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Hope to meet you some time.
Regards,
Sathish
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I am back in Bangalore now. You can mail me :- [email protected].
Hope to meet you some time.
Regards,
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Hi Sudharma, nice to see ur collection buddy.. .. can u help me source a SUNBEAM S7's head and ohc ? please let me know of u come across these parts..1985 Yamaha RD350 HT
1989 Ki-Honda 110
1994 Suzuki Shogun
1997 Yamaha RX135
2008 Yamaha FZ
Suzuki Supra Powerup
IND-SUZUKI AX100
Hero IMPULSE
TVS NTORQ
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welcome to Xbhp sir...went through the pictures and they're really good.And helmets off to you for being so enthusiastic at your age...
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With all due respect sir, LD is a scooter and was not shaft driven.Originally posted by sudharma View Post
I had been working in Abudhabi (Offshore) till last September. Retired since. Now on a social visit in Dubai. What I am putting down here is only my recollections and should be taken in that sense only.
In the 60's in Kerala, we had Royal Enfield Bullets, Rajdoot, Vespa, Lambretta ( LD & LI, one of them is a shaft drive machine I think its the LD), Jawa, Royal Enfield
I learned riding on by brothers Jawa. But I have taught a few of my friends riding on a BSA 650 with girder forks and no electrics (head light is a candle in the shell), fuel is good old house hold kerosene. Riding classes in the night as there will be ver little fraffic on the road (NH-47)
Road side mechanics carry out the maintenance of these bikes. No hitech tuning equipments those days. Timing is determined by removing the plug and inserting a thin stick in the plug hole and measuring the pistion position. From experience they knew the exact position of the piston for different bikes for setting the breaker point. Most of these mechanics uses a Hacksaw blade to set the Breaker Point and Spark Plug gaps. Of course the indian bikes could be serviced in the dealer's workshops.
Riding comfort on the Rajdooths were good due to the different front suspension and was considered as a very reliable machine.
Tinkering work was done by the Black Smiths who were very very good by the modern standards. Sadly these Black Smiths have mostly disappeared.
I will stop my boring history lesson for the time being.
Rehards,
SathishRegards,
Rakesh Gaikwad.Comment
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Lambretta LD.
Originally posted by LambyMan View Post Sorry to disagree with you Rakesh. in fact Lambretta LD 150/125 is the only scooter with a Torsion Bar Shaft Drive which can be replaced with a chain drive. Also I have worked on these machines in the 60's. You can do a search for the Lambretta LD in the Google and get 100's of results regarding the shaft drive of this machine. Even there is a picture of the Engine with the shaft drive in Team-Bhp/X-Bhp. You can also do a search and down load the Repair Manual for the Lambretta LD which shows the complete engine and the spare parts list which will give you the "Torsion Shaft drive" part number. If in doubt please see the reference below:-
1957 Lambretta LD - Classic Bikes - Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum - 3:10pm
1957 Lambretta LD. A stylistic icon of the scooter age ... markedly different approaches to creating a scooter, as evidenced by this Lambretta LD 150. ... the engine covers would get more rounded, shaft drive would be replaced by chain, ...sigpicComment
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Originally posted by sudharma View Post Sorry to disagree with you Rakesh. in fact Lambretta LD 150/125 is the only scooter with a Torsion Bar Shaft Drive which can be replaced with a chain drive. Also I have worked on these machines in the 60's. You can do a search for the Lambretta LD in the Google and get 100's of results regarding the shaft drive of this machine. Even there is a picture of the Engine with the shaft drive in Team-Bhp/X-Bhp. You can also do a search and down load the Repair Manual for the Lambretta LD which shows the complete engine and the spare parts list which will give you the "Torsion Shaft drive" part number. If in doubt please see the reference below:-
1957 Lambretta LD - Classic Bikes - Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum - 3:10pm
1957 Lambretta LD. A stylistic icon of the scooter age ... markedly different approaches to creating a scooter, as evidenced by this Lambretta LD 150. ... the engine covers would get more rounded, shaft drive would be replaced by chain, ...
My sincere apologies to you sir, After I replied day before I went to a frends place and checked the same. I was expecting to say sorry before you reply, however your reply was already there.
You were absolutely right it was about LD being shaft driven.Regards,
Rakesh Gaikwad.Comment
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You are welcome. Every day we learn something new. and when I make a mistake or a wrong statement, some one else will correct me. This is what the form is for, to help us get more knowledge.Originally posted by LambyMan View PostsigpicComment
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I am a bit late to post i guess
. Its a honor to have u here sir. And awesome collection of bikes there. Welcome to Xbhp...
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