Hitchcocks Forum

Uniqueness (Factory ran out of those)



Having just read the "1993 Bullet 350 one owner" posting on here, and taken a look at the fleabay pics of what is a very nice black 1993 bullet with Amal carb,
I notice that like Tornado, this one has the factory fitted tell tale warning lights.





However, they are both amber colour, whereas the other bullets of that period have amber for the indicator, and blue for high beam, so I guess that in true Enfield style, they either ran out of blue and put amber in both, or the builder made a mistake.



Showing the usual colours and stencilled pictograms, plus the standard design of lamp unit. Tornado is the middle pic, showing repro Chronometric speedo, Lucas ammeter and one of those 'Hitchclocks', available from our hosts.




Small points like these do make for some unique bullets, and I am quite chuffed that Tornado has these little lights, which made the installation of a (repro) Chronometric speedo, just a case of swapping the original over!



One guy liked the idea so much, that he installed his own, enabling his speedo to be changed, whilst not loosing his tell tales!



Neatly done home conversion!



Thunderbolt, my modern EFI Bullet does seem to be a relatively well built bike, whereas Tornado from 1994, is 'all over the place'! The front mudguard does not quite line up with the wheel, the frame gives the impression that it is not quite straight, the exhaust pipe brackets don't line up the the frame and I had to bend the toolbox lids to enable them to close more easily, but I do not count these as problems.



In fact, I see them as part of the charm of this motorcycle. I wanted more than just a 'classic looking' bike, and what could be more perfect, than a mid century British design that was still being hand built, even if from overseas.

Found it interesting, how to deal with these lights. I installed a repro speedometer on my sidecar bike. I used the ammeter to house the full beam light.... so it lights up on country roads but dipped, doesn't light. Around town I can usually see it with street lights anyway. I used the bike's (unused on a combo) left indicator and wired a tell-tale light to a neatly drilled hole in the back of it. It was otherwise redundant... can't have a centre flasher!? Also used a cheap Piezzo buzzer which I like. ATB Chris

Will this picture work? Wish me luck... -Chris

Seems like.. No. TINYPIC: Any ideas or step by step instructions? I know it's been on here before......
Ta, Chris

Yeah, you needed the link that said 'HTML' NOT the image code for forums! ?? !?!! !?



I'll just pop it in!

Hey, thanks for doing that for me. I don't suppose I was THAT daft for thinking it should be Forums???!!!??? -Not that computers are my best thing. Ta!

------------- also where it says "Resize" scroll down and select "Message Board (640 x 480) to give a nice big image........

----------the title might read as}----" A young Alan Hitchcock makes an early killing in the used motorcycle trade "

you are dead right Alan, I spotted him there as well!

You're alright Chris, I think just about everybody; including myself; followed the 'Logical' path, which just does not work on this forum, as it runs HTML.




you can get bold as well!