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Title: Great quotations for us BSA'ers
Post by: Topdad on 01.02. 2023 13:56

Maybe should appear everytime  GB gives his famous crank sumptrap warning

"He who is without oil shall cast out the first rod ."   book of detonations 5.72 !

Title: Re: Great quotations for us BSA'ers
Post by: rustydusty on 22.02. 2023 14:37

Back when I first started riding Beezers, I was told that BSA stood for “bastard stopped again”…

Title: Re: Great quotations for us BSA'ers
Post by: Greybeard on 22.02. 2023 14:40

And Bloody Sore Ar*se (Ass for Americans)

*the forum software changes the A**e word to 'idiot' but doesn't mind 'Ass' 🤔

Title: Re: Great quotations for us BSA'ers
Post by: Greybeard on 22.02. 2023 14:43

And Bits Stuck Anywhere

Title: Re: Great quotations for us BSA'ers
Post by: Black Sheep on 22.02. 2023 14:56

Being something of a pedant, a restricted oil flow due to a full sludge trap is most unlikely to result in a thrown rod. A seized piston is a much more likely outcome.

Title: Re: Great quotations for us BSA'ers
Post by: Rex on 22.02. 2023 18:05

I can't comment personally on the BSA variety of a blocked sludge trap (and touch wood I never will!) but the Triumph twins with a full sludge trap tend to nip up on the big end(s) leading to a broken LH con-rod rather than seized pistons.

Title: Re: Great quotations for us BSA'ers
Post by: berger on 22.02. 2023 18:52

worty's big ends survived very well considering that most of the oil was flowing straight into the sump because of a gap between bush and journal bigger than the gap between a train and the platform  *whistle*

Title: Re: Great quotations for us BSA'ers
Post by: muskrat on 22.02. 2023 19:22

Ha