bisby

I had the cush flywheel lightened hacksawd it then finished it on the lathe, love the extra zip and i dont think i lost much low down torque. I find i have to use every day multi grade oil in the clutch 20/50 Steve.

This is my casing which has been strengthened and also you can see the chain casing protector. Stephen.

Hi Dave just spotted this, my oko is a 28mm it was not far out as it came but i have got it on a 112 main jet and either a 52 or a 55 pilot and i bought a rubber carb pipe from a Sherco to go from the rear of carb to an angled piece of plastic 60mm? drain pipe tube then a Ram airfilter and i run the air box with no top or snorkel tube but have the rear mudguard well taped up. This sounds like a bit of a bodge but it works fine for me. Steve

where are the cakes? episode two.

I use a thin wedged screwdriver bit, tapped into the gap between the pinch bolts to open the yokes.

I think i have found my answer, My auntie phoned today and she says my uncle had an Ariel red hunter when she met him and she is sure this was the bike.

Doc46, I had to google shuttleworth snap, Made me smile. Steve.

Up to now all i have is this photo, i wondered if could be a sidecar? Would you have clip on handlebars on a sidecar?? Also clip on racey bars on a small cc bike? so 350 or 500 is more what i would expect. My mum and me think i was about 3 or 4 years old and my uncle was 15 when i was born. I do remember looking at two old scooters under water proof sheets behind the garage (long since gone) so maybe he had one of those parked up next to his sports bike. Charlie, the car in the background was my dads Renault 4. One of my memories about my uncle Richard was i got oily hands from his bike and he washed my hands with this bright green slime in a jam jar and i have never forgotten the smell of swarfega.

This is a photo of me on my uncle Richards bike,(1968 to 1970) can anyone have a guess as to what the machine was? We had my his funeral on tuesday 11th July 2017, he was a biker all his life, without him and my dad i don`t think i would be riding a motorbike today. Steve Bisby.

I've had a mikuni on my Ossa gripper for years because i was after better pickup from low revs and the old Amal was badly worn. It has served me well but i was finding it would gas up on steep down hills and also flood the engine if i dropped the bike, so i have invested in a new OKO from scooter assasins which cost me just under £60.00 plus a couple of different jets and new air filter. It hasnt improoved the perfomance much but it has stopped the flooding... Bargin

I once nipped up my majesty yamaha up in the scottish six days, riding along road section when it started to lose power then the next second the back wheel had locked up so i pulled the clutch in and stopped.after about 5 mins it fired up again and was ok. you could pull the exhaust off and shine a torch in to look at the bore and piston condition.

Two other possibles to look out for are twisted swinging arm? and buckled wheel? Steve.