catfan 14,793 Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 I tried many times to talk Mrs C in to letting me buy a motorbike, as much chance of growing a money tree she said ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,002 Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Catfan has your wife been telling mine what to say when I ask. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Similar to my Mrs catfan......always fancy hiring a Scooter when i'm in Spain,,lots of oldies like me i see going up the hills in a morning to tend their plots.....then coming back about lunch time with lots of their produce strapped to their Scooters.........love to get up the hills with em, Chew the fat, pick a few Olives and Tomatos,have a smoke,,and generally put the world to rights,,........Donna flatly refuses to Ride Pillion or even pick Olives.....lol 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,002 Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 When I was younger I use to have an allotment , the wife could never understand why I use to spend so much time up there and come back with a smile on my face. Spending time chatting with the older gardeners was an education and a pleasure. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,534 Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 Read somewhere that Swallow made sidecars and they were bought out by Jaguar Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,534 Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 Think they were near the Globe cinema if not in it Rog Edit, just remembered Brierly (sp) Smith were up Arkwright street, they used to make fibre glass components for motor cycles, seats,side panels fairings tanks, A guy call Mr Sheriff was forman or sommat Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roger peatman 337 Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 3 hours ago, plantfit said: Read somewhere that Swallow made sidecars and they were bought out by Jaguar Rog Swallow sidecars were in Blackpool, founded by William Walmsley and William Lyons. They finally moved to Coventry and became Jaguar Cars - the rest is history ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 Blacknells made the sidecar bodies on the wharfe at Lenton on the canalside ,I cant remember the exact location but it was around the tv studios ,the Garage and pumps was at Trent Bridge end of London Rd ,they sold petrol over the pavement served by an extremely busty young woman! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 956 Posted September 26, 2018 Report Share Posted September 26, 2018 On 19 July 2018 at 12:20 PM, IAN123. said: Preferred the Commando..used later. I had a friend who had a Norton Commando, 750 fastback. I love Nortons and had an ES2 for years but didn't like the Commando. Tried to make them compete with the big jap 4 cylinders and the crankshafts flexed so much they had to have what they called 'blend' big ends to allow for the flex. A real bodge. i remember Dave Needham the boxer who I knew well had a Dunstall Commando. I think it did about 60 in first. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted September 26, 2018 Report Share Posted September 26, 2018 the superblend bearings were the mains I used to have them ground to fit triumph cases and you could rev them till the valves floated with no ill effects ,I have about a dozen pairs of triumph cases with the sides blown out that testifies to it working bodge or not I never broke one after we used the superblends 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted October 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 This nice 1967 350cc "Baby Bonneville" was in Rothbury last week. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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