Rode a DBD Goldie with the 1-1/2 GP carb for daily transport with no issues starting!! Correct settings of ignion -tickling carb -use of de-compression lever would get easy relieable starts. Ya want a fussy starter try a Vello !
John Birchall, our Goldie club chairman and dad to Ben and Tom Birchall, world champion sidecar racers. IMO Goldies are the best bikes ever designed and that sound, music to my ears but only if it has the twitter
Guys are you planning on putting together a complete DVD boxset (or downloadable package) for World's Greatest Motorcycle Rides? I LOVE the Motorbike Show and long may it continue but if WGMR is no more then it truly deserves no less! Watching Henry ride into the Big Apple on his crazy Saxon chopper settled my fate on two wheels.
Brilliant comment, would love to see a dvd complication, but I think Henry or his team never read our comments on here ,they are more production TV chaps ,not really RU-vid people, this little snippets are more like for to get awareness out there, but I maybe wrong, be nice if they did use this to communicate back to their people who watch their programmes
@@kealanmcateer124 Yeah I think you're right, if any viewers here ever get in touch with Henry HQ then make sure to let 'em know what the people want! :)
I had an early 60's 250cc BSA. First time start of the day was fairly simple. Ride for a while, shut it off and then try to start it again and it was impossible. Darn thing always flooded out. A BSA owner finally showed me the "tickle valve" on the bottom of the carburetor that drained it a bit. That would stop the flooding and it was a lot easier to start after that. Eventually I would always shut off the gas every time after I rode it. Liked the bike, just the right size for around town and country roads.
Hi Henry we nearly met when you were flying back to the uk.i was holding a steve mcqueen helmet bag which you noticed i think. I think you had been making your steve mcqueen programme .i had been racing at the world vets motocross championship at glen helen and the week later i was racing at the lake elsinore gp which is the 100 mile steve mcqueen race called the harvey mushman gp.and a couple of weeks later the day in the dirt all on my 1981 490 twin shock maico, best regards alan bott
