Anyway, back at work now, and being Mental Health Awareness week, the company invests in courses for us all (I tried to tell them you never see a motorcycle parked outside a psychiatrists, but they wouldn't listen! ) , so in the end I attended this well run valuable course where I was introduced to Paul one of our Design engineers who has inherited his Grandfathers 1925 BSA Combo....
Clearly as can be seen, all original and unrestored Paul's Grandad used the combo to run his business and has the original acetylene lights. His grandad kept all receipts for servicing evven petrol receipts too (reminds me of Lindsay who I reckon will leave a vintage V-Strom and a pile of spreadsheets!).
Anyway, to get the BSA road worthy again it needs a new starting crank cog, a relining of the petrol/oil tank, a magneto refurb, and possibly a carb refurb too as well as the obvious new tyres and inner tubes.
Paul has decided that a full restoration would ruin the character and heritage of his Grandfathers time with the bike and sidecar, and I have to say I agree. Sometimes restoration to concourse pristine condition is great to see how a machine came out of the factory but will lose the history embedded within the bike. I often think while pondering over a scratch or scuff on my own bikes each dent and paint chip can tell a story, so why erase those stories unless to motivate resale value? Since Paul intends to keep the BSA setup I do hope he gets it all fixed up and rideable, it would be great to see it on the road again. Thanks to Mick (a BSA owner himself) I passed on some advice and ideas for help with the work, but anyone else reading this who maybe able to help please get in touch, I will pass any information on to Paul.
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