Thread: SoCal Old Timers Mx

[QUOTE=PaulALax]As a BSA/Triumph/Norton rider from 1967 to 1981, including flattracking a Triumph in a Rickman frame and Flat tracking a '56 Matchless 500, a couple comments.  One, there are no 1957 Lightnings.  The twin carb Lightning designation didn't come along until the unit construction engine, I think in 1965.  Two, that engine weighs as much as my KX450. But it does look like fun.  How do...

[img]http://www.maicomotorcycles.com/images/tribusa.jpg[/img][img]http://www.maicomotorcycles.com/images/tribusa2.jpg[/img] 1957 BSA Lightening frame 1957 Triumph T6 pre unit Motor with 1972 top end 11.5:1 pistons .040 over Norton AMC gear box Norton Atlas clutch HD clutch springs HD clutch plates Racing cams New 34 mm Amal Carb Rebuilt racing mag. Betor front forks with custom wound springs Custom built Maico hubs and Akront style...

Now that really looks like fun. Just a tad outside the realm of my piggyback I expect.

Wow. Now thats a 4 stroke sound i like!!!

As a BSA/Triumph/Norton rider from 1967 to 1981, including flattracking a Triumph in a Rickman frame and Flat tracking a '56 Matchless 500, a couple comments.  One, there are no 1957 Lightnings.  The twin carb Lightning designation didn't come along until the unit construction engine, I think in 1965.  Two, that engine weighs as much as my KX450. But it does look like fun.  How do you think it...

[QUOTE=PaulALax]As a BSA/Triumph/Norton rider from 1967 to 1981, including flattracking a Triumph in a Rickman frame and Flat tracking a '56 Matchless 500, a couple comments.  One, there are no 1957 Lightnings.  The twin carb Lightning designation didn't come along until the unit construction engine, I think in 1974.  Two, that engine weighs as much as my KX450. But it does look like fun.  How do...