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Re: Stroppy Old Tart, or the story of a Bonneville
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 11:24 pm
by John F
Hooli wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 11:23 pm
John F wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 11:19 pm
Frame OK, no cracks?
Not since it was welded, didn't you read the posts?
It was cracked around the swingarm pivot causing a big oil leak, but that's solved.
Ah right. Nope, just skim-read the posts... it was a bit wall-of-text. Any chance you could space it out a bit?
Re: Stroppy Old Tart, or the story of a Bonneville
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 11:25 pm
by Hooli
John F wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 11:24 pm
Hooli wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 11:23 pm
John F wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 11:19 pm
Frame OK, no cracks?
Not since it was welded, didn't you read the posts?
It was cracked around the swingarm pivot causing a big oil leak, but that's solved.
Ah right. Nope, just skim-read the posts... it was a bit wall-of-text. Any chance you could space it out a bit?
No.
Re: Stroppy Old Tart, or the story of a Bonneville
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 11:26 pm
by John F
Hooli wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 11:25 pm
John F wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 11:24 pm
Hooli wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 11:23 pm
Not since it was welded, didn't you read the posts?
It was cracked around the swingarm pivot causing a big oil leak, but that's solved.
Ah right. Nope, just skim-read the posts... it was a bit wall-of-text. Any chance you could space it out a bit?
No.
Useless cunt lol
Re: Stroppy Old Tart, or the story of a Bonneville
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 6:10 am
by brandersnatch
Hooli wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 10:09 pm
brandersnatch wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 10:05 pm
This interests me greatly. Carry on.
Not much to carry on with currently. The frame is in my utility room with the first bits of paint drying over the bare patches. If it comes out nice enough I'll give the whole thing a coat of it.
I'll try to put up some stories of where it's been if you want, her biggest moment of disgrace was the clutch falling off while on the Dublin ring road heading back to the ferry. I can kind of forgive her that though as she lasted a week longer than my ex's Sportster that tried to throw it's exhaust away several days earlier.
This interests me greatly. Carry on.
Re: Stroppy Old Tart, or the story of a Bonneville
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 8:54 am
by Hooli
I got a reply from the engineering place this morning. Seems it's about £800 of work which isn't as bad as I feared, but they've got a 2-3 month wait. I'll get it all sent off anyway, the sooner it's with them, the sooner it'll come back after all.
It seems that everyone has stripped their bike down recently & such places are busier than normal, who'd have thought it?
Re: Stroppy Old Tart, or the story of a Bonneville
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 10:12 am
by mercrocker
Good to hear engineering shops are keeping busy, let's hope that continues. Cottage industry is the future!
Re: Stroppy Old Tart, or the story of a Triumph Bonneville
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 5:08 pm
by christine
Is it pronounced Amal as in Anal... or Amal as in M ammal ?
Re: Stroppy Old Tart, or the story of a Triumph Bonneville
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 5:10 pm
by Hooli
I've always said 'Am-al'.
Re: Stroppy Old Tart, or the story of a Triumph Bonneville
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 5:50 pm
by xtriple
I still think mine was the best bike ever made/modified/rebuilt/bodged/rebuilt again/modified some more...
Re: Stroppy Old Tart, or the story of a Triumph Bonneville
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 6:28 pm
by Eddie Honda
X3, at least your one has a proper side gear change.