"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!! ;-)
Ripoff 'HiFi' component prices....
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