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Offline Greybeard

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Re: Which Bike For Me
« Reply #15 on: 20.08. 2019 09:21 »
... a nice cooking plunger beesa is a lovely thing, a good honest workhorse
I agree.
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Offline Rocket Racer

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Re: Which Bike For Me
« Reply #16 on: 21.08. 2019 04:21 »
... a nice cooking plunger beesa is a lovely thing, a good honest workhorse
I agree.
I count myself lucky enough to currently own BSA preunits and units with 1 - 3 cylinders from 250 to 750 and even a Vincent black shadow  *yeah*, but if push came to shove and I had to sell everything, I still would never sell my '51 ZB33  *respect*, I can see why I might keep my c11, but would rather have the B, its very easy to start albeit the stands are rubbish. A std vincent has 4 stands and they are all rubbish too *shh*

If the time ever comes it will be hard to sell my two road rockets  *dribble* .
A good rider periodically checks all nuts and bolts with a spanner to see that they are tight - Instruction Manual for BSA B series, p46, para 2.
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