![Paul Miles](/img/default-banner.jpg)
- Видео 30
- Просмотров 138 818
Paul Miles
Добавлен 31 мар 2021
A celebration of ‘proper’ old motorcycles I’ve either tested, rebuilt or owned. I’ve made the conscious decision to present them unscripted, unedited and in one take, as if we were chatting in a car park, or over a coffee. To me, this seems more real. I hope you enjoy them.
BSA Regal Gold SR 500cc Gold Star walk around and startup
BSA Regal engineering were direct descendants of of the original factory and recommenced manufacture of motorcycles in 1999 using the Yamaha SR400, the Gold SR being an export model sold, ironically, in Japan! Expanding production, the SR500 based version was created for ROTW sales. About 200 were made in total, each bespoked to the owners preference. This has a painted aluminium tank, slightly higher bars and a leather dual seat, for example. Very rare and largely unknown, it is an interesting footnote to the BSA story.
Просмотров: 3 771
Видео
Francis Barnett Cruiser 1939 walk around and start
Просмотров 2 тыс.7 месяцев назад
The pre-war (as opposed to the post-conflict bikes sharing the name) FB Cruiser was designed to be a high quality motorcycle, appealing to the junior executive who wished to travel without getting filthy. Quite advanced for the time, with coil ignition and fully enclosed, quick-release bodywork, they lived up to their ‘built like a bridge’ slogan. This example, in virtually original condition, ...
BMW R69S walk around and start
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.10 месяцев назад
The 69S shattered the world 24 hour record in 1961 and it took 11 years before Kawasaki’s new Z1 raised it on the Daytona banking, and even then only by 0.5mph. The 69S is considered one of the best classic (or vintage of you’re watching from America) motorcycles of all time. Fast and reliable, it remains a cut above virtually all of the opposition from the period.
Condor A350 walk around and start
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.Год назад
1972/3 Swiss army Condor A350, built for border patrols in high mountain passes. Originally fitted with a de-tuned Ducati 350cc motor, this has undergone a considerable transformation and is now significantly quicker than a stock example. A good example of an inexpensive, rugged, classic motorcycle.
Francis Barnett Falcon walk around and start
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.2 года назад
A unrestored example of a 1951 197cc Falcon, a ride-to-work premix two stroke lightweight machine that literally got British back to work. Once sneered at by ‘proper’ motorcyclists, these little bikes enjoy a certain crude charm and have a fanatical following of enthusiasts. One of the benefits of these little bikes nowadays is the 150plus MPG ! Spares are also incredibly cheap for them, with g...
Norton Superior - a Norton and Brough Superior hybrid
Просмотров 4,3 тыс.2 года назад
By popular request, here’s a review of my NorSup. Built to re-imagine a wartime prototype made to power an outfit capable of carrying a small cannon and gun crew, this is the only example in existence (AFAIK). Utilising a 1000cc OHV Matchless X2 engine, which only ever saw service in three wheel Morgan cars and the final versions of the Brough Superior SS100, fitting it required a great deal of...
BSA DBD34 Gold Star walk around and start (sorry about the wind noise!)
Просмотров 3 тыс.2 года назад
Apologies for the wind noise, it was very breezy! This Clubmans goldie has been fitted with a Mikuni carburettor, helping hugely with its road manners. The clubmans had clip on bars, the hottest camshafts, highest compression etc and was usually supplied with the RRT2 (Road Racing, Two Torrington roller bearings) gearbox. It was in this form that goldies won either the junior or senior TT prett...
Velocette Venom walk around
Просмотров 4,2 тыс.2 года назад
One of the quintessential British post war singles, Velocettes are thought of as ‘engineers’ bikes (I most certainly am not, however, yet even I can keep it on the road!). They feel far more sophisticated than the equivalent machines from other manufacturers and display old-fashioned build quality, which is one of the reasons they went bankrupt; Velos were too expensive to make.
Greeves Triumph Tiger 100SS special walk around and start
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.2 года назад
This very special bike was built by Maurice McGladdery using a Greeves motorcross frame and Triumph 500cc Tiger 100ss engine and gearbox. Perfectly proportioned and balanced, the nicest thing I can say is that it looks and rides like a factory-designed machine. You may be able to spot the clever oil tap that cuts ignition power when off. Less obvious are the hidden oil filter, 12v electrics and...
Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone walk around and start
Просмотров 11 тыс.2 года назад
Ex-Italian police motorcycle.
Suzuki GT550 walk around and start
Просмотров 8 тыс.3 года назад
The mid-size bike in the two stroke Suzuki triples range, the GT550 offered almost as much performance as the larger 750, yet was only a little larger than the baby of the family 380, so it should have been a great sales success. It wasn’t of course, being neither as flash as the massive GT750 or as cheap to insure as the GT380. A shame, these are great bikes and make perfect sense to use as a ...
Triumph Bonneville 650cc 1969 walk around and start
Просмотров 24 тыс.3 года назад
This is a unit construction 650cc Bonneville and from the golden period of 1966-70 when they were fast and reliable, but had yet to get too tall and bloated with the OIF models. One of the most famous names in motorcycles they are highly prized today
Velocette GTP 250cc 1936 walk around and running
Просмотров 2,1 тыс.3 года назад
Velocette made two strokes first, long before the four strokes arrived. The GTP is a ‘quality’ motorcycle and not to be confused with a post war ride to work smoker. Coil ignition, a luxury back then and a throttle controlled oil pump - thirty years BEFORE Suzuki ‘invented’ it! This example has the optional 6v lighting kit, but no speedometer, another extra cost option. Heavy external flywheel ...
Harris Matchless G80 walk around and start
Просмотров 4 тыс.3 года назад
Harris Matchless G80 walk around and start
Sunbeam S7 Deluxe walk around and (fail to) start! Part 1 of 2
Просмотров 7 тыс.3 года назад
Sunbeam S7 Deluxe walk around and (fail to) start! Part 1 of 2
Laverda 750 SF1 1972 walk around and start
Просмотров 24 тыс.3 года назад
Laverda 750 SF1 1972 walk around and start
Rudge Ulster 500cc walk around and start
Просмотров 19 тыс.3 года назад
Rudge Ulster 500cc walk around and start
Triumph TR5 Trophy Trials 1952 walk around and start
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.3 года назад
Triumph TR5 Trophy Trials 1952 walk around and start
I have always wanted one of these GTs but the first thing I would do is month ball the exhaust and go for expansion Chambers and wake up the neighbors .
Great sound💪 where did you get silencer?
Hi paul cant find you ,love you happy birthday fading fast your sister ,congratulations to your beautiful daughter xxxxxc❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢
The front brake is from the 1968 model.
If you ever consider selling..:)
@@stewartsackerson3646 thank you, but I’ve no plans to!
US version so standard bores as opposed to the chromed bores the UK got (with a little more power from the motor) from the 1975 'M' model....great if the bores are in good nick (they last very well as the rings & piston are supposed to be the part that wears). Lovely looking bikes, but as you say always in the 750s shadow.
Il cruscotto porta strumento lucido è brutto,il collettore di scarico così arroventato è sintomo di carburazione magra , le scritte sui cassettini portatrezzi son posticce ,
excellent bike and excellent sound sir
Really nice machine. Just a shame they didn't make more of 'em, I'm sure they would have sold 'em all.
leider veraltete Motorentechnik. Alles noch mit Ketten!
R 69 S: la migliore motocicletta da turismo di ogni tempo. Tuttora insuperata sia per tecnica, sia per stile. Dico: la migliore, perché la Vincent è la Brough Superior non raggiunsero la maturità. La BMW di Monaco cessò la produzione di motociclette dopo aver prodotto questo modello
Lovely bike, I recently bought its older brother-mine has the square barrel generator engine-starts first kick every time.
Beautiful bike better looking than a 60s Norton or a A65 Beeza, as far as your opinion on build quality they were no different to any other British bike of that era and a damn sight more reliable.
I bought the last one Harris sold to the public..Also in red....It's an unburstable engine and I tuned mine to around 50BHP...With that sort of power and the light weight and good handling it was a match for any other single then in production and better than many....
I had an r80, my best road bike, by far. they'gotten grossly fat since then, maybe to appeal to the harley market.. looking back, they probably had it right with the r69s.
Logo was FBC Francis Barnett of Coventry (where it was made).
I bought an SF3 new and it remains my favorite bike. I've owned various Jap bikes, Moto Morini and Moto Guzzies but the Laverda beats them hands down.
I owned a 1965 and a 1968 R69s. The motor on yours does not look like an S motor. Oh, and I also owned a very rare R69US.
I’m afraid you’re mistaken.
@@paulmiles I do not see the "bulge" at the lower front of the motor where the harmonic balancer resides. Were they not used in 1962 ?
No, they didn’t appear until 1963 second half , so realistically 1964 onwards.
@@paulmiles Thanks. My 65 and 68 and my 69 R69US have the balancer.
Nice looking bike, very unusual
Forks are Paioli
GORGEOUS motorbike. I add a small observation. I can't stand mirrors attached to the outside edge of the grips. And I love the English accent.
I had one R25 and one R67 but the R69 is King
I like the look of this more than the new goldie
I think the supply of engines dried up, Dean.
68 model not 69. Front brake.
Going by the front brake cable routing its a 68 model mate not a 69. Cheers Rog
SR500 Wow!
Loved it Thanks ! I had an MSS in 60s , just bought one last month , MSS with electric starter, alloy rims , 12volt electrics , twin leading front brake .
This is absolutely gorgeous 😮
I considered one along with a Honda VT500, XBR500 and Yamaha SRX600 in 1987 but ended up buying an F2 Gauloises blue YPVS 350 because I was 18 years old and all my mates had fairly fast bikes. Looking back I think that the 350 was the wise choice but I missed out on not getting the Matchless. If my mate's had not had bikes I'd have probably bought one.
I love Triumph Bonnevilles, especially that year range he is talking about, but he has a point about some of their odd poor quality details, the one l laugh about is how sometimes they would have one foot peg ahead of the other!
I remember looking at these bikes in a shopfront in Southampton back in late 90’s with my late father . We didn’t realise then the motor was a Yamaha.
It’s a great-looking motor, in truth.
@paulmiles a good strong unit too - I’d love one now tbh!
Yes I recall that too. Were they assembled in Southampton? That's the only time I've seen one.
@limyrob1383 I believe it was a workshop of sorts who were building these specials , jap motors in old BSA frames, I think I did talk to a guy there briefly one time but it was a long time ago now ! Good to see their creations are still around though.
The transparent mobile phone holder is a clever piece of future-proofing!
Very interesting, not heard of these bikes before.
I've owned 14 kawasaki triples in my time, never had a centre cylinder seize, Elvis isn't on the moon either. 😂😂
They are about 50lb lighter than a Jota ! Superb bike though. I recall the original test in Bike magazine where the guy almost crashed it due to the not so SF brakes ;)
I love the classic look, but I think they should have punched it out to 650CC and made the fins much larger to approximate the look of the old Gold Star.
There would have been issues with type-approval then. Lots of tuning parts for the SR and it doesn’t need to be 650cc, a 535 big-bore and better cam makes a world of difference and keeps it rideable on the road. Big fins? Nah, it’s a nod to the DBD amd not a copy imho. Cheers P
I don’t mind the clocks. I’ve got similar ones on my bike. They suit the look and if you get the originals from the states they aren’t that cheap either. I think it looks great. Can’t go wrong with that engine. How much do they go for?
That’s a tricky one to answer. Being so rare, prices range between ‘HOW much? It’s just a tarted up SR” and “go and find another one for sale!” In the U.K. they are currently somewhere between 6 and 12 thousand pounds; I’d suggest the lower price to be the correct one.
Think I'd prefer the newer one.
We’re lucky to have so much choice 👍🏻
Always liked the look of these. I've never seen one though.
Great-looking Machine , I haven't seen one in-the-flesh and they probably never made it to NZ . I sold my SR500 2-years ago , I've regretted-it ever-since , it was 'properly' Cafe'd ,Imola-seat, clip-ons,rear-sets etc 565cc, stroked steel-crank, forged-rod and piston, worked-head etc 40mm-flatslide , heavy-flywheel 11:1 compression . The only person who could start-it apart from me , rode a manx-Norton . It was a beast , running the same wheels as yours and very-fast . My mates T140 couldn't touch it , selling it was one of the stupider-things I've ever done . Dave nz
Sounds like a fantastic machine. We’ve all sold stuff we should have kept though.
Just pushed a 68 out of a actual farm barn, where it had sat since 1980, even in the sad shape its in, its still a very cool motorcycle,
Eccelsa
love it, i would buy one
Love it, would go well with my 350 RE Classic.
Guzzi-emotion....❤❤!
I've always thought the BSA's were better bikes. Not as pretty but built more reliably. Just my opinion. I have owned both.
the bike looks stunning
Had a 500 Regal GS myself with alloy tank but spoilt by no Electric starter. In retrospect I shouldn't have sold it.
The purity of being kick start only , making it leaner, lighter and more ‘specialist’ if you like, makes it far more appealing than being just another push button bike. Have you seen the self-contained e/s start for the XT/SR singles? I think it’s French and good for 100 starts before it needs recharging. It would work well on this tbf.
had the alpino s 1983, great memories of laverda
Rudge factory had to stop production due to ww2 they tried to carry on after the war, but so much of their machinery and tooling had been lost to the war effort they were taken over by EMI and effectively shut down, one of the great British motorcycle marques .