When one mentions ‘mouse’ certain people scream, when mouse trap is mentioned the ‘greenies’ get aggitated and they mumble “only if it is humane”. But what about the infamous Mousetrap carburettor made by Binks? Well they are a bit like the Yeti, sometimes seen and seldom understood. However that is about to change as some […]
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The Triumph Model N Deluxe was introduced for 1929 and was an upgrade from the 1927-28 Model N with a new saddle style petrol tank. It still had a total loss oiling system, but this was to be its last year as Triumph was introducing its new models for 1930 with a full recirculating system.
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Long before the Lean Burn engine, even before we knew that Carbon di-oxide was bad for us (although some say the jury is still out on that one) Royal Enfield was pioneering Carbon friendly transport. While this doesn’t necessarily fall into the Pre-45 theme of the website but I thought it was such a great
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Barnstormers is about riding, working on, and reading about old motorcycles. Lately we have been concentrating more on the reading and publishing of old manuals and sales catalogues and so have decided that a change needs to happen. Knobsta suggested a section on polishing but I wouldn’t dare venture into Mrs McShiny’s department (and Knobsta
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As a younger person I didn’t really put much stock in the correct type of spark plug for my motorcycles. Correct thread size was of course important but this projected tip, non projected tip, appropriate heat range nonsense was not worthy of my time and any decision on what to use was based purely on
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