Thanks for sharing the event on youtube. goes to show the rest of the world is not sitting around playing video games.........press on, Angus!

@BSAPowerSet

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers John and perish the thought regarding video games - I’m hopeless.

Gods teeth where did that Ariel 3 come from? Thanks for posting as I’ve attended the last couple of these events on the Sunday which I understand wasn’t open to the public this year. Obviously it’s a BSA club event but it’s nice for non-members to get a chance to see so many BSA’s in the same place. When held in Market Harborough it’s close enough for my brother to ride his 1930 BSA S18 to (similar to the Sloper you featured, but with an upright side valve engine).

@stewy62

2 жыл бұрын

S30-18 I meant to write

@BSAPowerSet

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Stew. There's a story with the A3 - more to come! I think next year the Whitsun event will be back at Harborough and be public. Nice to hear about your brother's S30 - I like the 30's singles in Brunswick (?) Green and a branch member rides his Blue Star regularly to the meetings and was at Mallory on it.

Yes! You got one! A man like you needs a full power set! I'm going to Bristol in August and hope to visit the quirky Ariel 3 museum there!

@BSAPowerSet

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Andrew. Is that the museum behind the dental surgery?

@andrewwalker8640

2 жыл бұрын

@@BSAPowerSet That's the one, apparently he's a dental technician.

Gorgeous video!

@BSAPowerSet

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Mac.

@54macdog

2 жыл бұрын

@@BSAPowerSet My pleasure. Always enjoy your videos!

Ariel 3! Hope it’s Mrs. Campbell’s for nipping to the shops! 😃 Be an interesting addition to your collection 👍

@BSAPowerSet

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers David. The ladies (including my daughter) are interested and a shopping trip is planned, but probably with me at the helm initially!

I tried to order a couple of T shirts but no go for the USA. Will that change someday? Love the channel.

@BSAPowerSet

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the interest and kind comment Dave. Also for trying to order T’s. I’ll check why you can’t order - I might have set to uk only. Thanks again.

@BSAPowerSet

2 жыл бұрын

Hi again Dave - further to my last reply I've checked the ebay listing and it should allow international purchases. If it still doesn't work for you feel free to contact me via the channel email and we can work something out via Paypal or whatever. Thanks again for the interest.

@daveswanson6066

2 жыл бұрын

@@BSAPowerSet Ordered! Thanks!

Some times if a battery sits without use for a while it can start to 'sulphate up' and then doesn't seem to hold a charge - mostly because not all the surface area of the plates are working with the acid. There are chargers that can sort this out called pulse chargers which sounds rediculous but it can work. I looked on ebay and bought one for about £15 and also got one of these electronic battery condition tester things for about £21. Used the condition tester - not the old load tester but a clever electronic thing - to ascertain the battery's overall condition or 'state of health' and then did the full repair pulse charge thing with the charger and it worked,. The battery started of with a 78% state of health reading only holding 65% of it's charge, and ended up with a 100% SOH and 98% state of charge.... Now I am not accusing you of leaving the bikes unused 'cos I know you don't, I do and used these 'optimiser' things to maintain the batteries but they still started to sulphate up. After the pulse charge repair treatment the batteries are like new - it did wonders for my car battery as well, the constant drain of the alarm/immobiliser had made that battery condition 62% and after a couple of repair charges it is now 88% (- it's an old battery ) so I use one of those solar charger things on that !

@BSAPowerSet

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks - I do have an intelligent charger which includes the ability to de-sulphate plates, but on this occasion I decided to replace the battery, as it was actually failing to charge and deteriorating.

@thakery5720

2 жыл бұрын

@@BSAPowerSet I borrowed an 'intelligent charger' with the desulphating fascility but it made no difference to a 12AH (200CCA) battery off my Spotster, so while off work waiting for a broken leg to heal I researched batteries and found these 'pulsating charge' things. The inteligent chargers will do a slight pulsating charge for about ten minutes and then charge the battey which is what the borrowed one did but it soon showed the battery to be fully charged. The battery is trying to start a 1250cc high compression (10.5 : 1 ) motor ( a well modified engine) and needs the full 200 cold cranking amps but only had 160. Couldn't improve it for love nor money. So I bought the pulsating repair charger thinking that at £15 it was worth a try - and something to do while recovering. Set the thing up and turned it on - it takes 14 hours of the full repair cycle and at the end after sitting for twelve hours after the charge it was showing a better 'state of health' and 185 CCA, so I gave it another go and sure enough the old tired out battery now shows 100% state of health, 98% charge AND 210CCA - battery was rated 200 when new ! Now I don't say it will 'recover' your bike battery but you never know. I have not actually tried it on the bike yet, but if you think about it when the plates are 'sulphated up' then you won't be able to charge a battery as the acid is weak and the surface area of the plates is not being 'worked on' by the acid as it cannot get to the plates....... I'll go and try the battery now. Intelligent chargers are good but this thing is better - I have a car jump starter thing and the battery has just died on that - showing 0.14 volts - so I am going to give that ago, outside though incase it blows up ! I also have one of these lithium batterys for the Sportster that was in the bike when I fell off it and it sat for 6 months before I could get to it.... from totally discharged -2.3 volts - to full working order in one charge, but that was on a 'standard moto charge' with no desulphating pulses. I tell you Angus, this is one of the best fifteen quid purchases I have ever made !

@thakery5720

2 жыл бұрын

@@BSAPowerSet Update : I have just fitted the battery to the bike and it starts the bike like a new battery - before I tried all this recovery charging lark it wouldn't turn the engine over at all.....

@BSAPowerSet

2 жыл бұрын

@@thakery5720 thanks for detailing the experience and for describing the difference between intelligent and pulse chargers - I think I’ll be investing. 👍

@thakery5720

2 жыл бұрын

@@BSAPowerSet Well it's worth a look - I can't say how long it'll work for the Sportster battery, but it has done wonders for the car battery - that is about seven years old and was well short of it's supposed cranking amps..... yet with only 11.4 volts it would still start the car ! it is a turbo 1.8 Skoda so although the battery is the same size for all models, diesel included, it is relatively low compression. Just try the charging OUTSIDE where it won't mess anything up if it explodes the battery - the chargers are still on ebay and at £15 to 20 you can't go wrong.

Does anyone remember the C15 my first motorcycle jealous of the starfire

@BSAPowerSet

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the interest and comment. Yes I used to have a C15T which went well and at one point I rode it abroad in France. It was pretty reliable but in the end I sold it to a friend (who still has it) to begin the grey framer collection. I prefer the B25SS though - much quicker and better handling.

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How did you know that about the red bsa with the crank, pistons etc

@BSAPowerSet

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike - I spoke to the owner when he came over to look at my A70 - otherwise I would never have known as externally it looks absolutely standard.

@mikeymike3240

2 жыл бұрын

@@BSAPowerSet Thanks for that, I was thinking that you were some kind of guru, lol 😎👍👍👍