Forum

[Roy B]

I think the bubblecar at 3.00 is a Trojan , not an Isetta. Only know this 'cos I had an Isetta in the late '60's , complete with a 300 cc single cylinder BMW engine, happy days !

REgards , Roy B

[Scalyback]

Well done Roy,


It now seems to be a Trojan which was built on a messerschmitt chassis.



Just so neat seeing all those austin 1100 or morris 1800 and all those others from when I was just a kid.



anyone remeber those Austin/Morris cars, where the speedo was an orange strip that would move along a flat scale? They were cool!

[Roy B]

Absolutely Scaly..... my Dad had an Austin 1100 in the 60's after upgrading from a Morris Minor , how did he manage to get himself and his better half plus 3 children and luggage to a holiday in Devon in one of those??? Porlock Hill was a challenge though , only just made it up that , I think the clutch was on its last legs afterwards. The strip speedo as you say , was sooooooo cool , I remember it well ,my Dad achieved street cred for that one !!

REgards , Roy B

[wilf]

If you thought the 1100 speedo was cool, you should take a look at the earlier Vauxhall velox(I think!) speedo. Space age or what!
And yes I remember it was common for bikes to have a friction adjuster for the throttle. It meant you could signal a right turn in plenty of time, without the bike slowing down too much before the junction.
Also spotted what looked like an "invalid carriage" at some point. How un-pc is that!

[Alan R]

Hi guys-------- All those empty roads !!-----Sequal}--- Tom eventually got married to the scooter girl, had 2.5 children, lived in a 3-bed semi in suburbia and slowly progressed up the company ladder...Their son and daughter both attend the local Council school and will be going on the dole very soon now......His friend meanwhile became an International Speedway star and 3 times world champion....He now lives on the French Cote Da Zur where he runs a highly successful Venture Capital Investment Risk company via several satellite links....He and his 4th wife ( Daughter of a Middle Eastern oil magnate) jet regularly from there to their "Winter" quarters in uptown New York where he is regularly to be seen rubbing shoulders with the "upper circle"............Such is life !!

[Norm]

Not sure what the Velox had but the Cresta had the speedo that started green to about 30mph, then orange to about 50mph then red but then the Cresta was a bit upmarket back then

[wilf]

Yep, that sounds like the same speedo Norm.

[simon]

Yikes that riding at the side of the road is a bit scary. I was taught to own my road and to ride 2/3 from the curb and 1/3 from the centre line. The flappy hand turning left and stopping signal is a hoot. In NZ we had a arm straight out for right and bent elbow point with flat hand at the sky for left and stopping. I remember raising the ire of someone on the M4 using it as I didn't know about the flapping thing until I asked someone what knotted the fellows nighty.

[Norm]

Simon, not sure if you have your wires crossed left arm outstretched for left turn and this left had up in the air for stop and right turn. A few of our club members are using this stupid old idea and the problem is nobody else on the road these days has the slightest idea what they are on about, could be waving to somebody, who knows

[simon]

No despite my issues with left and right (I'm a bit dyslectic) the signals were there for pre indicator cars and it's the right arm that can be seen out the window. Hence right arm up for left turn or stop and straight out for right turn.
Of course on a bike with a throttle that stays put you simple shove your arm out in the appropriate direction.
I've attempted to post the graphic from the NZTA below.
S:)