"Mys Terry" wrote in message
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On Sat, 13 May 2006 03:30:05 GMT, "Maxprop" wrote:


"Mys Terry" wrote in message
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On 12 May 2006 06:12:30 -0700, "Capt. Rob" wrote:

yeah, those Whitworth Phillips head screws used to get
rounded pretty quick.


Yep, nothing but P-heads holding those Triumph / BSA / Norton's!!!! A
miracle of engineering!

How much MORE BUSTED can Scotty and Maxi get??? Let's find out!


RB
35s5
NY

Scotty doesn't even realize that the phillips head screws on BSA's
were, in fact, Whitworth screws.
After he would strip the head, he
probably had a little trouble trying to force those SAE or Metric
threaded replacements into the Whitworth threaded holes.

Still waiting for Max to answer the carb question!

The bike came set up with a Delorto race carb, you ignorant ass. It was a
flattracker, not some idiot's street toy.


Then it was bought used. You have claimed to have owned a bunch of Britsih
bikes. You should know what carb was on the bike.

It was built by a gifted technician in Toronto and raced by a friend for
four seasons prior to my acquisition of it. I've never seen a box-stock
Gold Star in my life. How in hell would I know anything about stock carbs?

The difference is that all your "knowledge" comes from magazines, BB.
Mine
comes from experience, and a studious avoidance of know-it-all jerks like
yourself.

Max


In my youth I owned a motorcycle shop in Santa Cruz California.

Now this really sounds like Bubbles talking, er . . rather fabricating.

We specialized
in restoring classics from around the world. My partner in the venture
became a
famous rock star in the mid 70's. I am sure some of my knowlege was
gleaned from
magazines, but certainly not the bulk of it.

Race bikes generally have almost no resemblance to stock machines. The
know-it-alls from the spectator stands used to prowl the pits and ask
totally stupid questions like, "Is that a so-and-so carb on that Gold Star?"

My Spitfire and 441 Victor, and the Triumph all had stock carbs, but I have
absolutely no recollection of what carbs they had. I probably knew at the
time, but have long since forgotten, not that it matters in the slightest,
nor did it then. I rode bikes and raced them--I didn't waste time trying to
impress others with useless esoteric info.

Max

"Maxprop" wrote
It was built by a gifted technician in Toronto and raced by a friend for
four seasons prior to my acquisition of it. I've never seen a box-stock
Gold Star in my life. How in hell would I know anything about stock carbs?

By being born sooner grin. It was a GP pattern Amal.

My Spitfire and 441 Victor, and the Triumph all had stock carbs, but I have
absolutely no recollection of what carbs they had. ...

If the Spit was a '66 it too had GP pattern Amals. After that the Spit was a
Lightning with the small tank and used regular "street" Amals which had idle
circuits and integral float bowls. IIRC the Vic did too.