The sad tale about a Triumph Sports Cub with some positive aspects.

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  • Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
  • If I had been handed the documents when I bought my first Sports Cub for £60 back in 1978, perhaps things may not have turned out so bad for it, but recent events may result in a rethink and I am glad I never gave it up for scrap!

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  • @MegaTubescreamer
    @MegaTubescreamer Год назад +1

    awesome foursome that paul ,,its borderline legendary
    that story, that film `christine` with the old classic car ,
    that just refuses to give up the ghost ,,i could imagine
    the ressurection of that old tank and main frame one
    day ....nah that would be a miracle 😊👍

  • @richardscovell6620
    @richardscovell6620 Год назад +1

    Brilliant story, thank you

  • @hermangibbs8163
    @hermangibbs8163 Год назад +1

    Great history. Thanks.

  • @neillambourne8448
    @neillambourne8448 Год назад +1

    Great tale....

  • @IanLawrie-l9q
    @IanLawrie-l9q Год назад +1

    Awesome 👍👏👌

  • @samjoentess9168
    @samjoentess9168 Год назад +1

    Great history 👍

  • @yarrowsalmon
    @yarrowsalmon Год назад +2

    Nice to get a result

  • @philmuskett265
    @philmuskett265 Год назад +1

    From one 16-year-old (I'm now 73) to another, I just KNEW you were going say cooking oil!!!! As for what's left laid out on the ground, it would be a Lazarus-like resurrection, hey!!!

  • @iivaridark6850
    @iivaridark6850 Год назад +1

    Well, throwing things away is waste! Great thing is that frame and tank were saved!

  • @briancritchley5295
    @briancritchley5295 Год назад +1

    I being Aussie only saw a few if these, I considered them a four stroke Bantam, They were probably good for suburban use but not for traversing this huge continent, when I was 13 I rode a little Panther it was a great experience but not much faster than my push bike, not much latter I rode a 56 Ariel red hunter, I ended up a lifetime motorcycle fanatic. 71 now and I guess I am still.

  • @SuperSteveed
    @SuperSteveed Год назад +1

    gotta build it paul...

  • @noeldoran8884
    @noeldoran8884 Год назад +3

    Great bit of history Paul makes it all the more fun to continue...

  • @grateberk6435
    @grateberk6435 Год назад +2

    Great history! Nice story.

  • @bsatrialsguy9095
    @bsatrialsguy9095 Год назад +2

    Good love to see you building the sports cub

    • @cp4512
      @cp4512 Год назад +2

      Me too!

  • @adammedyna2365
    @adammedyna2365 Год назад +2

    Wow, you have some history with these Cubs. I never had an opportunity to keep my old motorcycles for a long time with me, had to sell one to buy another one and I would love to hold on to some of my old acquisitions from seventies and eighties, specifically one quite original 4F600 from 1934 and another very nonoriginal SS100. :)

    • @windmilljohn
      @windmilljohn Год назад

      No excuses Adam, you have an illness 😊 I’ve had a lot of bikes and at the same time, jealous of people who keep theirs. I can only blame myself. My only defence is… I’ve learned a lot of mechanicing (add it to the dictionary) on many bikes. There are some I should have kept, probably why I should see a doctor!

  • @marcpinion
    @marcpinion Год назад +1

    Nice one would be good to get them all mint. Fantastic bikes

  • @williamnethercott4364
    @williamnethercott4364 Год назад +3

    That's complicated! If you rebuild that denuded frame, it will become even more complicated but the good thing is that there are now three, maybe even four Cubs.

    • @bsatrialsguy9095
      @bsatrialsguy9095 Год назад +2

      It might be normal cub to grow and have more cub babies 👶

  • @BobfmBali
    @BobfmBali Год назад +1

    That tank and frame looks just too sad to not get on and fabricate a new machine. It's DNA is in the other 2 so at least it deserves another chance at life 😅. Think of the content material👍🙏

  • @neilmcintosh1200
    @neilmcintosh1200 Год назад +1

    Will it be another slightly non-standard accent on riding bike? (Is the Pope a Catholic? Do bears shit in the woods?) I eagerly look forward to the result.

  • @highdownmartin
    @highdownmartin Год назад +3

    That bit of lucky providence, courtesy of Swansea and your memory, has to be followed up. At the very least, repair the frame and bolt a load of your bits on it. Then it’ll look like a bike and you can sit and stare with a cuppa, and make plans. But even if it’s loosely assembled, it’ll be the lost long fourth cub.

  • @christopherkerr2035
    @christopherkerr2035 Год назад

    I know this wouldn't be the correct video posting of yours to ask about another of your projects on, but I think you're busy enough and...I'll get to the point: will an Amal 34mm carb fit on a Continental gt 535 leaving clearance between the frame? Mounted to a manifold stub and rubber adaptor between the two? I'm opting for an Amal 36mm and that comes in at a full cm greater height. Any observation will be welcome.