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My Classic Bikes : Introduction
Hi all,
I am a new comer here. My name is Sathish and is (past 60 now) vintage stuff as my bikes. I am from Kerala and settled in Bangalore. I have 2 british bikes. One is a Sunbeam S8 (1950) & the other a BSA A50 (1963). I had been earning my bread in the middle east and ride the bikes only occassionally. In 1985 I rode a RD 350 belonging to my friend and decided to by one. My wife was dead against the idea but agreed to getting vintage/classic bike and restoring it. As a result I bought the Sunbeam for a sum of Rs.4000-00 ( a basket case ) and rejecting a Matchless 500cc in running condition from one Mr Ganesh Rao . It took me about 3 years to get it in running condition as lots of parts were missing and had to source them from UK. In 1987 I came across the BSA A50 and bought it as well. The only work done on this bike is replacing the clutch cable and the carb ( not original but a Mikarb).
Both the bikes are in running condition and used occassionally. Thinking of doing a complete overhall of both the bikes. Valuable advice from the forum is much appreciated. Will post the progress once I start the work. By the way, I carry out the restoration of the Sunbeam without help from any mechanics and still carry out the maintenance myself. I will upload the photos once I figure out how to do it.
Sathish.
I am a new comer here. My name is Sathish and is (past 60 now) vintage stuff as my bikes. I am from Kerala and settled in Bangalore. I have 2 british bikes. One is a Sunbeam S8 (1950) & the other a BSA A50 (1963). I had been earning my bread in the middle east and ride the bikes only occassionally. In 1985 I rode a RD 350 belonging to my friend and decided to by one. My wife was dead against the idea but agreed to getting vintage/classic bike and restoring it. As a result I bought the Sunbeam for a sum of Rs.4000-00 ( a basket case ) and rejecting a Matchless 500cc in running condition from one Mr Ganesh Rao . It took me about 3 years to get it in running condition as lots of parts were missing and had to source them from UK. In 1987 I came across the BSA A50 and bought it as well. The only work done on this bike is replacing the clutch cable and the carb ( not original but a Mikarb).
Both the bikes are in running condition and used occassionally. Thinking of doing a complete overhall of both the bikes. Valuable advice from the forum is much appreciated. Will post the progress once I start the work. By the way, I carry out the restoration of the Sunbeam without help from any mechanics and still carry out the maintenance myself. I will upload the photos once I figure out how to do it.
Sathish.
We would absolutely love to see your 'classic' collection, if only you could be kind enough to share a few pictures with us, here in this thread. 
60years and still riding , amazing sir 
but biking is what unites us .
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