BSA A10 Spitfire Scrambler 650 replica short test ride after minor attention.
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- This machine looked like any run of the mill, black, early swingarm 'Flash' model until recently converted by the owner to look more like a Spitfire Scrambler model. This is my first and only ride on this machine at present and it was taken to see if some adjustments I had made cured some spitting back and stalling, which was vastly improved after raising the carb needle by a notch, to its highest [richest] setting and checking and adjusting tight inlet and loose exhaust tappets.
As mentioned at the end, in my summing up, I suspect there may be an incorrectly timed, or very sporty cam in there, combined with a lowish compression ratio, as the engine is very smooth but lacks bottom end 'punch' and has a very noticeable power band coming in around 3,000 RPM or so, when it really wakes up. Once that twistgrip is sorted, this could be quite a pleasant machine, but it needs to be kept 'on the boil'.
Talikng about rattling windows.
When I was about 18 I lived in Horton Kirby in Kent and used to earn some extra money by helping to erect the market stalls in Swanley. This of course required me to get there very early and I was always late, so when I got onto the A20 at Death Hill I used to open up my BSA B31 and the workers at the market said they could here me blasting down death hill miles away and said to each other, John's on his way, be here soon.
The old saying "Loud pipes save lives" 😉😃👌👍
Nice to hear bike ridden and put through its paces.
Thanks!
Loud pipes save lives is my motto 😅 beautiful bike, lovely sound & a great ride through the countryside. Thank you Paul 👍
Thank you!
Always liked the A7/A10 Beezas. As a young "rocker" back in the late 60s, I used to frequent a local transport cafe on my Crusader 250 Sports. We ran the whole gammut of A7/A10s in there, from the window cleaner's Gold Flash with a "box" on it, (and ladders!) to the Super Rockets and even a genuine Rocket Gold Star! There were many "Bitsa's" as well, these models being so common and plentiful, cheap used parts. This was in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, the home of the Panther.
Very nice! A nice deep engine note always sounds good.
Bloody lovely! BSA's A7 and A10 were great bikes and filled so many purposes!
Hi Paul that's the way to wake em up, nothing sounds like a British twin...
In 1965 while I rode a Honda Scrambler (CL 72) 250cc my good friend bought a brand new BSA Spitfire Hornet (USA) which had dual carbs and dual straight pipes one on each side of the bike high up. After a couple of weeks he fitted the pipes with shorty straight through megaphones....oh the sweet sound! Thanks for the wonderful video, now if I could just time travel.
Never mind the neighbours....all good sounds need to be loud! 🥰😍😎
What a great sounding bike ! And looks like a lot of fun to ride. Thanks Paul. Cheers, Dan👍🇨🇦
I used to enjoy terrorising the neighbourhood & rattling a few windows in the old days myself , But I must of mellowed a bit & gained a lot more mechanical empathy as I got older . I find myself riding at a more gentile pace now ,with standard pipes ,I have started to notice scenery I was going too fast to see or appreciate before. It could be just the position of your mic ,but I reckon that BSA 650 scrambler ,makes less racket than that lovely old Tiger cub you own .👍
Simply superb!
My heart was racing as I seen you open her up, such an exhilarating upload, and as I know.. if you've worked your magic on her, she will be 110% Spot On!
Thank you for a fantastic upload. 👌
Not a fan of noise just for the sake of it, you might guess which bikes I'm referring to, I feel the sound should be appropriate to the bike and that one works for me. Nice job on a bonny looker. Thank you.
Glorious.Just the job👍
I like the sound of it.looked like it has lots of power.
Road bike A10 borrowed for week in Capetown 76,while doing upgrade to my Honda CB k2 750 Love good ROAR myself got into bit of trouble Whilst on way to work 750 header pipes only silencers sawn off waiting for 4into 1 to arrive..
Very pleasing sound from a lovely looking bike..
That’s a peach Paul. Love the exhaust note but that might get old after a few miles! 🏍
Sounds good to me. Thanks!
Thanks, Herman!
Lovely!
Very nice👍
bloody hell that sounds good nice one paul
Thanks!
nice
Te felicito Paul... EXCELENTE!!!!!
Proper old British scoot you have there. (Yank here) Sounds like she is geared a bit on the low side or maybe you were just being easy on her. Nice bike.
Sounds about right to me :)
Is that the same engine that Steve McQueen had in his Mustang!! the exhaust note sounds just like it.
Loud pipes save lives.
Sounds great, but too many horses on the roads around here for something that loud!
Nice bike, mate. Pipes the USA way?
The owner bought the pipes and all the other bits to convert this from an ordinary A10. I think the pipes came from Burton Bike Bits.
interesting, just got a 1960 A10 with hi comp pistons (new) and a rebore too +20, i am really interested in these spitfire scramblers, rather than doing the now ubiqutous road rocker RGs restoration, plus i like the tank shape better, nice bike! How did it feel and whats the final drive gearing?
I have a feeling this machine may have a sporty camshaft and low compression pistons, as well as that small 26 mm carb. It was a bit like a 2 stroke, with little power until it got on the boil and even then felt quite tame, but pleasant. The Super Rocket in one of my other recent videos has a lot more 'Go', as did a 'real' A10 SS I rode some years ago, before I started making my videos.
@@paulhenshaw4514 felt tame because it is, i had all the go faster stuff on my a10 thick flange crankcase back in the day, it was a better motor than the a65 which followed it thats for sure, dont understand why they cost so much money, ever read the book [you can go far or fast on a bsa but NOT both.
Was it the sun or did the oil light flicker a few times befor u got out trough village
No oil light it’s an ignition light Gerald and seems to have a mind of its own.
Ah - I think that is the reflection of an orange light from my camera, which lights up every so often.
Has it got a standard gearbox Paul?
I am not sure, to be honest, third and top feel quite closely spaced, if that is any sort of clue?
Might be a scrambles box, SCT stamped on the inner case of the box if I remember right.
The sound seems unrelated to the progress
Maybe, although I enjoyed riding it.
Well, loud bikes send an unmistakeable message that the rider doesn’t give a shit about anyone but themselves. This bike needs to be impounded and scrapped.
Lol. Smoke another one
Yes, of course. Terrible racket and far too much fun. Stamp it out at once!
@@paulhenshaw4514 I was talking recently to someone who rode a deliberately loud bike (of a certain American make). I said -“well, I hate noisy bikes. When I ride a bike that is noisy, I think about what other people (who may already dislike motorcycles) think as I ride past. I understand that I may be annoying them, and, being a considerate person, I’m embarrassed. I prefer to treat people as I would like to be treated myself, rather than being an inconsiderate asshole”. He said - “no, I never think of it that way”. I said - “ no, of course you don’t”. There are two reasons to ride loud bikes, one, you don’t give a toss about other people, or two, you get a kick out of deliberately annoying other people. Neither appeals to me, I’m afraid.
@biffa ozzie My own bikes are not overly loud, this one is not mine, but I liked the sound while not being an inconsiderate arsehole and actually caring quite a lot about other people. As for people being 'offended' I have had a pants full of those types, thank you. Live and let live I say. Crushing someone's machine because someone else is 'offended' by it is offensive in itself. There are too many jumped up, arsey do-gooders in the world today, trying to have control and power over others and I am sick of it. Leave each other alone and let's just get on with our lives, I say. There are things other people do and like doing which I may not like or approve of, but if they are not actually hurting me or anyone else, let them get on with it I say.
@@paulhenshaw4514 Paul. Well, I agree to some extent, in that I don’t like living in an overly paternalistic society either. Unfortunately, we live on a crowded planet, and our actions do impact other people. You don’t have the right to behave in any way you chose- you can’t have a bonfire of used tyres in your back yard, or play heavy metal music full volume at 3am. You rights only extend to the point where they infringe on other people’s rights. Other people have a right to peace and quiet, and deliberately riding loud bikes infringes that right. I prefer to live in a world where people don’t play loud music at scenic beauty spots, or piss in shop doorways, and I’m happy ride quiet bikes in return. There are, of course, people who don’t see it that way. BTW- I do enjoy your videos- keep it up 🙂. (Added in edit- having said that, I do appreciate that the BSA was built that way, and it does sound glorious- but maybe best on a track day).