The very same. Awesome! Where did you snap that? They were loading it into the back of a van when i saw it and was a little awkward to get a proper view. Brakes as you say are probably the main area of improvement from that time, thank god!!!!!!!

AL

Chris, as long as i live i will never get past the fact that the effective blueprint for what we know as motorbikes today was got so very right by people over 100 years ago. Look at modern stuff and everything is still in the same place. (penny farthing aside) Ideas like rake and trail, steering geo...

I borrowed an original Kawasaki tool from my local specialist (sadly now moved away( A&H Performance ) I verniered the little beggar and after six hours of drawing, hacking , filing, sanding drilling, tapping, counterboring and sawing produced a perfect copy of the original. At six pounds per ho...

As requested Chris the; now 250 ish cc New Hudson from 1914 sorry made a mistake. A good day was had by all in so far as i am aware. We left Brighton at three thirty and it chucked it down. All over the waterproof van horray. Hopefully below should be a few piccys but i hope Kev Dean will be along i...

I will be at Epsom on Sunday with a 1912 New Hudson kick off 0838 thats in the a.m. Bikes start to leave early like about 8.00 or possibly sooner and once there gone the spectators either look around for something to do and there is nothing or follow on at a discrete distance using alternative route...

Outstanding.....Drag racing.
It's not all about men chasing each other around in womens' clothing. See you there.

AL

Whats the list of dates for RWYB??? Andy.....anyone?????

Just had another thought after writing the patronising reply above. I stripped three of my cam bolt threads and then discovered that the spare 1100 head in the shed has longer bolts. So i used these instead. They reach down to a greater depth and put the bolts in touch with thread deeper in the head...

From October 2007 post reply The correct figure is calculated to be; 104 inch pounds which is equivalent to 8.666 rec. ft-lbs.for 6mm bolts in this environment. 12 foot pounds will absolutely snap bolts or strip threads as well as overloading the caps. Need to use a low range torque wrench for this ...

If you go to the retro show link at first post above and click on '2007 gallery' you can see nitrous Mark on his Z1R a couple of lines above Andy's photo (he's the one all in black) who built his bike over 20 years ago and is still thrashing it at below ten seconds to this day. He and Andy Z1R had t...

Yep thats him and no mistaking. That particular picture was taken by a Vespa type bloke riding side saddle in the other lane whilst overtaking him!!!!

Went to Chimay event last year. Suggest you drink the red label local, from the Chimay brewery, it makes everything seem like it going really fast.

North Weald Sept 2007 Pre-1982. The most fun you can have with your pants on. ?25 on the day and we laughed till we let out a little weee. Turbo Barry V, Andy Z1R (normally aspirated) Nitrous Mark Z1R and hardly aspirated, senile Mike on my Z1000J1. Did i mention Mike on my J1? Did I, Did I? He's 6...

Hi Chris, i live three miles from you i have both manuals and lots and lots of info. What do you need????

AL

Sorry its' a bit late i have just joined. Assuming all else fails this should be true for everyone with choke circuit fault if that's what it is. Borrow yourself a bank of vacuum gauges. Test vacuum and adjust for carbs as per normal. Once satisfied, allow to idle and pull, in tiny stages; the choke...