10-02-2018, 07:55 AM
(10-01-2018, 03:23 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote:(10-01-2018, 01:29 PM)Nortoon_imp Wrote:(09-30-2018, 08:19 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: Surely the new Enfield has some modern touches that will make it, like the CB1100, a new bike. Therefore worth a try?
My BSAs had about the same horsepower, but carburetors, a 4 speed gear box, and poor brakes. The new Interceptor has fuel injection, a 6 speed gearbox, and ABS disk brakes.
Like the BSAs it has bolt and nut valve adjustment. An easy and simple procedure I am familiar with. That could save some shop time and expense.
My BSAs had about the same horsepower, but carburetors, a 4 speed gear box, and poor brakes. The new Interceptor has fuel injection, a 6 speed gearbox, and ABS disk brakes.
Like the BSAs it has bolt and nut valve adjustment. An easy and simple procedure I am familiar with. That could save some shop time and expense.
So it would be more akin to trying a new but similar-looking girlfriend than revisiting an old affair?
At least it won't be a blind date. My married friends tried that unsuccessfully too many times. The one I best remember was a Saturday morning call from a buddy with a girl's address. I was working on a bike at the time: unwashed, unshaven, sloppily dressed and greasy. Decided to go as I was since all the other setups were failures.
Reached the apartment and was buzzed up. The door opened and is was HER. The perfect girl! The door was closed almost as quickly as it opened. I could have kicked myself all the way home.
Painful as that was, I was three sheets to the wind the next time I saw her. Obviously the motorcycle gods were having a good laugh at my expense.