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[Caboose]

Hi Scalyback
My observation is that a Meteor Minor fitted with the Crusader toolbox having the ignition switch on the left indicates that it is a Small Frame model, like mine!
REgards Dick

[Scalyback]

Do you mean it's an original small frame model? Or that is has been knocked up with other bits?



The term "Small frame model" is new to me. I have put a couple of pics of the MM in question as the guy was advertising it for sale.












I'm not slagging it, as it is a very nice motorcycle, but the owner was adamant that it was 100% and as he said, unlike most of them you see on the net.

[Mark M]

Scaly, as Dick has said, small frame Meteor Minor. I have emailed you with a longer explanation.

REgards, Mark

[Scalyback]

Gobsmacked!

So there are two types of Meteor Minor and I guess that both of us had not seen the other type, so thought we were both right. It's a good job we ended up amicably.



Thanks Mark and Dick, I learnt something new today!

[jefrs]

Rattlebattle et al re service schedule distances - the indians cannot 'do' miles so their service distances are always kilometres even if they've written 'miles' in the manual, they can't seem to do the numeric conversion. 500 kilometers is near enough 300 miles and in any case such service intervals are give or take 100 kilometres (or 100 miles ) either way.

I gather, from the service mechanic, that the cam backlash is one of these things that only needs doing if it needs it after checking during oil change with the cover off: some do, some don't. If it ain't bust, fix it until it is sort of thing.

The workshop manual pdf is a bit of a maze with bits in random order, read carefully and try to figure out just what the heck they're on about, there's entire paragraphs inserted in the wrong sections. If instructions are missing, look in preceding or next section, doh. They don't seem to believe in proof-reading, it can be as entertaining as a mystery novel.



I've found similar with japanese engineering, it really, really pains them to do inches, they're incredibly precise but if you ask them do do a metric conversion to fit merikan equipment it will go horribly wrong.

[jefrs]

Vince - I didn't go looking for a 4x4 but a large estate to haul stuff. It will try to spin the wheels because it's got a 'Stage 1' tune up with about as much torque as a big V8. But it has traction and stability control as most of these things have these days. If a wheel spins it gets braked and power transferred to the other three. If all of them spin the fly-by-wire ecu stuff cuts the power down until we get some grip. In short it doesn't spin the wheels or veer about as they were once wont to do on ice.

The other nice thing is you don't have to dress for riding a snowmobile.

If you do plough a car off the road in snow, you will most probably walk away; any landing like that is a good landing. One morning I tried to get to work after it had snowed, a vehicle ahead of me had spun and hit a telegraph pole wedging itself firmly across the lane. No one was hurt and by the next day the roads were cleared.

[jefrs]

Scalyback - I believe the plastic concertinas are supposed to be inside the casquette covering the electrical connectors, I've seen such things before. They serve little purpose on the cables.

[vince]

Scalyback, Technically three variants if you included tomahawk twin. On the blue MM there are two dipswitch fitted of differing design and reflective numberplates?? 100% correct?

[Scalyback]

Hi Vince,



I know we didn't have yellow and white number plates until about 1970, but when I pointed a few points out to him, he threw all his toys out the pram.



Anyway, I'll leave the blue small frame to whoever bought it. If they like it then that's fine, and I hope they come to love it.



Me, well I am trying to get Kevin back to original as possible, if I leave out the fact (REOC) that he left the factory as an airflow. I don't think I will go that far, but a Meteor Minor De Luxe, in good original condition with maybe just the odd non destructive addition cos I'm a bit eccentric apparently, will do nicely. (What's this 'concourse' thing I keep hearing about? Is that so you can show it at shopping malls?)

[jefrs]

Concourse, Concours d'elegance or Concorde? As Kevin is named after a jet fighter I suspect the latter. My father in law blew up the Concorde simulator by pressing the big red 'do not press' button and fritzed the system. Jeff