Well crap. Ain't much left over for us shade tree inventors nowadays....
Bugger me I thought his name was Pyles!Any time Fletch.
Hardly macho Jim.Was ponderin' last night... pneumatic piston actuator attached to the kick lever with pushrods and such to make it unobtrusive... with a small (propane bottle?) air tank. A 5sq in piston at 20 psi is 100lbs of force.
Bottle at 125...150psi would likely give a dozen or so "kicks."
I tended to avoid macho after I retired from the Air Force. Gave it up altogether when I fitted an aftermarket knee on the right leg.Hardly macho Jim.
Fair enough and well said.I tended to avoid macho after I retired from the Air Force. Gave it up altogether when I fitted an aftermarket knee on the right leg.
I may have some short stroke pneumatic cylinders laying around, probably have a pretty heavy flask for an accumulator as well.
Thanks Mike but.... spent my life workin' on aluminum airplanes. Think I can handle it.rejects is a old school metal guy.
PM me some pics when you get home... or when you find 'em in thatI may have some short stroke pneumatic cylinders laying around, probably have a pretty heavy flask for an accumulator as well.
Congrats. This is still one of my all time favourite bikes. Never owned one but my buddy did. This summer I was surfing through local ads and found a guy nearby that had restored one, but couldn’t get it to run right. In frustration he put it up for sale. I was the second to contact him but unfortunately the first guy snatched it up. I’m looking forward to seeing the finished product!But but but.... but... it spoke to me...
'Sides... I ain't got enough projects.... yet.
It's a '68 BSA Victor Special (B44) Scrambler.
Came up on Craigslist a little over a week ago. I even put it up here. Figured it'd be gone within a day. Last night it was still listed. Memories of the early 70's... tearin' up the midlands on a Victor... had been gettin' stronger all week... it called to me. Spoke to the guy over the phone... back and forth several times. We struck a deal.
Gassed up the truck this morning and off we go to visit Dorothy and Toto.
Sittin' in Butch's garage. He's 74. Picked it up out of a barn a few yrs ago with the intention of restoring it. A stroke about a year ago ended those dreams.
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Loaded in the Blue Bomber....
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... and unloaded by the driveway wood pile.
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Only 3,173 miles on the clock.
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Original title matches the engine and frame numbers.
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So... where to begin....
Hmmm..... well, a good place would be procuring a manual.So... where to begin....
It was a download... free at that. I just printed it out 'cause I like reading from a page more than a monitor. Ran out of ink though. One more chapter to go.You got a service manual this fast? . That's great 'service '.
Yeah, some models were plain iron bores and some had chrome bores. Haven't dug deep enough yet to know which is which. I believe square or round refers to the fins. If that's correct, this one's a square barrel. Fins are absolutely perfect.... amazing.I’m still figuring out details about this bike, do I understand correctly that there were different barrel designs? I’ve heard references to a square barrel. How are the fins on your motor, any bent or broken?