Right, sorted

Excuses mean nothing. They're still irredeemably awful.....

 

Excuses mean nothing. They're still irredeemably awful.....[/QUOTE]

I bet they look better than the flashing neon lightning bolts I saw
attached to the lhs of both cylinders of a H-D the other might. I
thought the HT leads were arcing in the damp, at first.

 

window >> washers. In my defence I put them on to improve visability
from the side >> in the dark and I've moved them from underneath to
inside, so now they >> light up the engine rather than the road.

I bet they look better than the flashing neon lightning bolts I saw
attached to the lhs of both cylinders of a H-D the other might. I
thought the HT leads were arcing in the damp, at first.[/QUOTE]

It's a good job HDs can't hit 88mph.

 

My lad fitted 2 to the TS50. They were dreadful things and never worked for
long anyway.

I am happy to report that they were consigned to the wheely bin as soon as I
took the bike back over.


--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

No need for the eel-mail(*) - I'm listening! I'll do some more work on
Bozos etc. in the next couple of versions...

(*) Too much listening to "BBC Radio Berkshire". That's what anyone
who's over 60 and phones in seems to call it

 

My Mum's Brown Morris Minor Traveller. APP261F

 

Says you. Not an excuse, a defence. I suppose you're in the camp that
believes burglars should sue householders if they cut themselves on
broken glass on the way into someone's home.

That's open to debate. I bought them and put them on because I believe
they make me more visible.

Have you *seen* my bike?

 

I failed mine in 1985 in my Mum's Triumph Herald 13/60, FGP 54F.

 

Champ says...

He shoots, he scores

 

Ewwww, really?

 

Shouldn't have to pay more than about 5 grand for an absolute minter, and
you'll get a perfectly driveable one for under a grand.

There's some classifieds on here:

http://www.scimitarweb.com/

 

sweller emerged from their own little world to say

Haha. You weren't onto a winner from the start. I would love to have seen
the examiner's face as you walked across the car park towards the Herald.

My examiner was a tall, fat ****. He actually complemented the Maxi for
it's space & comfort. Most of the local schools used Metros which he could
never get comfy in.

 

Somebody needs to learn some basic HTML -
http://www.scimitarweb.com/specs/

 

From memory, about 190 hp... but.. it produced about 50 hp just above
tick over, and would go easily from 30 to 130 in 5th gear.

 

Whinging Courier wrote:

No. So they can't be working ;-))

 

There's a bit of a battle of wills going on between the realists who know
the arse has fallen out of the classic car market, and those who are trying
to keep values artificially high to protect their investment. Plus a lot of
people will pay silly money for a car with nice shiny paintwork but
mechanicals that are shot to bits.

I know of one or two that have been done on later models, they seem to be
pretty successful and they're still allowed to come to club events...
Saying that, the sprint boys seem to be able to get an awful lot of power
out of the Essex, so I wouldn't really bother with the hassle of a
conversion.

Mine plods on happily enough with minimal maintenance, and lives outside all
year round. They used to have a reputation for bursting into flames but
I've not heard of any doing it in 6ish years of ownership.

 

My mums Metro - CLN 484X. Then I got my Honda XL125 (B436 MLU).

Phil

 

Cheryl has an idea of build a stealth Morris Minor - take one perfectly
ordinary Moggie, change the suspension, brakes and electrics and
shoehorn in a 2.7L V6 engine under the bonnet. The only external
giveaway would be the fact that the wheels would be twice as wide as
normal. Then wait for NovaBoy to try and beat it away from the lights.

I worry about that woman sometimes.

Phil

 

5 grand is more than I'd want to pay and "minter" is relative. I tend
not to look after my vehicles in quite the same way as other people. I
do drive them carefully and look after them mechanically but that's it.
After the novelty of cleaning it[1] (if it's a really nice one) has worn
off I tend not to bother again.

[1] I *never* cleaned my Bandit and I've never cleaned my van. I cleaned
my CBR a few times but since it went to the dark side it hasn't had a
splash of clean water near it.

 

Probably just as well - I've heard water turns to acid when confronted
by a hideous apparition.