks very much Brian! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. Great to hear about your bikes. I love the new RE motorcycles. They look so cool. Best wishes, Mike
You Mike are a very wise man! Bring all the tools along so there's no chance of a break down! 😂
Downshifts sound great, by the way.
Hehe, the bike knew to behave itself. Thanks for your note Paulo. Best wishes, Mike
T110 sounds so good. Looks like a fantastic day.
Love seeing the Triumphs! Thank you
Another great way to start a Sunday ! Thanks for posting.
Many thanks Gary. Best wishes, Mike
Beautiful bikes! Thoroughly enjoyed video 👍🏴
Thank you very much Jonathan. Glad you enjoyed the vid. Best wishes, Mike
It comes as a surprise to me how smoothly your Triumph is purring along.
Loved this era motorcycle. I did freak out a little when you said "tools in my backpack". It hurts when you land on wrenches. Not that any of us ever crash...
That’s what I call a perfect day out, love the Triumphs, had my 68 Daytona 3 months now and love it, had a couple of small issues to fix, but it’s running great now,🤞 cheers Mike. 👍
Great news Martin about your bike. I'm glad to hear that it's going well. Best wishes, Mike
I'm living vicariously through your videos, Mike!
Hehe, thanks Corey. I hope all is well. Best wishes, Mike
"Ruddy ton up boys" just like my old dad up the great north road in the 50's
😉😉 Hehe, that was a great ride. Your Dad probably went a lot faster than we did! Best wishes, Mike
I enjoyed this VIDEO.
Good to see you guys and lady use these machines of old keep up the good work Mick
Thanks very much George. Yes, they are a pleasure. Best wishes, Mike
Another entertaining and interesting video. Thanks Mike. OBTW, handlebars look a bit odd...
Thanks a lot, in love with your bike Mike
Hehe, me too Nicolas! Best wishes, Mike
Beautiful ride with 3 beautiful bikes Loved them all!
Many thanks Tom! I appreciate it. Best wishes, Mike
Great video of a great ride, thanks for taking us along..... I like the bars, makes the bike look like it has a life outside of the garage, $0.02. Thanks again!
Thanks you very much R! Hope you are doing well. Best wishes, Mike
Thanks for sharing Mike, it was another great ride there in Oregon. And I am in love with your 1956 T110 ❤ a beautiful bike. The handlebars are perfect for me on the T110, really old school style, Greetings Erwin.
Im a bit on the fence when it comes to your bars. I'm not sure what I'd do. Beautiful machines.
We finally got cooler weather here in Central Florida. Went out at dawn on my 1976 Yamaha XS650C. Nice to wear my leather jacket and put up the summer mesh jacket. I did about 116 miles of smiles this morning.
Thank you Mike. Really enjoyed the ride today with you and Jeff on the Triumphs. The handlebars look great Mike but then when you look at Jeff’s handlebars they do look to be more natural somehow. Oh what a joy to have them Roads almost to yourselves sadly not like that in the Uzj these days. Take care guys and I look forward to your next video
Thank you very much. Yes, I think I will swap the bars back one of these days. The drop handlebars are fun but I think I would like to try the originals again. Best wishes, Mike
Watching that was almost like riding along with you. I love the sound of an old triumph, just enough rattle to identify all the right parts are working, and nothing has quit. A 650 twin just sounds so nice and solid, like it's supposed to. Hearing you narrate, with no blasting engine noise, was a nice touch, I live in North Carolina, but have to get out that way perhaps this summer, I haven't ridden in a decade, taking care of my wife who was sick, and I'm hoping to be on the road again this summer. Those two bikes sound awesome together, and the rapide is fine as well, wish I were there. Thanks!
When all triumph twins had a 360 degree firing order,that sadly is missing on the new triumph twins!
Come on triumph give us back that unmistakable triumph sound!
Lovely vid Mike, enjoyed the longer format on the ride mate. Beautiful machine👍
Thank you very much Paul. I appreciate it. Best wishes, Mike
I agree with your philosophy about carrying tools, mine is "If you always carry an umbrella you'll never need an umbrella." ;0)
Thank you Brendan. Best wishes, Mike
Thank you for this wonderful ride! If you keep those bars I think you should add racing number plates and tell people you purchased the bike from Percy Tait!
Hehe, yes thanks for remembering. That was the look that I was going for 😉 Best wishes, Mike
Love the sound of the Thunderbird Mike. Beautiful ride and a great video. We rae just coming into beter weather here in Victoria, ao my HD Heritage Classic will get some kilometres put on it. Cheers, Australia
My secretary needs a good talking to regarding the typo's !
Hehe, thanks a lot! Hope all is well and you have a great summer! It's winding down here and it feels like the summer is definitely coming to an end, but hopefully will have a few more days for riding! Cheers, Mike
Enjoyed the vid Mike, ride safe.
Thank you Henry. I really enjoyed that ride. The weather has changed now. I did manage to get out this morning, but brrrr it was cold!. Best wishes, Mike
Such beautiful scenery, looked like a great day to do a test.
Bike sounded so sweet and not missing a beat 🏍
Have an excellent week 😎
Thanks very much David. That was one of my favorite rides. Best wishes, Mike
Such a good ride and scenery.Almost like being there.You just get better all the time Mike.
Thank you so much Chris. I really appreciate your kind note. Best wishes, Mike
Great one Mike👍👍
Thank you Bob! I was glad to have Geoff and Mrs. Geoff along with me. Best wishes, Mike
" the wild ones " brando on his t bird .
Great ride, Mike! I was watching thinking that was the Willamette Valley as you were passing the vineyards. You stopped at one of my favorite wineries, Ponzi! I got to visit the area a few years back, the whole time thinking 'this would be a great area to be on a bike" (as us riders often do when in an area like that) .. and there you are! 😃🏍 Cheers!
Ah, thanks. Yes, it was a shame that it was only open for reservations but hopefully we will go back again when things clear up. Best wishes, Mike
Thanks Mike, you seemed too be going a lot faster on the return journey after the air screw adjustment lol 😂. Nice ride - Nice bikes 👍🇬🇧
Beautiful old British iron. Think I'll get my 51 6T out and take a ride
Thank you Dennis. Hope you had a great ride. Best wishes, Mike
Amazing scenery as usual, fancy still having the same bike you had when you were 17, Id still have my 1968 Tiger cub.
Awesome Kevin. I'm hoping to see more cubs in upcoming videos. Best wishes, Mike
Looks like your meticulous attention to detail has paid off. No mufflers left in the ditch anywhere, or anything else rattling off. It sure looks and sounds great, and if those bars are comfortable, I would leave them on, not only for their uniqueness, but they look cool too.
Wow , you have some lovely empty and curly roads and great scenery , nice to see them old Triumphs in action , looked on Google maps where abouts this was in America , looks great , I just don't think of America as that nice of a place , I guess we only see the bad side of it when its in the UK news which is a shame really , looking forward to your next video , cheers
Hi Gary, thanks very much for your note. Yes, Oregon is a really big state. It's the 9th largest in the US I believe and would you believe it, bigger than Great Britain and nowhere near as densely-populated.. and no speed cameras 😎! There is so much more of the state that I would still love to explore, from mountains to high desert to coastal rides. There doesn't seem to be enough time!! Best wishes, Mike
"Honey! Fetch me my drool cup! He's taking out that Thunderbird Pre-Unit." As for those handlebars, I had a pair of rather short flat so-called "Z-Bars" on my Norton when I first got it that had a rather similar downward not-quite-cafe-racer orientation at the grips like yours. They were pretty beat up by the time I got 'em, but I thought they gave the handling a really deliberate feel. I had to replace them though. They'd just been whomped too many times and one of the welds was getting dodgy.
Hehe, thanks a lot Bill for your great comment. I loved reading it. Hope all is well. Best wishes, Mike
Lovely ride Mike, poor bike must have thought whats happening here not had to do this in a while 😆 🤣
Yes, for sure! That was the longest ride in a long time! I almost forgot what it felt like to ride!. Best wishes, Mike
Good training run for the Thruxton 500 or the Hutchinson 100 🤣👍🍺🍺🍺🍺🏁✌️crack on!
Hehe!! Best wishes, Mike
I like a plug center electrode to be soot free, and just shade lighter than a brown paper bag.
Plugs one or two grades hotter than recommended by Triumph seem right for me.
“Everything’s perfect”, you summed it up well. Still my favourite looking bike of yours and runs lovely. Not sure about the bars, the camera angle makes them seem quite odd but from a walk around they look okay. I’d probably go back to standard though.
Fast speeds are non essential on a ride like that. Really enjoyed it (especially as very wet and miserable here). Cheers Mike👍🏻.
Many thanks Neil.Yes, I go back and forth on the bars. I may just put the original style bars back on for next spring. Yes, it was a lovely leisurely pace for those bikes and we had a terrific ride. Best wishes, Mike
Yes Mike, change those bars.
Thanks Geoff. Will probably do that before the spring. Best wishes, Mike
Fun running under 50 mph most of the it appears. Keeping rev's easily below 3000 I would guess.
Nice Ride Mike! Maybe the Audio or my ears, but I think that Rapide has a slight whine in the gear box until 4th gear. Maybe top off the lubricant or go to a slightly heavier weight. Can you hear it?
Thanks Ray. Do you mean the Rapide or my Triumph? My Triumph does have a bit of a gearbox whine. I appreciate the advice. Best wishes, Mike
I have the 1964 Thunderbird also
Very cool, thanks a lot for sharing. It is a wonderful bike and so much fun to ride. Best wishes, Mike
I have a stock 58 T-Bird and have to say your custom bars look great. Not sure if your ammeter's working though!
Thanks very much. Yes, thanks for spotting that. It wasn't charging. One of the little springs that holds the bushes onto the dynamo had fallen off. It's on the list of jobs to do. Best wishes, Mike
Three lovely bikes. Always good to give them a run out, especially on such a nice day. How was the plug check? If I just stop on my A10 the plug is very sooty but cut the engine out at high revs and coast to a stop and the plugs look fine. Cheers.
👍🏁
Mike have you ever come across a Triumph Tiger 90 in your travels? A friend from the old days had a 1967 T90 but I've never encountered another one since.
Hi Barry, I haven't seen a T90 here locally. I nearly bought one once in North Yorkshire, but it was a long time ago. I was going to trade my Royal Enfield Crusader Sport for it ;) It was a really nice looking bike. I'll keep my eyes and ears open and will let you know if I ever see one. Best wishes, Mike
Now I have to know what bars you have on the triumph. 1 inch or 7/8?
Hi there, they are 1 inch bars and I got them from Ace Classics in London. I think they call them “M“ bars. Best wishes, Mike
Great video , I enjoy watching your Triumph videos. Have you been in USA for many years and where in England did you come from? Dave Lincolnshire, England🙂
Hi Dave, it's been 27 years!! Originally from Blackburn, Lancashire, then Colne, Barrow-in-Furness, Halifax, Scarbough and Dallas Texas, before moving to Oregon!- hence the whacky accent 😀
Wow, you've been a few places then, I've lived in Lincolnshire all my life, been watching your videos for a bit now.@@TheMightyGarage
Mike what a great ride, love the scenery and the sound of your Triumph! Now at the 14-15 minute part of the video how much was it sped up? Could be deceiving, but looked like the speed I like under ideal conditions on my much newer '86 Guzzi LeMans or 2006 BMW!
Hi George, the speed was about 3 times faster than the actual speed. Best wishes, Mike
Hi who was riding the Vincent please? Please add more comment on the history of the bikes please which I find interesting. Your friend mike seems to have quite a stable of bikes, can you list please. Thks again for bringing us along with you. Please include the chit chat at coffee breaks if interesting. Thank you
Good morning Mike, great ride out with you guys. Bikes sound awesome the Geoff 'tinker' did the final setting, just what the T110 needed a 'little thrash' around the block 👍
I kept meaning to ask, from what I can see is the area well known for 'fruit farming' Mike?
Have a great week, stay safe. atvb t ..
Lorry! How else should one call it, even if one is sat on an 'enderson? 😂
Hehe, the old sayings come back often 😉 Best wishes, Mike
Owww
Sorry mike I meant to say your friend Geoff has a stable of bikes thks
If you can select neutral at a standstill on a pre-unit Triumph then you have indeed set things up nicely - I tried for years to get a Slick-Shift gearbox to do that and only managed it when I found a brand new outer cover ( with all the other components of the clutch lever pivot thing and gearchange plugers etc that actuates the pushrod pivot thing via the ramp and roller ....all brand new) for £25.... in 'Happy Hamrax' as was in Ladbrook Grove, London in the mid 1980's....... He even found me a new shiny 'diamond' inspection cover for the outer !
The guy behind the counter found it in a storeroom an hour before I went there and was moaning about my bike's gearchange whilst waiting to be served. It seems they were starting to have a clearout with the intention of closing down and selling the parade of shops they had aquired over the years.
It was very novel not having to use the clutch at all.... even pulling away from a standstill ! Holding it when stopped still required a hand lever though.... ah, happy days !
Finding neutral on my 64 TR6 is a bit of a pain. I'm getting better at it.
@@daveco1270 Never had a unit Triunph so I can't comment but the trick I learned of selecting neutral while rolling to a stop has stuck with me ever since ! Another little trick I learned concerned the clutch push rod :- I removed the pushrod after taking off the outer cover and then the little bush in the end of the mainshaft... the things that hold the ends of the pushrod in line with the clutch 'top hat' and operating mechanism in the outer cover. I then cut the push rod in half, shortening one piece a little - the same amount as the diameter of a ball bearing.
Harden and temper the 'new ends' of the push rod pieces and fit one piece in from the clutch side, put the ball bearing in the mainshaft, then fit a new bush and finally the other bit of push rod.
Refit the covers etc and adjust as necessary - this trick stopped the (turning-with-the-clutch) pushrod 'burning out' the end of the push rod on the operating mechanism in the gearbox cover.
I tried that before I got the new gearbox cover as the mechanism, pivot pin and hole in the cover were all worn so much as to make adjusting things extremely difficult. When I got the new cover etc, I just left it in.... a later owner of the bike was a bit of a purist and made a big fuss about it, but he spent three years and a lot of money rebuilding the bike and then just leaves it in a shed never riding it ! - It was a bike that was built out of parts from all years, disc front end, twin downtube frame, nine-stud top end etc etc so hardly a 'ClassicBike' more of an old hack anyway.
Yes put them back to how the factory set them this position is not good I know I tried it on a 6T, tiring
Thanks, I will probably do that. Cheers, Mike