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Re: 3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
ol Bombero-JC wrote: lesmore - that "little window on the head" is (as usual) a brilliant Japanese innovation/feature! Why couldn't the Brits think of stuff like that? I always had easy-to-start Triumph twins - but got to share the Matchless "experience" a few times (friend's bikes, etc.). I remember the Triumph twins well. Back in the '70's a friend had a 750 Bonneville. Great handling, lovely tune coming out of those twin pipes...speedometer that would hit 40 mph, then shake it's way backward to 30 mph, even though I was still going 40.:h Back to the "window". For some reason I thought I should have a 500 single, and bought a (new) '74 Triumph TR5 MX. It's really a BSA B50 MX - last of the BSA Victor line. BSA went out of business, so the "badging" was changed to Triumph. The owner's manual was still BSA. My Matchless Scrambler is , as you probably know the exact twin of the Norton Scrambler....Norton engine, shoehorned in a Matchless frame, extended Norton Roadholder forks...they were badge engineered by AMC...kind of like your Triumph/BSA single. Anyway - NO window! Same starting procedure with the compression release. You *DID* get to learn the hard way if you got it wrong! I'll end my "hi-jack" with fond memories of a pair of LAPD motor cops that used to sit in front of a sandwitch shop around the corner from my house on their kick-start Harleys. Nice So. CA weather, good food, good lookin' waitress, and a stop light in front. What more could a bike cop want - except maybe an electric starter! They would (hopefully) be set at just past TDC for the *BIG* kick to catch an errant driver. Giant macho "leap of faith" when the time came. Bad karma, bad language, image down the tubes - when it "bit" 'em. Great spectator sport for a kid. JC When I was an older teenager I lived in Alberta. I recall the speed traps in a large city. One guy monitoring the radar unit, another by the crosswalk, ready to walk over and wave in the errant speeder and two M/C cops sitting on their idling Harley police bikes , ready to jam it in first and run down any who tried to run. I parked my VW Bug in the adjoining parking lot watching it all, until I was asked to move along, as there was nothing to see here , kid.344Views0likes0CommentsRe: 3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
ol Bombero-JC wrote: Prof - Great place to start an "electrical career" with one of the finest electrical systems by the "Prince of Darkness" (Lucas). However, Triumph twins - like a Daytona 500 - were easy one-kick starters. I had lots of Triumph 650s - incl the high compression (10 to 1) TT Specials. Still have a '67 TR6C. "Painless" - No compression release needed. I was kinda thinking of the old Matchless, AJS, BSA Goldies, etc. Even when equipped with a compression release - timing (yours) was everything. JC I've got a compression release on my '78 Yamaha 500cc single. Little lever on the handlebars. Use it to bring the piston up to TDC (little window on the head)...then I get's up and jumps down hard bringing my 230 lbs. to bear down. It usually starts, but then I've go the knack, after 30 years of starting it. When I first got it, I was almost frightened to turn it off, as I was worried I wouldn't be able to get it going again. I wear tall boots that cover my calf, after ripping open my calf (not too bad) 29 years ago, when foolishly I tried to start in runners and shorts. My Matchless G15CS, 750cc twin Scrambler (Norton Atlas engine) doesn't have a compression release, but then it's a twin. If it had the Matchless 500cc (G80CS)then I would need all the help I can get.:)344Views0likes0Comments
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