My dad had a Black Panther single cylinder 750cc I think it was, anyway he used to wind up the local boys with try to start it comments to them, when they could not he would say to me about five years younger, show them how son, I knew where the valve lift was so was able too, insert Smug look emoji.
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PhilTilson
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My first bike was a BSA Bantam 125 - pretty pathetic. But then I had 90 thou skimmed off the head and raised the compression ratio from about 8:1 to about 14:1. It was the only Bantam I knew that could kick back quite viciously! On rare occasions, it would also start the engine backwards. A bit disconcerting when you were trying to set off.
Ah. Nostalgia!
At sixteen (1963) learnt to ride on friend's Tiger Cub, my first own bike was a sidecar outfit with a BSA M21, 600cc single cylinder side valve (I think) bought for £15 from a work colleague who was upgrading to a Panther outfit. Yes, that could kick. In more recent years had a Thwaites diesel dumper with a hand crank, which took a bit of getting used to. You had to perfect pulling the hand crank off smartly as it started or it rotated at high speed, length of two by four then needed, to disengage!
At sixteen (1963) learnt to ride on friend's Tiger Cub, my first own bike was a sidecar outfit with a BSA M21, 600cc single cylinder side valve (I think) bought for £15 from a work colleague who was upgrading to a Panther outfit. Yes, that could kick. In more recent years had a Thwaites diesel dumper with a hand crank, which took a bit of getting used to. You had to perfect pulling the hand crank off smartly as it started or it rotated at high speed, length of two by four then needed, to disengage!
Jacob
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Had BSA Bantam as first bike £5. Neat well put together machine.
About 1966 with first child went for M21 600c single-cylinder side-valve combi. Valve lifter for easy starting.
Had lots of fun with it, including camping excursions. There were a lot of them about - ex AA bikes and also ex military M20s (500cc).
When 2nd child turned up went for a Ford 100e and didn't have another bike for a long time except brief sessions Yamaha V90 for shopping, then Honda Superdream for commuting - a very nice bike.
Lots of push bikes in the meantime, Elswick, Raleigh Carlton, Dawes Galaxy, Mercian Superlight and others.
'er indoors has just this minute turned up from local bike shop with a Trek Verve electric! Too soon for me I'm still pedalling, but getting off and pushing on some hills where I've never pushed before.
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A guy I knew years ago had an old British 500cc single. This had a valve to start it. Left open for a while you could probably count the number of revolutions per minute!
pe2dave
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Alt: Two revs per telegraph pole
Phil Pascoe
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A friend in about 1970 used to ride one to school.
Phil Pascoe
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Falling electric vehicle (EV) prices are leaving a growing number of drivers in negative equity, a top dealership chain has warned.
Vertu Motors said on Wednesday that car retailers were coming under pressure as EVs coming off financing agreements were found to be worth less than the loan they are attached to.
In most car finance deals, this is not a problem for drivers as – provided they have kept up with their payments – they can hand back the keys and walk away.
The lender that funded the leasing deal then typically takes the financial hit.
Vertu Motors said on Wednesday that car retailers were coming under pressure as EVs coming off financing agreements were found to be worth less than the loan they are attached to.
In most car finance deals, this is not a problem for drivers as – provided they have kept up with their payments – they can hand back the keys and walk away.
The lender that funded the leasing deal then typically takes the financial hit.
Yep, agreed.
Our MG5, new in Sept 23 has a guaranteed minimum value of £16,500 at 4 years old and 24,000 miles. Clearly, especially as theyre available brand new for £19k, thats not going to happen. I have had a conversation with the PCP finance company and with the dealer and they confirmed we can negotiate on the GMV price at the end of the contract. The manager reckoned that £8k would be nearer the mark and I would be happy to pay that for it.
The cost of new BEV’s is predicted to fall further. As a result leasing is probably the best option at the moment.
You can already buy a BEV in Europe from about £15,000 and small BEV’s in China are around $5,000 from what I’ve read.
You can already buy a BEV in Europe from about £15,000 and small BEV’s in China are around $5,000 from what I’ve read.
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Two issues:
With Chinese imports they have an unfair advantage with government support from Beijing.
With tariffs placed on Chinese imports to Europe the manufacturers will set up production in Europe to bypass tariffs. BYD currently setting up an assembly site in Hungary (thanks to Orban) shortly.
End result? UK and European manufacturers will be pushed out of the market.
Perhaps good news for some consumers but overall bad news for the economies concerned.
And to think that once upon a time the word "Chinese" was only associated with takeaways and the great wall !!
AJB Temple
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Whereas now the PRC is known for the oppression of the Uyghurs, forced labour, reproductive control and forced sterilization and other measures of oppression which should make us fall over ourselves to do business with them.
Obviously its "cabbage wrapping" activities in the South China Sea and around the Philippines are entirely benign.
Obviously its "cabbage wrapping" activities in the South China Sea and around the Philippines are entirely benign.
woodieallen
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By which time that gap in the traffic you were hoping to pull into has gone.
I don't know if this has appeared in the thread or is even relevant, but might be interesting to some:
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/...lAqA#ICID=Android_WalesOnlineNewsApp_AppShare
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/...lAqA#ICID=Android_WalesOnlineNewsApp_AppShare
Agent_zed
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I honestly don't know the difference but why is this any different from France for example investing in their car industry https://www.ft.com/content/8e84e13b-d02f-4d90-839d-f99c3a0c1d95? Why is that not unfair?
I don’t disagree, but people have been happy to buy more affordable products from China like tools and electrical products to name only a few. You probably couldn’t have typed your reply without Chinese manufacturing.
So why not cars? Western Car companies (except Tesla) have done very little to move car technology forward. In fact companies like BMW seem to want to continue to produce ICE cars indefinitely if they can get away with it.
Let’s never forget Dieselgate.
I've always had a love of the really old motorbikes, especially the 1920/30's type, Not fast, more ,more brass and twiddly knobs and levers with a top speed of 40.
But my father put me off as he was of the opinion they were too dangerous, so never actually got into it.
Sidecar for the win
But my father put me off as he was of the opinion they were too dangerous, so never actually got into it.
Sidecar for the win
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