So my sojourn to the Isle of Man with my new (to me) 1953 Golden Flash was fun. Nearly got all the way through without a hitch, but where's the fun in that says Murphy.
We had to get the bike over to Felixstowe to container back to Australia, and with 80 miles to go, the bike went onto one cylinder. A quick look at the magneto revealed that the porcelain / bakelite material had broken, leaving the HT lead dangling in the air. A handful of zip ties and some twine got me going again luckily.
The mag was newly refurbished, so this really shouldn't have occurred. The thing I noticed was that the HT lead was only just long enough, and then had been ziptied across to the other lead. It looked neat, but I'm thinking that it placed a strain on the fitting at the mag...
Any thoughts ???
I won't see the bike back in Oz until early to mid November, so will be able to investigate more. Just wondering if this is common or rare as this is my first experience with British Bikes.
P.S. The thing sounded great roaring around the back roads of the IOM.
Cheers, Mark K.