Showing posts with label gods own county. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gods own county. Show all posts

Wednesday, 24 July 2013

solo to so-low

Saturday to So-low Choppers near Bury St Edmunds
another 100 mile round trip
Made welcome by Mark as Clive the head honcho was off to pick up 
an ebastard find. 
I bumped into Steve who had been knocked off his bike by a post office van. 
They were fixing it up for him, in their rather dusty workshop, the paint an prep area and engineering are in the same large warehouse. 
Amazing damage at fifteen miles an hour, including that  £2000 quid 
Pageant paint OUCH!

AHEM
Christine has stopped puking!
The S&S Breather gear did the trick and later I swopped the feed and vent hoses on the oil tank, an inch and half can make difference! (they are together at the top right of the tank and have no tubes inside)
The new Mufflers required a jet change so now running 29.5 Intermediate which makes in run a lot smoother at low revs and no coughs at closed throttle from the carb. And as I had gone up two sizes, I've gone up one to 70 on the main jet, although she wasn't complaining the plugs are now the right colour. Amazing how drag pipes can cause a such rich condition.

Sunday, 21 July 2013

drool, drool, drool...

Andy Tiernans classic bike emporium in Framlinghm
I called in to buy some 50wt oil he sells for £16 quid, 
that he had made up to his spec, strictly cash only...
and while there had a good nose around, meeting dave in the workshop.

I found this place about 17 years ago and went back a few times but could not locate it.
Turns out Andy rented the showroom out to a bed shop, so thats how we missed it.
Funny, I bought a victorian wrought iron and brass bed from Ben Goodfrey who owns the bed shop in 1990, but his premises then was an old barn!
small world...

Friday, 19 July 2013

lurking in deepest darkest suffolk...

in Andy Tiernans classic bike shop in Framlingham Suffolk
lurks a chopper from another time...

check out andys pics

back in the day
built by Gibert Sills of the Crettingham Crank Company