Swiss A7 rigid - 1948

[Stefu]

Hi guys, I'm happy to be part of your forum. So let me give a brief intro.
First, my english isn't that good; sorry for that! Second, I'm a real newbie to mechanics in general, sitting arround in offices in real life; sorry for that aswell! Third, I'm not very used to forums; and sorry one more time!
I own my A7 for about five years now and it ran pretty good all that time. It has been restored by my pre-owner and I didn’t have to fix any mayor problems up to now. I’actually bought it to learn about mechanics, cause I had two bikes before and never knew anything about motors and stuff. As a man I think, I sould at least know a few things in those kind of topics - luckily I’m not affraid to get my hands dirty, try and make my faults. So now it’s the time to dive in to it. I’ve got an issue with my crinkled hub of the rear wheel that needs to be fixed – I’ll open a topic for that.

Hope to get some help, unfortunately I won’t be able to contribute a lot regarding the main topics of your forum. But if you have any questions about surfing, climbing or psychology don’t hesitate, these are fields I’ve got some experience 😉

So long

[Sluggo]

I have heard of Catholic guilt but now we have Swiss apologies!     You have nothing to say sorry for! And I speak fluent Hobot and Veli (2 people on other lists who can be challenging to understand at times)

Your bike looks lovely! Much tidier & complete than my rigid project(s) (I have some singles & twins)

First stop is to slurp up (Download) parts books (illustrated parts diagrams and part numbers) and any service manuals in the technical section.  This is helpful 2 ways.  You can properly ID parts and their numbers as well as explicitly ID parts discussed as well as which way the spacer or washers fit.

Early bikes also had much of their data in service sheets instead of manuals.  Service sheets cover a wide range of bikes and models, and the list of these is a large number.  If you like, I can try and email digital versions to you but the files are quite large.  Or I can burn you a disc and mail it,,

In return, I might at some point ask for some measurements or detailed pictures of some parts of your bike as I am missing parts still.

So, welcome!      These bikes have their quirks and oddities, but they are very simple and agricultural. 

[bsa-bill]

Hi Stefu and welcome, I echo Sluggo 's comments, your English is excellent no need for apologies at all.
Looking forward to you posts

[muskrat]

G'day Stefu 
Great looking LS you have.
Yuor English is better than some English members!
Cheers

[Greybeard]

Welcome Stefu 

Love the bike!

[a10 gf]

wow, looks great ! Thanks for the fine intro post, welcome.

psychology -\- I’ve got some experience

...why do we like these old metal things that gives so many problems and costs so much money

[morris]

psychology -\- I’ve got some experience

...why do we like these old metal things that gives so many problems and costs so much money

Don't have to study psychology to know that! It's a deflection called masochism...

  Stefu

[duTch]

 Hiya Stefu- welcome...I think I'm scared to say more than that

edit; if you don't already have some, start looking/keeping eyes open for WHITWORTH spanners and read up on 'Cycle thread' 

[Stefu]

Hi again guys and many thanks for the warm welcome. Now I got to give some answers, huh?

@ sluggo: cool, thx for the hint regarding the service literature section. I just had the service manual from bsawiki and a bsa spare book for the models from 1954 to 1957, cool that I have one for my rigid now as well. If you have other versions of service sheets than covered here http://www.classicrider.dk/english/technic/ServiceSheets.php digitally, I would love to get those (maybe you could upload them to a dropbox folder or google drive). Just let me know if you need some measurements or pics, I’ll be glad to help.

@ morris&a10gf: it isn't all that bad , allthough masochism could be a reason, recalling some desperate situations    the explanation that Yun-Oh Whang (2004) shows in a study with male bikers (n=179) is way better "[...] bikers’ love toward their motorcycles resembles an interpersonal love that is passionate, possessive and selfless in nature. Only the passion component of interpersonal love had an impact on loyalty to their bikes."...so it’s the same that makes us be together with those female things or maybe we're all just a bit low in IQ

@duTch: c’mon talk on, it’s just a gonna be an indepth analysis of your personality that doesn’t hurt  …  I do have a set of whitworth spanners, but thx anyway

Enjoy springtime guys!

[duTch]

 

...@duTch: c’mon talk on, it’s just a gonna be an indepth analysis of your personality that doesn’t hurt  ....

 I looked for personality on ebay but couldn't find any, so just continue bluffin' my way...

[Sluggo]

Stefu, Did you suitable satisfy your technical needs?  If not I can send you what I have if you like.
Btw,,, was pursuing a paper written by David Schlenoff, Formerly a Clinical Psychologist for the US Veterans administration who has many papers published but often is cited in stories related to collecting and hobbies.
I am looking for permission to reprint one he wrote back in the 1980s "A Psychology of the Vintage Automotive Collector" and appeared in Feb 1982 issue of "Classic Car collector".

I appreciated the citation above of the other study which is actually quite interesting.  If you have more suggestions I am working on a newsletter article (several actually) for several vintage bike newsletters.  If you have material that might be helpful, let me know!
Thanks..

[tinu]

Hello Stefu
Nice to see you here, we need more Swiss members...!
Beside some issues with the prince of darkness, I didn't get dirty fingers by now... touch wood.
Cheers
Martin