Aspects of a 1969 BSA built to work, every week.
A Sunday start-up and video collage. A good study of directional microphone and various exhaust tones. I demo the new britgaskets PIC discharge rate battery monitor and show revs producing a blue 14v or 12v with load indication. Now available at britgaskets.ca ask for availability as quantities are short run produced. I am planning on mounting it below the BSA logo in dashboard, first I have a hole to solve in sidecover :o). It is no longer the LEGO bike, I have a local dealer event sticker.
My bike sounds best 4 feet off the ground. Explains kids of all types always smiling when the yellow BSA goes by. There is over 150 000 miles under my care on this bike.
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Yes, it started as one at least. You can put a 500cc b50 motor in your 250, just don't burn out the parts to fast and make sure your oil frame system never gets plugged.
my uncle has a b50 motor just laying around that he wants to modify, and put in his triumph tr25w, but i will try to beg it off him. how do i keep the oil in frame from getting plugged. i just check the oil return feed pipe periodically to make sure its pumping.
Just remove the bottom plug and be sure to wash the brass screen if there. You can blow out the screen w/air as well. Have not had my MX b50 for ten years so check a workshop manual too. I may have just had build up of sludge but checking your return is a good habit.Steve
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i am thinking about making my trailblazer into a cafe racer. it would need a b50 motor first. that would make it into a real motorcycle.
Hey hey, there are vintage 250's I know that will top 125mph so size does not always make a real motorcycle a bike YOU can fix with no help is a real bike. 500 is comforting on the highway though LOL!
l had a 1967 250 royal enfield crusader sport which was converted to run on light particles,via a timeloop transducer.on its first kick it backfired creating a "time portal",which sucked my mechanic into a nightmare world populated by flesh eating cavemen…l havent the guts to try and start it again
terry,you forget,panther,early triumphs and bongresoid.l believe bongresoid were the first company to use claptic valves on there o.h.v engines…stick that in your pipe you big puff.
very nice bike
Cool, I used to have one of those. A B44R Shooting Star. Red and whoite model. Mine came to me when a neighbor's son (6) found the tool box in the garage and started finding all the places the wrenches fit. You would be amazed at the things a 6 yo can do with a wrench! The neighbor was afraid he'd try to start it…
Thanks, guess the 18 years of looking and riding it has payed off. I dread they day a lever get messed as in 15 I have never seen another pair of Tomaselli short racers. I really should get them cast some how simply the most comfy ever. The 1/4 throttle made me really get serious about tuning and I make a 73 degree side draft I run now for more revs.
S
Great bike and obviously well used and loved.
You could probably do well on ebay with the Tomaselli levers. Honest copies of rare items sell well, and if you get 'em cast in good metal word'll spread.
Good sound of Engine!
Minoru
You are correct, roadrocket, my race tuned DB32 used to manage 7000 also.
no,hash cakes!
Dr Atomic
film qualty mostly clear, Biker uses stick-UMS, lickable red rear cat.
running speed regular, can pick up a rattle noise on the BSA 350. One of the better rolling films
Cool classic!
Yikes, the seat and catch bottle are lovely !
I think the word is challenged! but the airtube in that seat is comfy.
Just bought a '68 b25,not running, good compression,about 98 percent intact. Where would you suggest i begin with this machine?(my first bike) Any info would be much appreciated.
A nice machine my friend, built to your own requirements, and for a pleasant change one used as it was meant to be used, as transport and not a show-piece!
Many years ago I went to a classic bike show and spoke to a very irate owner of a 500 Goldie, He'd offered his bike to them providing it was left in "as used" condition (dull alloy, road dirt, ripped seat and all), but someone had polished it up! he was furious! his idea was to show it as most of them looked in their day, warts and all!!