That was a really well balanced look at 500s. A friend of mine had just bought a 1930 Rudge Special.

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

Might do one on earlier machines

Made me go all gooey eyed seeing my old love the Norton ES2 back in 1966.

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

The BSA's look very smart there, alot of skilled hours of restoration. Thanks for the filming and content

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

Make my A10 look a bit tatty 😂

I still have my original 1951 ES2, still love riding her.

@bikerdood1100

8 ай бұрын

Fantastic

Good one. Very informative, thank you. I've usually ridden at least something like, if not one of, your subject set. 0 for 5 this time! Must say I do like the look of the Norton.

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Love your stuff. Thanks!

@bikerdood1100

5 ай бұрын

Just glad people enjoy them really And hopefully sometimes see something new

It would be fun to learn to ride these vintage bikes. I love my sportbike and "modern" others but these were all very unique with lots of quirks I am sure! (I.E. personality!)

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

Well not really vintage, but actually not difficult at all once you get use to it and genuinely more enjoyable than a modern bike, more of a challenge because they don’t do everything for you in the same way at all

@Mike40M

4 ай бұрын

Ride them is not difficult, starting them and service them is something else.

Very nice collection of bikes. One of my favorite bikes is your gold BSA. Thanks for sharing. Cheers

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

I’m very fond of her Unfortunately so is my son and now he can ride it it’s a scrap when we pull her out of the shed 😂

I thought that Ariel vh 500 might have got a mention, keep up the good work cheers

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

5 bikes more than 5 companies, can’t put em all in This time

1st allways loving these videos.hi from New Zealand 🇳🇿

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

Thank you the feedback is much appreciated 👍🏻

@Mr39knuck

10 ай бұрын

This is great thank you. We can still buy these motorcycles today and ride them and enjoy them. A testament to fine British engineering and manufacturing. I ride a 1954 MSS and love it. Since you asked, I have a 1936 AJS 500 flat head I’d like to see something about those 😊..

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

Shot some film of one of those at a sow recently I think a video about AJS history is a must at some point

Many happy miles on a Velocette Venom

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

We. I don’t know but I’ll assume many 😆

I might be in something of a minority, but I always rather liked the Triumph Bathtub models; a mate had a rather nice Speed Twin, in Amaranth Red, while another had a Tiger 110, in black and ivory, both with the Bathtub. In terms of 500 cc British twins of the period, one could add in the BSA A7, which was very popular. I was always partial to the A7SS, the Shooting Star - introduced in 1954 as competition for the Triumph Tiger 100 - with production ending in 1962. It was finished in a rather nice shade of polychromatic green. I would have bought one new in 1962, but unfortunately the 1960 250 cc learner law prevented that, so I settled for a new and very reliable Jawa 250 instead.

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

Certainly in their day the bath tube was pretty popular, they sold enough of them after all. Definitely plan further videos on this plus the 650s of course As an A10 owner how could I not I did a couple of videos on eastern bloc bikes including Jawa . Some very neat machines I must say and discovered some completely new makes I’d never heard of

The relatively low compression ratio of early fifties bikes was due to poor petrol quality. A benefit is that they are easier to start.

@bikerdood1100

4 ай бұрын

Yes we all know that Pool petrol you mean Bloody rationing 😂 Still pays dividends now

Heres a thought, Imagine you are the owner, for 10 years, of a Yamaha R1 and you are an older rider who is finding the riding position a problem that requires you to stop every half hour or so to stretch legs, this issue has lead you consider a switch to a more touring style machine, what would be a possible replacement for an R1 ?!!!

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

Best thing is to try a number of bikes to see what fits you best Adventure bikes have become popular for that very reason but there are lots of options depending on what style your into and what you expect from it

@quidly259

10 ай бұрын

an r1 with risers

@rogerdevries7090

10 ай бұрын

@@quidly259 When your 6'4" with long legs and weell into your 60's risers won't help, thanks for the suggestion though !!!

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

@@quidly259 and your knees 🙄

Sadly so many of the Featherbed Norton 500s were cannibalised to make Tritons. Good choice of 500s. Thanks.

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

Very true unfortunately

@jamesweber4938

10 ай бұрын

I cannibalized a 600 Norton to install a Thunderbird engine but it was reverted back to a Norton when it was sold.

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

@@jamesweber4938 swapping engines can work but it can also result in frame oscillations and amplification of the dreaded vibrations

I had a T100A.

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

Hope you liked it 😎

@jamesweber4938

10 ай бұрын

It was 10 years old when I bought it in 1969 and unknown to me (at 17 years old) there was a lot wrong with it. Long story short I spent a small fortune on it and after a year sold it at a loss.

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

@@jamesweber4938 well it still happens today people get an old bike to restore at a profit An easy way to burn a lot of cash Not a problem as long as they don’t expect big profits

there was a cut away mss engine at school

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

Wonder where they got that from Had probably once belong to the factory for use at shows

@AndyAndy-bg7mv

10 ай бұрын

@@bikerdood1100 I was going to nick it and turn it in to a lamp but got expelled before i could get it. It was Chichester boys school btw

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

@@AndyAndy-bg7mv tut tut 😂 Would have been a cool lamp though

The Sunbeam S7 is what British cruisers could have been.

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

True BSA management very quickly lost interest unfortunately

Horex has probably copied a lot from the British

@bikerdood1100

10 ай бұрын

Oh a lot of British design somewhat pre-date Horex