I'm sorry to hear of your loss, our thoughts are with you. Great video.

I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your Dad.

@TheMightyGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Ken. It’s very kind of you to send a note. I really appreciate it. ❤️

Condolences on your loss may your dad ride in peace

@TheMightyGarage

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much William. That's very kind. Best wishes, Mike

Hes there riding with you at times...no one can resist a ride on a Vincent

@TheMightyGarage

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks! Best wishes, Mike

I CRY! J.

Sorry about your father. Safe travels! David

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much David. Best wishes, Mike

I’m so sorry for the lost of your dad. My deep sincere sympathy, Mike. Take good care of yourself.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Jean-Francois! Best wishes to you and your family.

Sincere condolences Mike. Very sorry for your loss.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brendan. I really appreciate it

So sorry to hear about your dad, Mike. My condolences to you and your family. A ride on such a glorious machine on a beautiful day is a good way to remind oneself to be thankful be being here each day.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Corey. Yes, that was a really nice ride. It was like therapy riding with him on that day. Best wishes to you and your family. Mike

Mike, Losing a parent is very hard. My condolences. I see my father every time I look in a mirror.

Now...THAT'S A Bike! Thanks for chronicling a ride on a 2-wheeled LEGEND for us!

Great to see the Vinny on the road. It's very sad to hear about your dad; I hope your trip to England inspires lots of happy memories. When you get back, let's fix that sprocket.

Respects to you and your late father. Obviously he raised a fine son in you. All the best.

That has to be the best motorcycle speedometer ever made.

Your Dad for sure looking after you, your ride was a fitting tribute to him 👍

sorry about your sad news have a good trip back home see you soon buddy 👍

Sorry to hear about your dad, Mike. Peace.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That was very kind of you to say. Best wishes, Mike

My condolences, also a tough time to be traveling, best wishes for a safe trip. Thank you for this video, the sound was perfect and I'm pretty sure that this is the closest I'll ever get to riding one of those legendary motorcycles. I was hoping you would "crank it on a bit" but at the end I was glad you did not. Got my first Norton in 1970, a Commando S in the deep red metal flake, been in love with them ever since. Your videos give about the truest Norton riding experience available on the internet, well done and thank you from Colorado.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark! I'm very grateful for your kind words. One of these days, I will crank it up a little more. Here's a video where we go a little faster, but I still haven't gone too fast on the old bike ;) Best wishes, Mike. kzread.info/dash/bejne/rGiZsdujiMjPeaw.html

Sincere condolences, Mike. A new bright star in the Heavens now shines down upon us all

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kevin! That was really kind of you to say that. I truly believe that he is happy now with my Mum in heaven. Best wishes, Mike

My condolences Mike. Losing a parent is something we can’t prepare for, because it’s hard no matter what. Your bike sounds awesome though.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bob! I really appreciate it. We will have to meet one of these days! Geoff speaks so fondly of you and some of your amazing rides.. but it might have to wait until things settle down a little!! Best wishes, Mike

@bobwampler3387

4 жыл бұрын

Mi Ty Geoff embellishes a lot so don’t be too disappointed when you meet me.😂

So sorry to hear about your dad. Safe travels

My condolences for your loss. The passing of a parent is one of life's sadder milestones.

Hi Mike glad you and the bike made it home safely. The riding was just the thing I did to clear my head and keep my sanity when my Dad passed 7 years ago. It is good tonic for the soul. As an engineer Dad loved watching me learn how to fix, build and ride these old bikes, taking what he taught me and using it to learn and do more and passing my knowledge on as well. He would say to teach is to learn twice, and it is always good to learn more. Sounds like your Dad was the same I am sure he is and was proud of what you have learned and you passing on your knowledge on to us. As for your twin it would seem that the sprocket flange on your H1/8 break drum has completely separated. It probably was cracked and just got worse from heat cycles and rust and torque, finally letting go. The good news is you are safe and the fix is simply a new drum and a few, ok a lot of nuts and bolts. Safe travels on this solemn journey, you have mates all over the world and you are in our thoughts and prayers.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Eric, thank you so much for your wonderful note. I sincerely appreciate it. I had a very nice trip home to the UK and it was lovely to see my brothers and family again. We have all aged a little - gulp! I haven't seen some of them in over 20 years, so it was a little shocking, but also lovely. We toasted our dad and he would have liked his send off. Thanks for your advice on the rear drum / sprocket. I think you are exactly right. I haven't even been in the garage since I got home but I'm sure that's what it is. Can't wait to see it. Best wishes to you and your family at this time! Cheers, Mike

I’m very sorry to hear about your Dad, Mike. My condolences to you and your family.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Scott. I appreciate it. I hope all is well and you are staying safe. One of these days, I would love to see your bike again! Best wishes, Mike

thanks Mike, condolences for your Dad, that's all, thanks for everything.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Peter!! Sincere thanks. Mike

Excellent video thanks RIP to Dad 🙏🕊 George in Stoke uk

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you George for your kind note. Best wishes, Mike

When I was in high school a spring came loose in the trans. of my 1965 Yamaha 250, so I couldn't get the trans. out of neutral. I was at the top of Mt. Rubidoux, had to push the bike about 5 miles to home (luckily part of it was downhill). Thank goodness your problem happened just down the street from your house! Mike, so sorry to hear about your dad. Losing a parent is tough. Best Wishes to you and family.

Oh wow Mike, so sorry about your dad, lost mine back in 2014. It'll be okay, he's looking down smiling I'm sure for he has such a great son.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Wooley. It's taken me a little while to respond with everything going on but I want you to know how much I appreciate your kind words. I hope you are doing okay at this crazy time. Take care, Mike

Missing the TT BADLY! First since 1964 When on radio... Manx Radio TT on my old Zenith Transoceanic Then online from 2004 And Jun Maeda's CBR-1000 TT MPEG Miss him still... Buddhist here... I'd like to be BURIED at The Creg... Like Rohan in the Fellowship.. IOM might be what's left of Numenor Atlantis? Well there is next year... Losing William D. HURT! Dan Neen... Glad we still have Milky... re: Religion Of Sports.... Stay safe! J.C.

May God bless his soul and you too.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your lovely note! That was really kind of you to say. Best wishes, Mike

Thanks for your nice video. Condolences for your loss.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your kind words. Best wishes, Mike

My brother bought his 1955 series D Rapide (SKD 483) 50 years ago, still has it and going strong. He still remembers the previous owner saying "if you want to pass anything 2nd gear's the thing"...

My sincere condolences Mike.😪

Sorry to hear Mike , my condolences & thought are with you. Take care of yourself, kind regards Greg .

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Greg for your nice note. I hope you are doing okay. Best wishes, Mike

So sorry mate.

@TheMightyGarage

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I really appreciate your note. Best wishes, Mike

Mike, condolences on the loss of your Dad, loved the shot of you two with the ajay.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Peter for your kind words. Yes, that was my beloved 16MS. I had to sell it to "fund my passage to the new world" ;) I still miss it ;) best wishes, Mike

Man sorry about your dad passing. I feel for you. We will pray. Have a safe trip and when you make back home you know you have poeple who care. Scott

You've broken it , sorry to hear about your dad

Hi Mike, this one must have slipped by me. I didn't realise your Dad had left us. I feel for you, it initiates a lot of emotion and reflection on things past present and future (or did in my case). You seem a well grounded bloke and I'm sure everything your Dad gave you and did for you will continue to stand you and your family in good stead for the future. Very best wishes. John.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you John so much. It seems like a million years ago now in some respects, what with everything else that is going on in our lives. In a way, I'm happy and relieved that he didn't have to deal with some of the pain that so many are going through. I hope you and your family are doing okay. It sounds bad in the UK and my family is having a tough time like everyone else. Best wishes, Mike

IS HEAVEN! J.C.

I think of my dad often when out for a ride........nice ride! :)

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Malcolm. Isn't it funny how riding does that! I so agree with you. Best wishes, Mike

@malcolmbennett3555

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMightyGarage My Commando was a MkIIa that I owned back in '76/'77 that my dad 'borrowed' from time to time when he needed a fix :)

@malcolmbennett3555

4 жыл бұрын

Id love to own a Commando again.......Mk2 interstate is what i had

Thanks for the ride out Mike, I don't know if it was premonition or what but was thinking as 'we' enjoyed the ride, how much did I use to check over the bike after a ride out. Not much from memory even a 3 plus hour trip to Devon each way I can't recall having any major issues back in the early 60s. I'm sorry to learn of the recent loss of your dad, also said goodbye to an elderly aunt this week so feel for you. atvb t ..

Sorry to hear about your Dad. My thoughts are with you. I had to make the same trip. Hang in there mate.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Ian for your kind note. It was a tough one, but also very nice at the same time to see family and friends. I hope all is well. Best wishes, Mike

Condolences. As we get older we get some benefits: the kids leave to make their own way in life (and pay for it themselves), we usually have a bit of spare cash to do with as we please, and some spare time too. But there's a downside too as we lose our parents and friends. Unfortunately, we all go there. I still miss my dad, some 4 years on, but most days I have a chat to him, ask him how he'd do something, or what he thinks of the job I've just done, and use his old tools. It's life I suppose. I must go and check the sprocket bolts on my '73 Triumph....

I leaned into the corners with you Mike. Safe journey in the days ahead. Thoughts are with you.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Richard. Thanks a lot. Glad you enjoyed the ride ;) and thanks for your nice note. Best wishes, Mike

Condolences Mike

Deepest condolences for your loss. My father passed last October, but I can't refer to him as 'dad' because he was never interested in being that to his 6 children. Safe journey for your trip back to the UK, perhaps you can borrow a bike while you are here and revisit some of the memories of your earlier years, with your dad. All the best.

Mike, sorry to hear about the passing of your father.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Charles. I really appreciate it. Best wishes, Mike

Sorry for your loss. I lost my Dad on November !st.. We will always miss them. Looks like the bolts didn't shear off, so it's a bit of a mystery.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you John for your kind note. Yes, I'm looking forward to seeing what happened. It should be very interesting! Best wishes, Mike

Sorry for your loss, you may find you start to notice some of your mannerisms are those of your pops, so maybe not close but never far away, That rear sprocket issue could have left you on your ear, so someone looking down on you. My guess is going to be after market brake shoe pivot has neatly machined through drum flange.

@soldtobediers

4 жыл бұрын

It is so on those mannerism absorption's.

Condolences Mike. We only get one of these in this life... but after; a myriad of all the other ones, which it has taken to get us here. Best part of it all - we get to see the very Author of them all. ...tTt... Looks like you'll be changing out a little more than just the oil after that 1001th mile Mike.

@christidmas3995

4 жыл бұрын

tTt that is very clever and crypic.PTL!

@soldtobediers

4 жыл бұрын

@@christidmas3995 The ... on each side of the tTt represent the 3 days & 3 nights which cast His ''Shadow-less Guiding Light'' throughout both that of the Old Testament as well as that of the New Testament's Ongoing Book of Acts. That logo resides @ the top of the cover page & many pages within a book I was inspired to whittle out back in 2013 named SOLD to be DIER'S One WWII Chaplin's answer to the question... ''Why me God?'' His answer in short is... ''For none are closer to, the author of pain & sacrifice Himself... Than those who choose to, perform it for the sake of others.''-gilpin 3820 -Former U.S. Paratrooper Sgt. William Gilpin 82nd Abn. 1/504 Inf '71---'74

Sorry to hear about your dad, it’s good that you can get to go and pay your final respects being so far away. As an ex biker you must have some fantastic memories and tales of his exploits no doubt. (As well as being your dad). Sorry if that sounds clumsy. Hope all goes well and safe journey. Best wishes.

OMG! VINNYS NOT SUPPOSED TO BREAK! I once had all the rivets holding brake shoe linings to shoe BREAK Locking up the rear wheel of my cousin Oscar Relihan's 1955 55CID K-Model flat head H-D Sportster Just as I was coming to a stop in his farm yard.. digging a TRENCH in it! I HAD been going flat out around the lake, just minutes before! So count your blessings Look for Hub spline failure, if it has such.. I only once saw a couple Rapide engines in crates while working at John Lovengreen's CycleSalvage yard, Tampa No rollers... We had SEVERAL ex-Daytona 200 Norton Dominator rollers Engines had been blown up, about 1963 or so... By the stickers on the tubes Could have built up a Nor-Vin CHEAP! Winter 1970... John would have been happy... But warned me about parts in the future I was working there, under the table... For little money but Ducati Diana Mk.II parts for carrying away... AMA Sportsman road racing around FLA... Dade City, Lakeland, PBIR... Then a '67 H-D 250 Sprint for transportation... Great handling up to 85 mph... I miss all that at age 70+!!! Lost my Dad at age 17.... Mom at 58.... Kathy at 58 It's pedal bikes, these days Kathy's 1970 Triumph 3 speed My 1995 Bianchi Tangent 21 speed cycle crosser.. Thank GOD for OnBoard videos Cheers! Prayers J.C.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much J.C.! Thanks a lot for sharing your story. It's great to have you on board and I hope you will enjoy these vids. Best wishes, Mike

@exb.r.buckeyeman845

3 жыл бұрын

The same thing happened to me with an old Land Rover, the brass or was it copper rivets sheared and the wheel locked up, lucky only going 20mph.

Saw a video some where else that showed replacing rivets on the inner drum. You can see smaller holes a bit farther inwards in your video. The rear wheel must be removed and then it will be plain to see what the problem is. A shortfall in the original design for sure.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stan. Everything has been replaced now and I have a video to publish soon on the reassembly process. Cheers, Mike

Hi Mike sorry for your loss , correct me if I’m wrong didn’t they have 2 sprockets fitted on some rear wheels for side car gearing . If you Had one of them you might have been able to swap the rear wheel around and limped home , hope it wasn’t a long walk or push back.

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Nick. Yes, you're absolutely right about the sidecar / combination outfits. I might actually fit 2 when I fix it. Would you believe it, my wife towed my home with her car. It was a little scary but we did it! If I had broken down another 1/4 mile away, it would have been a tow truck ;) Best wishes, Mike

Sorry to rear about your dad, not great being away when it happens. Re - loose sprocket. Circumferential crack/break in drum?

I have never heard of the brake drum flange shearing like that ! It must have broken around the whole flange to drum area, no problem, better that the brake drum bursting!You will have to rob one off the Comet until you get a new ribbed drum, make sure the bolts are good, I have seen some without the eccentric heads. Chris B. On reviewing the video I have just seen the news about your dad, very sorry to hear that, a great loss for you. stay safe!

@TheMightyGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Chris. Yes, I'm looking forward to seeing what happened. I haven't even stepped into the garage since I got back and I have been itching to find out what happened. I hope all is well and best wishes to you and your family. Take care! Mike

Did your dad play a part in your love for vintage motorcycles?

@TheMightyGarage

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your note. Yes he did. We worked on bicycles together when I was a kid and then on mopeds. He had lots of all British bikes when he was younger and I have always loved the Brit bikes. Best wishes