British Motorcycle Industry

acotrel · Sep 15, 2023

I suggest the British should do what they do best - Nostaligia
Most modern retro motorcycles are rubbish, however a Mk3 Seeley G50 Matchless would make a really great nostalgia trip. It was an extremely functional motorcycle, however it arrived too late. You guys in the UK have easy access to all the makings. It would have to be the easiest build ever.

Schwany · Sep 18, 2023

I watched both. That young gun in the first one is a talking machine.

Minnovation sells "build your own" G50 kits to customer spec. Get you some

acotrel · Sep 22, 2023

Schwany said:
I watched both. That young gun in the first one is a talking machine.

Minnovation sells "build your own" G50 kits to customer spec. Get you some

Sounds like really good business practice. The only problem is that in Australia, most young guys do not know how to have 'fun'. Most seem to believe that having the fastest bike on the straights on a race track is fun. I never raced to win races. I was only ever there for the dog fight. When the bikes are evenly matched and you out-ride the others, you have achieved.
In recent years, I have only raced about 4 times. At Mount Gambier, I won a couple of races - but when I got past the kids, most did not come back at me. I think there is a problem when everbody rides guided missiles.

acotrel · Sep 22, 2023

I don't know if the Seeley Condor would have been a good road bike. And I don't know who would want to ride it, but I do know what an adrenalin rush is. I would never own a modern sports bike.
One of my mates has a 60s Ducati 450 'Silver shotgun'. He is up in the hills east of Melbourne. The bike is unregistered, but he still gives it a blast from time to time. Where I live, I could not do that. But I would like to own a Seeley G50.

Schwany · Sep 22, 2023

acotrel said:
I don't know if the Seeley Condor would have been a good road bike. And I don't know who would want to ride it, but I do know what an adrenalin rush is. I would never own a modern sports bike.
One of my mates has a 60s Ducati 450 'Silver shotgun'. He is up in the hills east of Melbourne. The bike is unregistered, but he still gives it a blast from time to time. Where I live, I could not do that. But I would like to own a Seeley G50.

I would take a Seeley G50 if somebody wanted to give me one, but I'd never buy one.

I've owned a half dozen big bore modern sports bikes. Lots of open space with very few cars about 20 miles from where I was living when going through that phase. One does get use to positive shifting, high HP, and good brakes pretty quickly. I personally never found top tier sports bikes boring. I thought they were kind of stimulating. My Norton is stimulating too, but mostly because I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for something to break. lol

Onder · Sep 22, 2023

Those bikes in the pictures all have drum brakes. Aren't they illegal now?

acotrel · Sep 24, 2023

You obviously know what I think about drum brakes. They changed my life and I can still feel the pain. If a drum brake is good enough for racing, it is always dangerous.

Onder · Sep 24, 2023

...meanwhile the vast majority of us ride on the street.
That said, all my drum bikes are now disc. And this at a time
when modern bikes have antilocks. I move forward slowly!

Matt Spencer · Sep 24, 2023

Cant you afford a Brick and a Piece of rope ? .

Onder · Sep 25, 2023

Well I upgraded from that...I used SS wire rope...

Schwany · Sep 28, 2023

acotrel said:
You obviously know what I think about drum brakes. They changed my life and I can still feel the pain. If a drum brake is good enough for racing, it is always dangerous.

Equally scary and unpredictable on the street particularly in the wet. I like the big 4LS on my 750, but it requires a very light touch at times. A light crank that provides a lot of motor brake off throttle helps some. The 4LS is the reason for me being a 100% fair weather rider now. I guess you could say it changed my life, but I didn't break anything but a couple of ribs. It probably would have killed me on a race track. That definitely would have changed my life. That's my long-winded way of agreeing with the high potential of being dangerous when least expected.

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