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Keith G wrote:

"Eeyore" wrote
Keith G wrote:
"Eeyore" wrote
Keith G wrote:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/bikepages/Twins.JPG

How much oil do they drip ?

About a pint a week....

More than I imagined. You presumably have drip trays under them in that
case.

No need - I park them on my neighbour's drive....

Oh sure !

Graham

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Keith G wrote:

Anyway, relax - they don't drip any oil at all (they are modern
manufacture and only a couple of years old); I'm only winding Graham up
in response to his silly comments - even the old Brit bikes didn't drip
enough oil to give a bugger about, unless they were very poorly....

.... assembled from porous castings.
I saw some late '70s Triumphs when they were new. Drip trays in the showroom
and pools of oil when parked. That was the British motorcycle industry
when old and incontinent; things were different in its prime.

--
Eiron.

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Keith G wrote:

"Eeyore" wrote
Keith G wrote:
"Eeyore" wrote
Keith G wrote:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/bikepages/Twins.JPG

How much oil do they drip ?

About a pint a week....

More than I imagined. You presumably have drip trays under them in that
case.

No need - I park them on my neighbour's drive....

Oh sure !


;-)

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"Eiron" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:

Anyway, relax - they don't drip any oil at all (they are modern
manufacture and only a couple of years old); I'm only winding Graham up
in response to his silly comments - even the old Brit bikes didn't drip
enough oil to give a bugger about, unless they were very poorly....

... assembled from porous castings.
I saw some late '70s Triumphs when they were new. Drip trays in the
showroom
and pools of oil when parked. That was the British motorcycle industry
when old and incontinent; things were different in its prime.



Yes, the 'height' for me is the bikes from the 50's and 60's and there's
tons of them about for damn good money significantly *not* spewing oil
everywhere! The only difference in the drip trays for 70s cars and bikes is
that the ones for cars were quite a bit bigger!

That said, 'we' (in the hands of #2 son these days) have a '74 Trident:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/bike...%20Trident.jpg

and that doesn't drip at all.

(Doesn't run either atm, but let's not get into that!! ;-)

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Eiron wrote:

Keith G wrote:

Anyway, relax - they don't drip any oil at all (they are modern
manufacture and only a couple of years old); I'm only winding Graham up
in response to his silly comments - even the old Brit bikes didn't drip
enough oil to give a bugger about, unless they were very poorly....

... assembled from porous castings.
I saw some late '70s Triumphs when they were new. Drip trays in the showroom
and pools of oil when parked. That was the British motorcycle industry
when old and incontinent; things were different in its prime.

Porous castings ? !!! That's inexcusable.

Graham

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Keith G wrote:

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Keith G wrote:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/bikepages/Twins.JPG


How much oil do they drip ?

Graham



About a pint a week....



I would have though the horizontally split crack case would be the give
away.


Yep - the quick/obvious solution that allowed the Japs to play all sorts of
games with main bearings, but not an absolute necessity with modern
materials and machining capabilites!