One for my boy...

[Micawber]

My lad has his car and he has his daily bike but he can sometimes be found out in his shed come workshop rebuilding his old Matchless single. He's only got modern armoured gear so I thought I'd treat him to something so he can grab a few photos when he eventually finishes the old girl...

Not very old no but older than the suff he has...

 

[petermack09]

I seem to remember when I bought my very 1st leather jackets in the early 70s,it was from rivetts in London.That jacket was called the highwayman.it was always advertised on the back pages of the motorcycle mags at the time,Lewis leather was the other company.I also bought a mascot jacket with the red quilt lining,I lived in those jackets for years,,size 34 if I remember correctly ,happy days

 

[Micawber]

I'm no expert in this stuff but Lewis Leathers are still going I believe, I remember they featured in the magazines dad bought back in the black and white days. I think he may have been disappointed that I never got into bikes going straight as I did onto four wheells with a roof and heather. I think Rivetts of Leytonstone went to the wall many moons ago.

 

[Bombing IP]

Nice write up Steve I also remember Rivetts growing up . Whats your boy working on a 350 G5 ? or something else . I remeber my uncles used to have a Matchless G80 him and his wife used to go from London to Dublin Ireland ,my aunt told me she would sleep most of the way on the back no sidecar .

BIP has left the building

 

[Micawber]

Yep, '60 G5 that he picked up locally. I encouraged him to buy it thinking he would plod about in the summer. Wrong! Within months he had gone out and splashed the cash on some bigger, faster, modern thing from the land of the rising sun.

Nope, you'll never catch me on a bike, no sir....

 

[B-Man2]

You need to re-gift that to yourself!

 

[Micawber]

You need to re-gift that to yourself!

He bought it with his own money..... But anything is possible if he doesn't pull his finger get out and get it finished

 

[s4rmark]

Is that a decompression lever above the brake lever?

 

[Micawber]

Is that a decompression lever above the brake lever?

Think so but don't quote me on that, a lot has happened since I last clapped eyes on it.

 

[s4rmark]

Sometimes they’re a bugger to kick over without one. I remember a few years ago I had a Honda xl600r trail bike. You couldn’t start it without the decompressor unless you were lucky to find tdc . Many a time it nearly launched me over the handlebars with the kickback!

 

[Micawber]

Sometimes they’re a bugger to kick over without one. I remember a few years ago I had a Honda xl600r trail bike. You couldn’t start it without the decompressor unless you were lucky to find tdc . Many a time it nearly launched me over the handlebars with the kickback!

Just checked - yes it is. I've not seen him get caught by kickback yet but its been a while since he has ridden it. Last time I saw him working on it he was replacing the head and cylinder gaskets, giving it a decoke and lapping in the valves so I'll make sure to have a phone or camera handy.
I m not sure if he has made much headway since as he has been at work a lot.

 

[busdrivermike]

That is a fantastic jacket

 

[Micawber]

That is a fantastic jacket

Thanks Mike, I hope he likes it. His birthday is a few weeks away yet so the jacket has been hidden away until then