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·Does John Bloor still own Triumph? They may be moving some production back to the UK. That can only be a good thing.
Motorcycles!
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Turpinrr
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This was the first of my John Bloor Triumphs that I got.
It had a hot cam in it and the Micron pipe sounded beautiful ; the bike went like stink.
I had it up to just under 180mph when it spat part of the spark plugs electrode out one day.
Only trouble was it was a bit lardy compared to the 'blade and R1
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John Luckwell
·I feel a wee bit out-of-my-depth in the present company! All this amazing motorcycle metal and all I have to offer is my humble R.E. Interceptor 650! One of the photos shows my pal with me after he bought my BMW1150GS and I had just bought the 650. My wife has a 'mini Harley' 😉 (Keeway). We also have two BMW C1 200 scooters and there aren't many of those around!
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hen
·I feel a wee bit out-of-my-depth in the present company! All this amazing motorcycle metal and all I have to offer is my humble R.E. Interceptor 650! One of the photos shows my pal with me after he bought my BMW1150GS and I had just bought the 650. My wife has a 'mini Harley' 😉 (Keeway). We also have two BMW C1 200 scooters and there aren't many of those around!
Those Interceptors are cool!
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·Cheers Hen!
Aye, I love the 650 but it took a while after having the 1150GS, which was sooooo comfy!
Aye, I love the 650 but it took a while after having the 1150GS, which was sooooo comfy!
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JimInOz
··Melbourne AustraliaI feel a wee bit out-of-my-depth in the present company! All this amazing motorcycle metal and all I have to offer is my humble R.E. Interceptor 650! One of the photos shows my pal with me after he bought my BMW1150GS and I had just bought the 650. My wife has a 'mini Harley' 😉 (Keeway). We also have two BMW C1 200 scooters and there aren't many of those around!
Those C1s are a bit nuts, but I want one now.
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John Luckwell
·I think you'lll fit right in here.
Those C1s are a bit nuts, but I want one now.
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John Luckwell
·Does John Bloor still own Triumph? They may be moving some production back to the UK. That can only be a good thing.
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Turpinrr
·I feel a wee bit out-of-my-depth in the present company! All this amazing motorcycle metal and all I have to offer is my humble R.E. Interceptor 650! One of the photos shows my pal with me after he bought my BMW1150GS and I had just bought the 650. My wife has a 'mini Harley' 😉 (Keeway). We also have two BMW C1 200 scooters and there aren't many of those around!
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John Luckwell
·Bloke I used to work with had a gold Interceptor with upswept pipes.Bonny bike that looked Commando-ish
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Turpinrr
·Oh, I had a 1972 750 Commando Interstate ... loved it! I've never seen a gold Interceptor but will watch for one now!
Beautiful bikes.
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·The Commando won motorcycle news bike of the year for about 5 years.
Beautiful bikes.
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Turpinrr
·My 750 had the 'Combat' engine but after reading many sad tales of destroyed main bearings, I took the head off and fitted the optional thicker head gasket which lowered the compression ratio to a more manageable level for the bearings!
My mate had a Fastback that used to bathe his leg with hot oil 😲
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John Luckwell
·How much thicker was the gasket ?
My mate had a Fastback that used to bathe his leg with hot oil 😲
That's one criticism I can't have of mine ... never leaked oil!
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·That's one criticism I can't have of mine ... never leaked oil!
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hen
·That's one criticism I can't have of mine ... never leaked oil!
WHAT???? Probably empty oil tank 😉.
British bike has a bad reputation for leaking oil, off course the tolerances where different back then, but many hobby mechanics must take much of the blame. (cough me included cough)
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hen
·How much thicker was the gasket ?
My mate had a Fastback that used to bathe his leg with hot oil 😲
From the net:
According to Service Release N3/23, the Combat RH3 compression ratio was only the full 10:1 with the standard 0.030" head gasket and -no base gasket.
9.7:1 with a base gasket (9.8:1 according to Service Release N3/21).
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