b40rt Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) Apparently it has to leak oil. Brakes don't work. Won't start. Heavy. Anything else ? Edited November 14, 2014 by b40rt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) Hi ross, How about a sense of achievment in overcoming all of the listed shortcomings - oh, and incidentally, your answer to low spark at low revs yesterday - my party trick with my Ariel HT5 (fitted with correctly maintained BTH magneto) was to start it by hand - and, as a qualified electronics engineer, I preferred a reliable magneto (when correctly maintained) to unreliable electronics......... Enjoy, Deryk Edited November 14, 2014 by laird387 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pro sport Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 It Has to be as old as the hills that you are 'gunning' it up, and the rider has to be even older ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon v8 Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 It should be nigh on impossible to buy original parts for it,you need full engineering skills and a comprehensive workshop to have any hope of keeping it going.And if its really original the clutch should slip AND drag.Turning circle is measured in acres,ground clearance in thou.A haze of blue smoke trailing for all stinkwheels and Tiger Cubs. And apart from having a definite female temperament,I think that about covers it... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmartin247 Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 I think i have just bought a classic then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted November 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 It should be nigh on impossible to buy original parts for it,you need full engineering skills and a comprehensive workshop to have any hope of keeping it going.And if its really original the clutch should slip AND drag.Turning circle is measured in acres,ground clearance in thou.A haze of blue smoke trailing for all stinkwheels and Tiger Cubs.And apart from having a definite female temperament,I think that about covers it... Clutch slip & drag, first hand experience with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsunt Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 Long legs, nice a***, long dark hair and a cracking set of...... oh crap, I'm on the wrong website again. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big john Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 Long legs, nice a***, long dark hair and a cracking set of...... oh crap, I'm on the wrong website again. No Sunt, I'm with you on that one! Big John 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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