What's Become of You?

[fido]

I've not been on here much since I moved to Hungary in 2011. I took the A7 with me but have not had it road registered, so have only ridden it on my own land. I did have a little Suzuki trail bike in Hungary for a while but since I moved to Croatia in 2018 I've not had a bike on the road. The rigid is not ideal for me these days as I suffer with a bad back. I want to tidy up the BSA and sell it but I wanted to first check the sludge trap, as I had never had the engine apart since I got the bike in 1995. I should have done the work before Brexit as it is now much more difficult to get stuff from UK. I was recently in UK for a social visit so I did get a set of piston rings but could not get a gasket set, as Draganfly were out of stock. The oil rings were stuck in their grooves and broke when I tried to get them out. I was surprised to find my 1948 A7 is still on standard bore and the pistons have the BSA logo. There has been fin repairs to the barrel though, so it might be one that was damaged early in its life and then put on a shelf for decades.

[RichardL]

Good to hear from you. Never rode anything with rigid suspension except my bicycle. I guess you're saying the seat springs don't do much. Anyway, I'm guessing there are some really interesting places to ride in Croatia.

Richard L.

[Worty]

I was surprised to find my 1948 A7 is still on standard bore and the pistons have the BSA logo. There has been fin repairs to the barrel though, so it might be one that was damaged early in its life and then put on a shelf for decades.

Jeez Fido, those are like hen's teeth these days -nice to hear from you!

[a10 gf]

Thanks for news & story.

[ellis]

Hi everybody.
I'm still here in the backroom listening to the posts and replying when i have something intersting to say.   

ELLIS

[WozzA]

Believe it or not I'm Still alive & kicking      
Still only 1 or 2 kicks to get the old ticker firing over.. 
Been busy with the Daughter & Grandson on weekends who both have their own MX bikes
I still drop in from time to time to check out who's Bull $hitting telling fibs   

[sean]

still on the green side of the grass got arthritis / gout in my right wrist but managed to ride the a10 to a bike / car show Saturday and won Best Motorcycle award .
just got home from a long drive picking up a Triumph tls brake to modify over the winter and fit to the BSA .
hope everyone is happy and healthy .
Sean

[Rocket Racer]

my 54 road rocket had a seizure in march, the pistons were cracked. I'm quietly redoing the top end and looking to measure the spring pressures as the cam followers showed a lot of wear. Hopefully have this bike sorted again in the next month or two as it should be a loan bike for the  NZBSAOC international in Feb to someone from the northern hemisphere.
I found work again in Feb so pondering rebuilding Bender, my A10 RR race sidecar. The cases need replacing and ideally needs a fresh barrel. Its done a lot of hard work and the barrels seem to be the weak point when the engines rarely go below 5000 and often hit 7+. I had retired it but would like to do a bit more racing, but it had stopped being the reliable workhorse a few years ago when I had a series of blow ups. I hate to say it but was seriously considering fitting a small fin B33 to it on methanol. As a short rod a10 its always ran as a methanol motor, they are lovely except for all the peripheral maintenance. If I can find a decent barrel might be worth putting it back to log rod spec... jury is out.

Hope everyone well, its cold and wintry here (well relatively)

[Topdad]

Has anyone heard anything from BSA-Bill , used to be on here often cheers Bob

[Worty]

Has anyone heard anything from BSA-Bill , used to be on here often cheers Bob

I'd PM him.  I've contacted a couple of people with PMs to see how they're doing.

[muskrat]

Has anyone heard anything from BSA-Bill , used to be on here often cheers Bob

G'day Bob.
Last active January 2025, last post Feb 2024. I'll PM him.
Cheers

[Topdad]

Hi Musky, hope you're all good over there. I PM'd him yesterday so far nothing back mate  take care Bob

[Joolstacho]

We all get to know each other like mates eh? Even if we're on the other side of the World.
But we all realise that we can't hang on the twig forever.
(At least we know we are REAL... Not AI generated! -I mean, what weird AI could invent our berger eh!) 

[berger]

jools you didn't know i am AI , i will have to re work the circuits and open the bar

[Worty]

jools you didn't know i am AI , i will have to re work the circuits and open the bar

I think, for our generation, AI is best referred to as Actual Intelligence.

When you see what's around us now, I don't think that's far from the truth.

Much of what we are and know is derived from years of learning, not the 'computer (phone!!) says no' generation.

As many have said before, will there be anyone to follow us lot in engine rebuilding, engineering, practical skills, problem solving, etc, etc.  Even my own sons don't have a first clue (or interest) in mechanics.