With time steadily marching on Mrs McS informed me the other day that nothing is like it used to be. Not wanting to appear too interested in her problems and knowing full well that any response will ultimately result in a documented list of what I have done, may have done, or not done at […]
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Douglas motorcycles have always been unique. When other manufacturers chose single cylinder engines for their smaller capacity machines and V twin engines to power their larger machines Douglas chose the horizontally opposed twin cylinder for all of their motorcycles. This meant some of the smoothest rides of the vintage era, and having owned a 1924
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This is for all single cylinder models from 1933 to 1937 inclusive of the 250 up to the 600 sv. It is a well put together handbook for owners of Ariel motorcycles that could also be useful to owners of other makes from the 1930s. At 46 pages there is very little it does not
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This manual is a hints and tips on the care and maintenance of Rex-Acme motorcycles. Information of particular value will be spark plug, tappet clearance, ignition timing, and adjustments of the Best and Lloyd mechanical oil pump. There is also a small section on tuning the Blackburne OHV engine for competition work. I have limited
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Covering the 1929 61 and 74 models (61 being 61 cubic inch or 1000cc Model 7/9 or the model J, and the 74 being 74ci or 1200cc Model 10/12 or the Model JD) the information within will also assist the owners of the earlier models from 1923 as very little changed mechanically, the
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